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Section 316 is not a general franchise refund
The Board of Vehicles Act defines the dealer/franchise relationship and eligible inventory/equipment after specified termination or nonrenewal. Product category, condition, acquisition age and other limits matter, including particular treatment of motorcycle, recreational-vehicle and manufactured-housing arrangements.
A stock ledger or total startup spending does not establish eligibility. Vehicle identity/date/mileage/condition, parts, required tools/signs and ownership or creditor interests can matter to the actual item review; keeping those details is preparation, not expanded statutory coverage.
Separate the return event from tender
Apply section 316’s actual eligible-property and event conditions before calculating a deadline.
| Event | General clock described |
|---|---|
| Relevant termination or nonrenewal | Covered property returned within 90 days. |
| Tender of the covered property | Repurchase/payment within 60 days of tender. |
Scope
- Limited to the named vehicle-dealer branch. Actual item conditions, category exceptions and repurchase entitlement are not decided, and this is not a service-franchise exit formula.
Next step
Establish the eligible property and actual termination/nonrenewal and tender dates before claiming a return or payment deadline.
Sources & review notes
Pennsylvania General Assembly
Passage, dates and research notes
primary · §316(a)–(c)
Within 60 days of tender of the property
Section 316(a)-(c) was located and read in the current official Board of Vehicles Act PDF after the legacy www.legis.state.pa.us section host returned local DNS ENOTFOUND. The same quoted 60-day language and eligibility/condition/age/category limits are retained. The original substantive review date is preserved; this is a documented source-route comparison, not an expanded relationship-law conclusion. Legacy URL and prior body remain in Git/batch2 audit history.
Pennsylvania General Assembly
Passage, dates and research notes
primary · §102 definitions; §316; Chapter 3 context
within 90 days of the effective date of any termination or nonrenewal
Current 68-page official consolidation opened; §102 definitions read and §316 read in full at official HTML page. Only vehicle-dealer inventory branch published. No general franchise-law absence claim.
Detailed rule records (1)
Section 316 generally requires return of covered vehicle-dealer property within 90 days of the relevant termination/nonrenewal and repurchase/payment within 60 days of tender, subject to item eligibility, age, condition, category and exceptions.
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