Terms Used In Iowa Code > Chapter 322D - Farm Implement, Motorcycle, Autocycle, Snowmobile, and All-Terrain Vehicle Franchises

• All-terrain vehicle: means a motorized vehicle with not less than three and not more than six nonhighway tires that is limited in engine displacement to less than one thousand cubic centimeters and in total dry weight to less than one thousand two hundred pounds and that has a seat or saddle designed to be straddled by the operator and handlebars for steering control. See Iowa Code 321I.1
• All-terrain vehicle: means a motor vehicle designed to travel on three or more wheels and designed primarily for off-road recreational use but not including farm tractors or equipment, construction equipment, forestry vehicles, or lawn and grounds maintenance vehicles. See Iowa Code 322D.1
• Autocycle: means as defined in section 321. See Iowa Code 322D.1
• Condition: means a general problem that may be attributable to a defect in more than one part. See Iowa Code 322G.2
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Days: means calendar days. See Iowa Code 322G.2
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Farm implement: means a machine designed or adapted and used exclusively for agricultural or horticultural operations or livestock raising. See Iowa Code 322D.1
• following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
• Franchise: means a contract between two or more persons when all of the following conditions are included:
   a. See Iowa Code 322D.1
• Franchisee: means a person who receives farm implements, motorcycles, autocycles, all-terrain vehicles, snowmobiles, or related parts or attachments from the franchiser under a franchise and who offers and sells the farm implements, motorcycles, autocycles, all-terrain vehicles, snowmobiles, or related parts or attachments to the general public. See Iowa Code 322D.1
• Franchiser: means a person who manufactures, wholesales, or distributes farm implements, motorcycles, autocycles, all-terrain vehicles, snowmobiles, or related parts or attachments, and who enters into a franchise. See Iowa Code 322D.1
• Livestock: includes but is not limited to an animal classified as an ostrich, rhea, or emu. See Iowa Code 4.1
• Motor vehicle: means a self-propelled vehicle purchased or leased in this state, except as provided in section 322G. See Iowa Code 322G.2
• Motorcycle: means a motor vehicle as defined in section 321. See Iowa Code 322D.1
• Net cost: means the price the franchisee actually paid for the merchandise to the franchiser less any applicable trade, volume, cash or bonus discounts. See Iowa Code 322D.1
• Net price: means the price listed in the franchiser's price list in effect at the time the franchise is canceled, less any applicable trade, volume or cash discounts. See Iowa Code 322D.1
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Person: includes any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, joint adventure, or association, and the plural as well as the singular number. See Iowa Code 321H.2
• Person: means a sole proprietor, partnership, corporation, or any other form of business organization. See Iowa Code 322D.1
• Snowmobile: means the same as defined in section 321G. See Iowa Code 321I.1
• Snowmobile: means the same as defined in section 321G. See Iowa Code 322D.1
• Vehicle: means any vehicle as defined in chapter 321. See Iowa Code 321H.2