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2018 Georgia Code 10-1-620 | Car Wreck Lawyer

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TITLE 10 COMMERCE AND TRADE

Section 1. Selling and Other Trade Practices, 10-1-1 through 10-1-915.

ARTICLE 22 MOTOR VEHICLE FRANCHISE PRACTICES

10-1-620. Short title.

This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Georgia Motor Vehicle Franchise Practices Act."

(Code 1981, §10-1-620, enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 1585, § 2.)

Law reviews.

- For annual survey on business associations, see 65 Mercer L. Rev. 55 (2013).

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Anti-encroachment provision construed.

- Under the Georgia Motor Vehicle Franchise Practices Act, O.C.G.A. § 10-1-620 et seq., a corporate dealership's relevant market area, the area for which the dealer has standing to resist competition by a new or relocated dealership of the same franchisor, is the area located within an eight-mile radius of where a dealer qualified as such because the dealer is engaged in the business of selling new motor vehicles, sells those vehicles, or when a dealer qualified as such because the dealer engages exclusively in the repair of motor vehicles. WMW, Inc. v. Am. Honda Motor Co., 291 Ga. 683, 733 S.E.2d 269 (2012).

Cited in Capital Ford Truck Sales, Inc. v. Ford Motor Co., 819 F. Supp. 1555 (N.D. Ga. 1992); Coffee v. GMAC, 5 F. Supp. 2d 1365 (S.D. Ga. 1998); DaimlerChrysler Motors Co. v. Clemente, 294 Ga. App. 38, 668 S.E.2d 737 (2008).

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 10-1-620

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WMW, Inc. v. Am. Honda Motor Co., 291 Ga. 683 (Ga. 2012).

Cited 14 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Oct 15, 2012 | 733 S.E.2d 269, 2012 Fulton County D. Rep. 3121

...1 (714 SE2d 689) (2011), the Court of Appeals correctly construed the standing requirement for a motor vehicle dealership to sue under OCGA § 10-1-664, the anti-encroachment provision of the Georgia Motor Vehicle Franchise Practices Act, Ga. L. 1993, pp. 1585-1647, which is codified as amended at OCGA §§ 10-1-620 to 10-1-670....

Lucid Grp. USA, Inc. v. State of Georgia (Ga. 2026).

Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Feb 17, 2026 | 733 S.E.2d 269, 2012 Fulton County D. Rep. 3121

...17, 2026 S25A1139. LUCID GROUP USA, INC. v. STATE OF GEORGIA et al. COLVIN, Justice. This case concerns the constitutionality of two provisions of the Georgia Motor Vehicle Franchise Practices Act, OCGA § 10-1-620 et seq....
...public welfare and authorizing the General Assembly to regulate such distribution.”). This case concerns several provisions of the Motor Vehicle Fair Practices Act, OCGA § 10-1-660 et seq., a subdivision of the Georgia Motor Vehicle Franchise Practices Act, OCGA § 10-1-620 et seq....