Sections
10 entriesSection 1799.200Establishes the Consumer Contract Awareness Act of 1990 as the name of this title and allows the title to be cited by…Section 1799.201Defines title terms including consumer, consumer contract, consumer contract guaranty, copy, days, goods, guarantor, seller, services, and financial institution. A consumer contract…Section 1799.202Requires a seller to give a consumer a copy of a consumer contract when signed at the seller’s place of business. If…Section 1799.203Exempts specified consumer contracts from the general contract-copy delivery rule, including mail-order goods contracts allowing at least seven calendar days to examine…Section 1799.204Allows a seller, when multiple consumers sign the same consumer contract, to satisfy the copy-delivery requirement by mailing or delivering the copy…Section 1799.205Establishes seller liability for actual damages caused by failure to comply with the referenced rule and makes that remedy nonexclusive and additional…Section 1799.206Requires a seller to give a guarantor a copy of a consumer-contract guaranty when it is signed at the seller’s place of…Section 1799.207Prohibits enforcement of any waiver of the title’s provisions by declaring such a waiver contrary to public policy, void, and unenforceable. Bars…Section 1799.208Prohibits a seller from requiring a consumer to arbitrate a California claim outside California or under another state’s substantive law. Allows the…Section 1799.209Allows a consumer whose contract requires arbitration to choose adjudication under the Small Claims Act when the dispute qualifies for that forum.…