{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-322a.2","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 322A.2","heading":"Discontinuing franchise.","body":"1. Unless otherwise provided in subsection 2, notwithstanding the terms, provisions, or conditions of any agreement or franchise, a franchiser shall not terminate or refuse to continue any franchise unless the franchiser has first established, in a hearing held under the provisions of this chapter, that both of the following apply:\na. The franchiser has good cause for termination or noncontinuance.\nb. Upon termination or noncontinuance, another franchise in the same line-make will become effective in the same community, without diminution of the motor vehicle service formerly provided, or that the community cannot be reasonably expected to support such a dealership.\n2. A franchiser may terminate a franchise for a particular line-make if the franchiser discontinues that line-make and a franchiser may terminate a franchise if the franchisee’s license as a motor vehicle dealer is revoked pursuant to the provisions of chapter 322.","path":["Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION (Ch. 306 - 330B)","Chapter 322A - MOTOR VEHICLE FRANCHISERS"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/322A.2.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:08Z","sha256":"76b3fb960aebd70daee2a98f7432aa8f86916c6abc945e0d3ee7f82daaa2b060","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-322a.1","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-322a.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}