{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-322a.16","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 322A.16","heading":"Additional guidelines.","body":"In determining whether good cause has been established for entering into an additional franchise for the same line-make, the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing shall take into consideration the existing circumstances, including, but not limited to:\n1. Amount of business transacted by other franchisees of the same line-make in that community.\n2. Investment necessarily made and obligations incurred by other franchisees of the same line-make, in that community, in the performance of their part of their franchises.\n3. Permanency of the investment.\n4. Effect on the retail motor vehicle business as a whole in that community.\n5. Whether it is injurious to the public welfare for an additional franchise to be established.\n6. Whether the franchisees of the same line-make in that community are providing adequate consumer care for the motor vehicles of the line-make which shall include the adequacy of motor vehicle service facilities, equipment, supply of parts and qualified service personnel.","path":["Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION (Ch. 306 - 330B)","Chapter 322A - MOTOR VEHICLE FRANCHISERS"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/322A.16.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:08Z","sha256":"35a1e8098aca747bf02c1378c35c0eadcdca049cb35734154a33d24a1442869f","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-322a.15","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-322a.17"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}