Iowa § 322A.7 Department of inspections, appeals, and licensing to hold hearing

Iowa Statutes

§ 322A.7 — Department of inspections, appeals, and licensing to hold hearing

Iowa § 322A.7

Title VIIITRANSPORTATION

Ch. 322AMOTOR VEHICLE FRANCHISERS

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Iowa Code § 322A.7 (2026).

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1.Upon receiving an application, the department shall notify the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing which shall enter an order fixing a time, which shall be within ninety days of the date of the order, and place of hearing, and shall send by certified or registered mail, with return receipt requested, a copy of the order to the franchisee whose franchise the franchiser seeks to terminate or not continue, or to the franchiser who is seeking to alter a franchisee’s community, as applicable. If the application requests permission to establish an additional motor vehicle dealership, a copy of the order shall be sent to all franchisees in the community who are then engaged in the business of offering to sell or selling the same line-make. If the application challenges the reason

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1. Upon receiving an application, the department shall notify the department of
inspections, appeals, and licensing which shall enter an order fixing a time, which shall be
within ninety days of the date of the order, and place of hearing, and shall send by certified
or registered mail, with return receipt requested, a copy of the order to the franchisee
whose franchise the franchiser seeks to terminate or not continue, or to the franchiser
who is seeking to alter a franchisee’s community, as applicable. If the application requests
permission to establish an additional motor vehicle dealership, a copy of the order shall be
sent to all franchisees in the community who are then engaged in the business of offering
to sell or selling the same line-make. If the application challenges the reasonableness of
a proposed alteration to a franchisee’s community, a copy of the order shall be sent to all
franchisees located in Iowa surrounding the affected community which are then engaged
in the business of offering to sell or selling the same line-make. Copies of orders shall be
addressed to the franchisee at the place where the business is conducted. The department of
inspections, appeals, and licensing may also give notice of the franchiser’s application to any
other parties deemed interested persons, the notice to be in the form and substance and given
in the manner the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing deems appropriate.
2. Any person who can show an interest in the application may become a party to the
hearing, whether or not that person receives notice. However, a party not receiving notice
shall be limited to participation at the hearing on the question of the public interest in the
termination or continuation of the franchise or in the establishment of an additional motor
vehicle dealership.