32-6E-7. Impermissible conditions of franchise. No franchisor may require a franchisee to agree to the inclusion of a term or condition in a franchise, or in any lease or agreement ancillary or collateral to a franchise as a condition to the offer, grant, or renewal of such franchise, lease, or agreement, that:
(1) Requires the franchisee to waive trial by jury in any case involving the franchisor;
(2) Specifies the jurisdictions, venues, or tribunals in which disputes arising with respect to the franchise, lease, or agreement shall or may not be submitted for resolution or otherwise prevents a franchisee from bringing an action in a particular forum otherwise available under the law; or
(3) Requires that disputes between the franchisor and franchisee be submitted to arbitration or to any other binding alternate dispute resolution procedure.
However, any franchise, lease, or agreement may authorize the submission of a dispute to arbitration or to binding alternate dispute resolution if the franchisor and franchisee voluntarily agree to submit the dispute to arbitration or binding alternate dispute resolution at the time the dispute arises.
Source: SL 1994, ch 248, § 7.
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