Franchise Relationship Laws

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Types of Franchise Relationship Laws

(as of June 1, 2015)

APPENDIX C

This chart shows which franchise relationship laws include in their definition of a “fran-

chise” a trademark license, a marketing plan or community of interest, and a fee. It also

shows which states regulate the relationship between franchisors and franchisees as part of

their registration and disclosure laws, using the same definition of a “franchise” for both

purposes, and which ones have separate registration and disclosure laws.

MarketingPart of Separate

Trademark Plan/Community Disclosure Disclosure

Licenseof InterestFeeLawLaw

Arkansas ✓

CaliforniaM ✓✓*

Connecticut M

Delaware ✓

Hawaii ✓C✓✓

IllinoisM ✓✓

IndianaM ✓✓

IowaM ✓

MichiganM ✓✓

MinnesotaC ✓✓

Mississippi ✓C✓

Missouri ✓C

Nebraska ✓C✓

New Jersey✓C

Rhode Island✓C✓

VirginiaM ✓✓

Washington ✓M✓✓

WisconsinC ✓

M =Marketing plan definition of “franchise.”

C=Community of interest definition of “franchise.”

* Same definition as in Franchise Investment Law.

The following states require franchise registration or disclosure but do not have fran-

chise relationship laws: Maryland, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, and South Dakota.