Upon termination of the Augusta Lawn Care agreement, must I immediately cease to operate the Augusta Lawn Care Business?
Augusta_Lawn_Care Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
e specified time, or such longer period as applicable law may require, this Agreement shall terminate without further notice to You effective immediately upon the expiration of the thirty (30) day period or such longer period as applicable law may require.
10.3 Rights and Obligations After Termination or Expiration
Upon termination of this Agreement for any reason, the parties will have the following rights and obligations:
(a) Augusta Lawn Care will have no further obligations under this Agreement.
(b) You shall pay Augusta Lawn Care a fee of, at least, Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000) to account for our legal and/or administrative costs;
(c) You shall give the final accounting for the Augusta Lawn Care Business, pay Augusta Lawn Care within thirty (30) days after termination all payments due to Augusta Lawn Care, and return the Manual and any other property belonging to Augusta Lawn Care.
(d) You shall immediately and permanently cease to operate the Augusta Lawn Care Business. You shall immediately and permanently stop using the Marks or any confusingly similar marks, the System, or any advertising, signs, stationery, or forms that bear identifying marks or colors that might give others the impression that You are operating an Augusta Lawn Care Business, You shall refrain from any statement or action that might give others the impression that You are or ever were affiliated with the Augusta Lawn Care Franchise Network.
(e) You shall promptly sign any documents and take any steps that, in the judgment of Augusta Lawn Care, are necessary to delete Your listings from classified telephone directories, disconnect, or, at Augusta Lawn Care's option, assign the Augusta Lawn Care all telephone numbers that have been used in the Augusta Lawn Care Business, and terminate all other references that indicate You are or ever were affiliated with Augusta Lawn Care or an Augusta Lawn Care Business.
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPTS (FDD pages 44–184)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Augusta Lawn Care FDD, upon termination of the Franchise Agreement, you must immediately and permanently cease to operate the Augusta Lawn Care Business. This means you cannot continue to run a lawn care business under the Augusta Lawn Care name or system.
Furthermore, you must immediately stop using the Augusta Lawn Care marks or any confusingly similar marks, the System, or any advertising, signs, stationery, or forms that bear identifying marks or colors that might give others the impression that you are still operating an Augusta Lawn Care Business. You also must not make any statement or action that might give others the impression that you are or ever were affiliated with the Augusta Lawn Care Franchise Network.
In addition, you are required to promptly sign documents and take steps necessary to delete your listings from classified telephone directories, disconnect or assign telephone numbers used in the business to Augusta Lawn Care, and terminate any references indicating your affiliation with Augusta Lawn Care. If you fail to do so within seven days after termination, Augusta Lawn Care is irrevocably appointed as your attorney-in-fact to take these actions on your behalf. You must also transfer your phone number, email address, website, Google listings, software subscriptions, and client information and contracts to Augusta Lawn Care upon termination or expiration of the agreement.