California Codes, Business and Professions Code - BPC, Division 7 — General Business Regulations, Part 3 — Representations to the Public, Chapter 1 — Advertising, Article 9 — Automatic Purchase Renewals, Section 17603

In any case in which a business sends any goods, wares, merchandise, or products to a consumer, under a continuous service agreement or automatic renewal of a purchase, without first obtaining the consumer’s affirmative consent as described in Section 17602, the goods, wares, merchandise, or products shall for all purposes be deemed an unconditional gift to the consumer, who may use or dispose of the same in any manner he or she sees fit without any obligation whatsoever on the consumer’s part to the business, including, but not limited to, bearing the cost of, or responsibility for, shipping any goods, wares, merchandise, or products to the business.

Notes

Defines goods sent under a continuous-service agreement or automatic renewal without the consumer’s required affirmative consent as an unconditional gift. The consumer may use or dispose of the goods without any obligation to the business, including any duty to pay shipping costs or assume responsibility for returning the goods.

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