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ALABAMA – Court system
ALASKA – Alaska court system
ARIZONA – Department-appointed administrative law judge
ARKANSAS – AMVB dealers may recover attorneys’ fees upon prevailing
CALIFORNIA – New Motor Vehicle Board
COLORADO – Motor Vehicle Dealer Board
CONNECTICUT – Arbitration, Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, then court system
DELAWARE – Public Service Commission, appeals to court system
FLORIDA – Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles Division of Administrative Hearings
GEORGIA – Motor Vehicle Commissioner/Department of Revenue, with appeals to court system
HAWAII – Office of Administrative Hearings of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, judicial review
IDAHO – Idaho Transportation Board
ILLINOIS – Motor Vehicle Review Board
INDIANA – Secretary of State (SOS) Auto Dealer Services Division
IOWA – Department of Transportation, court system
KANSAS – Vehicle Dealer Review Board
KENTUCKY – Motor Vehicle Commission
LOUISIANA – Louisiana Motor Vehicle Commission
MAINE – Court system. Dealer gets attorneys’ fees upon prevailing
MARYLAND – Office of Administrative Hearings’ courts
MASSACHUSETTS – State or federal courts
MICHIGAN – Circuit court
MINNESOTA – Court System. Dealer gets attorneys’ fees upon prevailing
MISSISSIPPI – Motor Vehicle Commission
MISSOURI – Administrative hearing commission, court system
MONTANA – Montana Department of Justice
NEBRASKA – Motor Vehicle Industry Licensing Board
NEVADA – Attorney General, court system
NEW HAMPSHIRE – New Hampshire Motor Vehicle Industry Board
NEW JERSEY – Motor Vehicle Franchise Committee
NEW MEXICO – New Mexico District Court in dealership’s home county
NEW YORK – Mediation, Motor Vehicle Commission, court system
NORTH CAROLINA – Motor Vehicle Commission Mediation
NORTH DAKOTA – Director of Department of Transportation
OHIO – Motor Vehicle Dealers Board
OKLAHOMA – Oklahoma Motor Vehicle Commission
OREGON – Court system. Prevailing dealer gets damages plus attorneys’ fees and costs
PENNSYLVANIA – State Board of Vehicle Manufacturers, Dealers and Salespersons
RHODE ISLAND – Court system
SOUTH CAROLINA – Court system
SOUTH DAKOTA – Court system
TENNESSEE – Court system
TEXAS – Texas Motor Vehicle Board, which may order mediation before case proceeds
UTAH – Utah Powersport Vehicle Franchise Advisory Board, Department of Commerce
VERMONT – Vermont Transportation Board, court system
VIRGINIA – Motor Vehicle Commissioner
WASHINGTON – Administrative law judge, parties split hearing costs; court system
WEST VIRGINIA – OEM appeal process, circuit courts
WISCONSIN – Mediation, Division of Hearings and Appeals, court system
WYOMING – Department of Transportation