Montana Code Annotated 2017

TITLE 30. TRADE AND COMMERCE

CHAPTER 11. SALES

Part 7. Canceled Dealership Contracts Repurchase Requirements

Excepted Inventory

30-11-703. Excepted inventory. The following inventory is not subject to the repurchase requirements of 30-11-702:

(1) any repair part that has a limited storage life or is otherwise subject to deterioration, such as rubber items, gaskets, or wet-charge batteries;

(2) any repair part that is in a broken or damaged package;

(3) any single repair part that is priced as a set of two or more items;

(4) any repair part that because of its condition is not resalable as a new part without repackaging or reconditioning;

(5) any inventory for which the retailer is unable to furnish evidence satisfactory to the wholesaler, manufacturer, or distributor of title, free and clear of all claims, liens, and encumbrances;

(6) any inventory the retailer desires to keep, if the retailer has a contractual right to do so;

(7) any inventory item other than a repair part that is not in essentially new, unused, undamaged, and complete condition;

(8) any repair part that is not in new, unused, or undamaged condition;

(9) any inventory item, other than a repair part, that has been stocked for 36 months or more prior to notice of termination of the contract;

(10) any inventory that was ordered by the retailer after the date of notification of termination of the contract; and

(11) any inventory that was acquired from any source other than the wholesaler, manufacturer, or distributor.

History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 338, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 940, Ch. 56, L. 2009.