O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A. § 13-8-39 (2019)
Failure to renew, termination of, or restriction on transfer of franchise without due cause
✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.
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It shall be unlawful for the manufacturer or franchisor, without due cause, to fail to renew on terms then equally available to all its wholesalers, to terminate a franchise, or to restrict the transfer of a franchise unless the franchisee shall receive fair and reasonable compensation for the inventory of the business. As used in this Code section, ‘‘due cause’’ shall be construed in accordance with the definition of same as contained in subparagraph (c)(3)(B) of Code Section 13-8-35.
History
(Code 1981, § 13-8-39, enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 1585, § 4.)