Federal Trade Commission Franchise Rule

Definitions

Obligation to Furnish Documents

Cover Page

Table of Contents

Disclosure Items

Instructions for Preparing Disclosure Documents

Instructions for Updating Disclosures

Exemptions 

Additional Prohibitions

Other Laws and Rules

Severability

Nebraska Seller-Assisted Marketing Plan Act

Legislative Intent and Findings; Seller-Assisted Marketing Plans

Act, How Cited

Definitions; Where Found

Seller-Assisted Marketing Plan, Defined

Person, Defined

Seller, Defined

Purchaser, Defined

Equipment, Defined

Supplies, Defined

Product, Defined

Services, Defined

Seller-Assisted Marketing Plan Contract or Contract, Defined

Initial Payment, Defined

Buy-Back or Secured Investment, Defined

Ongoing Business, Defined

License, Defined

Seller-Assisted Marketing Plan; Securities Excluded

Seller-Assisted Marketing Plan; Real Estate or Insurance Transactions; Excluded

Seller-Assisted Marketing Plan; Sales Under Certain License; Excluded 

Seller-Assisted Marketing Plan; Sale or Lease to Ongoing Business Enterprise; Excluded

Seller-Assisted Marketing Plan; Sales Under Five Hundred Dollars; Excluded

Seller-Assisted Marketing Plan; Sale of an Ongoing Business; Excluded

Seller-Assisted Marketing Plan; Certain Sale, Lease, or Offer; Excluded

Seller-Assisted Marketing Plan; Renewal or Extension of Existing Plan; Excluded

Transaction; Seller Complied with Federal Trade Commission Trade Regulation Rule; Exempt; Exception; Conditions; Fee

Transaction; Exemption from Act; Provisions Applicable

Seller-Assisted Marketing Plan; Sale, Lease, or Offer; Occurs; When

Marketing Plan; Seller; Disclosure Document; Contents; List of Sellers; File; Update; Fees

Marketing Plan; Violations; Investigations; Director; Powers

Seller-Assisted Marketing Plan; Cease and Desist Order; Fine; Injunction; Procedures; Appeal

Marketing Plan; Seller; Use of Certain Phrases; Prohibited

Marketing Plan; Buy-Back or Security Investment Provision; Invoked; Entitlement

Marketing Plan; Payment Secured; Buy-Back Arrangement; Representations; Prohibited; Exception

Marketing Plan; Earning Potential Claim; Substantiated by Date

Marketing Plan; Advertising; Commercial Symbol; Requirements

Marketing Plan; Advertisement; Name and Address of Seller; Required

Seller-Assisted Marketing Plan; Potential Purchaser; Seller Provide Disclosure Document

Disclosure Document; Information; Requirements

Repealed 

Disclosure Document; Contents; Requirements

Seller; Officers; Directors; Partners; Managers; Conviction or Judgment; Disclosure

Disclosure Document; Disclose Period of Time Plan Sold or Offered

Disclosure Document; Disclose Existing of Bond or Trust Account

Disclosure Document; Contain Financial Information; Verification

Disclosure Document; Contain Unexecuted Copy of Marketing Plan

Seller-Assisted Marketing Plan; Contract for Sale or Lease; Written; Copy to Purchaser

Marketing Plan Contract; Contents; Requirements

Marketing Plan Contract; Purchaser; Right to Cancel; When

Marketing Plan Contract; Contain Notice of Right to Cancel

Marketing Plan Contract; Execution of Certain Notes Prohibited

Marketing Plan Contract; Downpayment; Conditions

Marketing Plan Contract; Assignee; Rights; Defenses

Reference to Compliance with Act; Prohibited

Marketing Plan; Seller; Records Required

Seller-Assisted Marketing Plan; Service of Process

Seller; Surety Bond or Trust Account; Establish; Procedures

Seller; Noncompliance with Act; Contract; Voidable; Purchaser; Remedies

Seller; Inadvertent Defects; Cure; Purchaser; Rights

Seller; Failure to Deliver Products; Contract Voidable

Purchaser Rights; Cumulative

Purchaser; Waiver of Rights; Unenforceable

Prohibited Acts; Violation; Penalty; Enforcement

Violation; Action for Recovery of Damages; Award; Statute of Limitations

Burden of Proof

Remedies; Not Exclusive

Statutory or Common-Law Rights; Available

Unfair Competition and Deceptive Practices Statutes; Applicable

Director of Banking and Finance; Powers; Rules and Regulations

Nebraska Franchise Practices Act

Legislative Intent

Terms, Defined

Franchise; Sections, Applicable; When

Franchise; Termination, Cancellation, or Failure to Renew; When; Good Cause; Noncompete Agreement; Reform; When; Franchisor; Duties

Franchisee; Transfer; Assign, or Sell Franchise or Interest Therein; Notice; Contents; Franchisor; Approval Required

Prohibited Practices; Enumerated

Sections; Applicability

Action by Franchisee; Defense

Franchisee; Action to Recover Damages; Injunction; Costs

Act, How Cited

Motor Fuel Franchises; Death of Franchisee; Effect

Designation of Successor in Interest; Rights; Notice of Election to Operate Franchise

Successor in Interest; Trial Lease and Franchise Agreement; Procedure

Applicability of Sections

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