Exceptions to repurchase requirement The provisions of this chapter shall not require a supplier to repurchase from a dealer:(1) a repair part with a limited storage life or otherwise subject to physical or structural deterioration, including gaskets or batteries; (2) a single repair part normally priced and sold in a set of two or more items;(3) a repair part that, because of its condition, cannot be marketed as a new part without repackaging or reconditioning by the supplier or manufacturer; (4) any inventory that the dealer elects to retain;(5) any inventory ordered by the dealer after receipt of notice of termination of the dealer agreement by either the dealer or supplier; (6) any inventory that was acquired by the dealer from a source other than the supplier, unless the source was approved by the supplier; (7) a specialized repair tool that is not unique to the supplier’s product line, or that is over 10 years old, incomplete, or in unusable condition; (8) a part identified by the supplier as nonreturnable at the time of the dealer’s order; or (9) supplies that are not unique to the supplier’s product line, or that are over three years old, incomplete, or in unusable ed by the supplier as nonreturnable at the time of the dealer’s order; or (9) supplies that are not unique to the supplier’s product line, or that are over three years old, incomplete, or in unusable condition. (Added 1993, No. 113 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. March 4, 1994; amended 2015, No. 142 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
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