{"data":{"id":"us-or/ors-650.320","jurisdiction":"us-or","citation":"ORS 650.320","heading":"Dealership agreement.","body":"(1) A dealership agreement shall:\n      (a) Contain a provision that the law of this state governs the agreement;\n      (b) Assign the dealer an area of sales responsibility;\n      (c) If the dealer is an individual, include the designation of a member of the dealer’s family to succeed to the dealer’s interests in the dealer’s business and dealership agreement upon the dealer’s death, incapacity or retirement; and\n      (d) Inform the dealer of the dealer’s obligations:\n      (A) To perform warranty service;\n      (B) To prepare products for delivery to the consumer; and\n      (C) To deliver products to the consumer.\n      (2) Upon a dealer’s request, a grantor shall reconsider the scope of the dealer’s area of sales responsibility once a year.\n      (3) During the term of a dealership agreement, a grantor may not:\n      (a) Change the dealer’s area of sales responsibility; or\n      (b) Authorize another dealer to sell or lease the same line make in the area of sales responsibility.\n      (4) Subsection (3)(b) of this section does not apply if:\n      (a) Good cause exists to authorize another dealer in the same area of sales responsibility; and\n      (b) The area of sales responsibility will support the existing dealer and the new dealer.","path":["16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment","50. Trade Regulations and Practices","Chapter 650 — Franchise Transactions"],"source_url":"https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors650.html","current_through":"2025 Edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T23:50:16Z","sha256":"66d59599183673b017bd99d0bd38c124932b28037eac05cde44d65f298b55fad","source_id":"us-or","stale":false,"prev":"us-or/ors-650.310","next":"us-or/ors-650.330"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}