Maine § 10 §1244 Limitations on establishing or relocating dealerships

Maine Statutes

§ 10 §1244 — Limitations on establishing or relocating dealerships

Maine § 10 §1244

Title 10COMMERCE AND TRADE

Part 3REGULATION OF TRADE

Ch. 206-BPERSONAL SPORTS MOBILE MANUFACTURERS, DISTRIBUTORS AND DEALERS

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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 10, § 10 §1244 (2026).

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A new personal sports mobile dealership may not be established nor may a personal sports mobile dealership be relocated, except as follows.

1.Notification. If a manufacturer seeks to enter into a franchise establishing an additional new personal sports mobile dealership or relocating an existing new personal sports mobile dealership, within or into a relevant market area where the same line make is already represented, the manufacturer shall, in writing, first notify each new personal sports mobile dealer in the line make in the relevant market area of the intention to establish an additional dealership or to relocate an existing dealership within or into that market area. The relevant market area is a radius of 15 miles around an existing dealership in the following cities: Augusta, Aubu

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A new personal sports mobile dealership may not be established nor may a personal sports mobile dealership be relocated, except as follows.
1.
Notification.
If a manufacturer seeks to enter into a franchise establishing an additional new personal sports mobile dealership or relocating an existing new personal sports mobile dealership, within or into a relevant market area where the same line make is already represented, the manufacturer shall, in writing, first notify each new personal sports mobile dealer in the line make in the relevant market area of the intention to establish an additional dealership or to relocate an existing dealership within or into that market area. The relevant market area is a radius of 15 miles around an existing dealership in the following cities: Augusta, Auburn, Bangor, Biddeford, Brewer, Falmouth, Lewiston, Portland, Saco, South Portland, Waterville and Westbrook. The relevant market area is a radius of 30 miles around all other existing dealerships.
2.
Good cause.
In determining whether good cause has been established for not entering into or relocating an additional dealership for the same line make, the court shall take into consideration the existing circumstances, including, but not limited to:
3.
Mediation.
A franchisee may not bring an action for recovery of damages or for equitable relief under this section until a franchisee has served upon the franchisor a written demand for nonbinding mediation and either the parties have engaged in such mediation in this State with an independent mediator or 60 days have passed from the franchisor's receipt of notice of mediation, whichever occurs sooner. The service of the written notice of mediation tolls the running of any applicable statute of limitations for the subsequent 60-day period. A franchisor may not establish a new personal sports mobile dealership or relocate an existing sports mobile dealership within or into the relevant market area during this 60-day period. Notwithstanding any agreement or requirement to engage in nonbinding mediation, at the conclusion of the proceedings, the franchisee is entitled to file an action in any court in this State in accordance with section 1250‑I. The results of nonbinding mediation are not admissible in the action.
For the purposes of this section, the reopening in a relevant market area of a new personal sports mobile dealership that has not been in operation for one year or more is deemed the establishment of an additional new personal sports mobile dealership.