{"data":{"id":"us-de/21-del.-c.-8703","jurisdiction":"us-de","citation":"21 Del. C. § 8703","heading":"Written agreements and designated territories.","body":"(a) A manufacturer or distributor may not sell any new recreational equipment in this State to or through a new recreational equipment dealer without having first entered into a written and signed manufacturer-dealer agreement with a new recreational equipment dealer.\n(b) A manufacturer or distributor must designate the area of sales responsibility exclusively assigned to a new recreational equipment dealer in a manufacturer-dealer agreement and may not change the area or contract with another new recreational equipment dealer for the sale of the same line-make in the designated area during the duration of the agreement.\n(c) The area of sales responsibility may not be reviewed or changed without the consent of both parties for 1 year after the execution of the manufacturer-dealer agreement.\n(d) Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, a new recreational equipment dealer may not sell any new recreational equipment in this State without having first entered into a manufacturer-dealer agreement with a manufacturer or distributor which has been signed by both parties.\n(e) A new recreational equipment dealer may not be prohibited from selling a particular line-make after a manufacturer-dealer agreement has been terminated or not renewed under § 8704 of this title, if new recreational equipment of the terminated line-make is not returned or required to be returned to the manufacturer. The new recreational equipment dealer may continue to sell all line-makes that were subject to the manufacturer-dealer agreement and are currently in stock until those line-makes are no longer in the new recreational equipment dealer’s inventory.\n(f) A manufacturer must specify in writing to each of its new recreational equipment dealers licensed in this State the dealer’s obligations for predelivery preparation, manufacturer-sponsored maintenance programs, manufacturer extended warranty, certified pre-owned warranty, manufacturer-issued service contracts, parts exchange programs, recall, and warranted service on its products.\n(g) A manufacturer must compensate the new recreational equipment dealer for such service required of the dealer by the manufacturer and provide the dealer with a schedule of compensation to be paid such dealer for parts, work, and services in connection therewith, and the time allowance for the performance of such work and service.","path":["Title 21. Motor Vehicles","Part IV. Miscellaneous","Chapter 87. New Recreational Equipment Manufacturer-Dealer Agreements"],"source_url":"https://delcode.delaware.gov/title21/title21.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-27 (85 Del. Laws, c. 453, 455-458, 460)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-19T02:14:56Z","sha256":"5d1dbc9e785a3d0785021b06cc4e1a5e80c0c53e43a7a3720fe7f76ca2040676","source_id":"us-de","stale":false,"prev":"us-de/21-del.-c.-8702","next":"us-de/21-del.-c.-8704"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}