Subdivision 1. Applicable sales and offers to sell or purchase. The provisions of sections 80C.01 to 80C.22 concerning sales and offers to sell shall apply when a sale or offer to sell is made in this state; when an offer to purchase is made and accepted in this state; or when the franchise is to be located in this state.
Subd. 2. Offer to sell or purchase made in state. For the purpose of sections 80C.01 to 80C.22, an offer to sell or to purchase is made in this state, whether or not either party is then present in this state, when the offer originates from this state or is directed by the offeror to this state and received by the offeree in this state.
Subd. 3. Offer to purchase or sell accepted in state. For the purpose of this section, an offer to purchase or to sell is accepted in this state when acceptance is communicated to the offeror in this state, and has not previously been communicated to the offeror, orally or in writing, outside this state; and acceptance is communicated to the offeror in this state, whether or not either party is then present in this state, when the offeree directs it to the offeror in this state reasonably believing the offeror to be in this state and it is received by the offeror in this state.
Subd. 4. Offer to sell or purchase not made in state. An offer to sell or to purchase is not made in this state when the publisher circulates or there is circulated in the publisher's behalf in this state any bona fide newspaper or other publication of general, regular and paid circulation which is not published in this state, or when a radio or television program originating outside this state is received in this state.
1973 c 612 s 19; 1981 c 165 s 8; 1986 c 444
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 80B - 81A — Commercial Regulations
Section 80C.02 — Registration Requirement.
Section 80C.04 — Application For Registration.
Section 80C.05 — Registration Provisions.
Section 80C.06 — Public Offering Statement.
Section 80C.07 — Amendment Of Registration.
Section 80C.08 — Annual Report.
Section 80C.10 — Books, Records And Accounts.
Section 80C.11 — Opinions, Appraisals, And Reports.
Section 80C.12 — Denial, Suspension Or Revocation Of Registrations Or Exemptions.
Section 80C.13 — Prohibited Practices.
Section 80C.14 — Unfair Practices.
Section 80C.144 — Exempt Motor Fuel Franchises; Alternative Compliance.
Section 80C.145 — Motor Fuel Franchises; Right Of Survivorship.
Section 80C.146 — Elimination Of Service Bays Prohibited.
Section 80C.147 — Change In Ownership.
Section 80C.16 — Enforcement; Penalties And Remedies.
Section 80C.17 — Civil Liability.
Section 80C.18 — Administrative Pronouncements.
Section 80C.19 — Scope Of Sections 80c.01 To 80c.22.
Section 80C.20 — Service Of Process.