§ 44-20-203 — Threat prima facie evidence of violation

Any threat, expressed
or implied, made directly or indirectly to any person engaged in the business of
selling motor vehicles at retail in this state by any person engaged, either directly
or indirectly, in the manufacture or distribution of motor vehicles, that the person
will discontinue or cease to sell, or refuse to enter into a contract to sell, or will
terminate a contract to sell motor vehicles, whether patented or unpatented, to the
person who is so engaged in the business of selling motor vehicles at retail, unless
the person finances the purchase or sale of any one or number of motor vehicles
only with or through a designated person or class of persons or sells and assigns
the conditional sales contracts, chattel mortgages, or leases arising from his or her
retail sales of motor vehicles or any one or number thereof only to a designated
person or class of persons shall be prima facie evidence of the fact that the person
so engaged in the manufacture or distribution of motor vehicles has sold or intends
to sell the same on the condition or with the agreement or understanding prohibited
in section 44-20-202.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2018: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 18-030), ch. 7, p. 91, � 2, effective October 1.