ORS 650.320: Dealership agreement.

(1) A dealership agreement shall: (a) Contain a provision that the law of this state governs the agreement; (b) Assign the dealer an area of sales responsibility; (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 (d) Inform the dealer of the dealer’s obligations: (A) To perform warranty service; (B) To prepare products for delivery to the consumer; and (C) To deliver products to the consumer. (2) Upon a dealer’s request, a grantor shall reconsider the scope of the dealer’s area of sales responsibility once a year. (3) During the term of a dealership agreement, a grantor may not: (a) Change the dealer’s area of sales responsibility; or (b) Authorize another dealer to sell or lease the same line make in the area of sales responsibility. (4) Subsection (3)(b) of this section does not apply if: (a) Good cause exists to authorize another dealer in the same area of sales responsibility; and (b) The area of sales responsibility will support the existing dealer and the new dealer. [2003 c.377 §3]