Sections
39 entriesSection 1792Requires every sale of consumer goods that are sold at retail in this state to be accompanied by the manufacturer's and the…Section 1792.1Requires a manufacturer's retail sale of consumer goods in the state to include the manufacturer's implied warranty of fitness when, at the…Section 1792.2Requires a retailer or distributor that knows goods are needed for a particular purpose and knows the buyer relies on its skill…Section 1792.3Bars waiver of the implied warranty of merchantability and, when applicable, the implied warranty of fitness, except for consumer-goods sales made on…Section 1792.4Prohibits an “as is” or “with all faults” sale from disclaiming implied merchantability or applicable fitness warranties unless a conspicuous writing attached…Section 1792.5Requires every sale of goods that are governed by the provisions of this chapter, on an "as is" or "with all faults"…Section 1793Allows manufacturers, distributors, and retailers to make express warranties for consumer goods, except as provided by two specified statutory provisions. Prohibits a…Section 1793.01Prohibits a manufacturer, distributor, or retail seller from making an express warranty for a consumer good that commences before the good is…Section 1793.02Requires retail sellers of new and used assistive devices to provide a written fitness warranty and permit returns within 30 days, or…Section 1793.025Requires new and used wheelchairs to carry specified express warranties: at least one year for new wheelchairs and 60 days for used,…Section 1793.03Requires manufacturers providing express warranties on specified electronic or appliance products to make service literature and functional repair parts available after manufacture.…Section 1793.05Requires a vehicle manufacturer that alters a new vehicle into a housecar to assume the original manufacturer’s warranty responsibility for every finished-product…Section 1793.1Requires manufacturers, distributors, and retailers making express warranties on consumer goods to state them fully in simple, readily understood language and include…Section 1793.2Requires manufacturers of warranted consumer goods sold in California to maintain nearby repair facilities, supply service materials and parts, and limit warranty-service…Section 1793.22Establishes a presumption that a reasonable number of warranty repair attempts occurred for a new motor vehicle when specified events happen within…Section 1793.23Requires manufacturers reacquiring qualifying warranty-defective vehicles to retitle them in the manufacturer’s name, obtain a “Lemon Law Buyback” notation, affix the required…Section 1793.24Requires manufacturers of reacquired vehicles to prepare the prescribed warranty-buyback notice with vehicle details, title branding, reported nonconformities, repairs, and a one-year…Section 1793.25Requires the State Board of Equalization to reimburse a new-motor-vehicle manufacturer for sales or use tax the manufacturer pays in providing a…Section 1793.26Prohibits automobile manufacturers, importers, distributors, dealers, and lienholders reacquiring a vehicle from requiring California buyers or lessees to keep vehicle problems or…Section 1793.3Allows a buyer of nonconforming warranted consumer goods to seek repair, replacement, refund, or qualifying independent repair when the manufacturer lacks required…Section 1793.35Allows a purchaser of clothing or consumables sold with an express warranty to return nonconforming goods within 30 days after purchase or…Section 1793.4Requires service and repair chosen under the applicable option to begin within a reasonable time and, unless the buyer agrees otherwise in…Section 1793.5Requires a manufacturer making express warranties without the specified in-state service and repair facilities to reimburse retail sellers that incur warranty obligations.…Section 1793.6Requires manufacturers making express warranties on consumer goods sold in the state to reimburse independent service providers for actual and reasonable warranty-service…Section 1794Allows a consumer-goods buyer damaged by a chapter, warranty, or service-contract violation to recover damages and other relief, with a willful-violation civil…Section 1794.1Allows a retail seller or independent consumer-goods serviceman injured by a willful or repeated chapter violation to sue for damages. For either…Section 1794.3Exempts from the chapter any defect or nonconformity in consumer goods caused by unauthorized or unreasonable use of the goods after sale.…Section 1794.4Allows service contracts to be sold in addition to or instead of an express warranty when their terms, conditions, and exclusions are…Section 1794.41Prohibits sale of covered motor-vehicle, home-appliance, or home-electronic service contracts unless statutory disclosure, delivery, coverage, cancellation, and refund rules are met. Contracts…Section 1794.45Requires a retailer that sells a covered service contract, while the contract remains effective, either to maintain a copy or, on request…Section 1794.5Allows a manufacturer that makes express warranties to suggest service and repair methods other than those otherwise required by the chapter, so…Section 1795Requires a person other than the manufacturer who makes an express warranty on goods to assume the same obligation the chapter imposes…Section 1795.1Limits the chapter’s application to equipment and mechanical, electrical, or thermal components of a system designed to heat, cool, or otherwise condition…Section 1795.4Establishes that express warranties regularly furnished on substantially similar consumer goods apply to leased goods and treats both lessor and lessee as…Section 1795.5Requires distributors and retail sellers that give an express warranty on used consumer goods to assume specified manufacturer warranty obligations, subject to…Section 1795.51Prohibits a buy-here-pay-here dealer from selling or leasing a used vehicle at retail without a written warranty lasting at least 30 days…Section 1795.6Extends express and implied warranties on consumer goods selling for $50 or more while nonconforming goods are held for warranty repair and…Section 1795.7Extends a manufacturer’s liability to retail sellers while express or implied warranties are tolled because of retail-seller repairs or service. The manufacturer…Section 1795.8Extends the chapter to a United States purchase of a qualifying motor vehicle with a manufacturer’s express warranty by an Armed Forces…