The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2024 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
Title 9 : Commerce and Trade
Chapter 108 : Motor Vehicle Manufacturers, Distributors, and Dealers Franchising
(Cite as: 9 V.S.A. § 4095)-
§ 4095. Burden of proof
In determining whether good cause for the refusal to honor the succession exists, the manufacturer, distributor, factory branch, or importer has the burden of proving that the successor is a person who is not of good moral character or does not meet the franchisor’s existing and reasonable standards and, considering the volume of sales and service of the new motor vehicle dealer, uniformly applied minimum business experience standards in the market area. (Added 1981, No. 157 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. April 14, 1982.)
