Section 445.1941 - Dealer; prohibited conduct; indemnification.

RECREATIONAL VEHICLE FRANCHISE ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 33 of 2009

445.1941 Dealer; prohibited conduct; indemnification.

Sec. 21.

(1) A dealer shall not do any of the following:

(a) Fail to perform predelivery inspection of products, if required, in a competent and timely manner.

(b) If a transient customer requests service work on a recreational vehicle of a line-make that the dealer is authorized to display and sell, fail to perform any warranty service work authorized by a warrantor in a reasonably competent and timely manner without good cause.

(c) Make a fraudulent warranty claim to a warrantor.

(d) Misrepresent the terms of any warranty.

(2) A dealer shall indemnify a warrantor for any money paid or costs incurred by a warrantor in connection with a claim or cause of action asserted against the warrantor, to the extent that payment or those costs are based on the negligence or intentional conduct of the dealer. A dealer may not limit the obligation to indemnify described in this subsection by agreement with the warrantor. The warrantor shall provide a dealer with a copy of any claim or complaint in which an allegation described in this subsection is made within 10 days after receiving that claim or complaint.


History: 2009, Act 33, Eff. Dec. 1, 2009