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California became just the third state in the nation to pass a "right to repair" consumer protection law on Tuesday, following Minnesota and New York, when Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 244. The ...
The Magnuson–Moss Warranty Act (P.L. 93-637) is a United States federal law ( 15 U.S.C. § 2301 et seq. ). Enacted in 1975, the federal statute governs warranties on consumer products. The law does not require any product to have a warranty (it may be sold "as is"), but if it does have a warranty, the warranty must comply with this law.
The legislation requires manufacturers to, “make available, on fair and reasonable terms, to product owners, service and repair facilities, and service dealers, the means, as described, to ...
The Act extends to the purchase of consumer products, including motor vehicles and appliances. The Act also provides that the warranter may be obligated to pay the prevailing party's attorney in a successful lawsuit, as do most state lemon laws. A consumer may pursue relief under both a state lemon law and the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act. [10]
California’s Right to Repair Act builds on the existing California Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act, which was enacted back in 1970. The new legislation would require manufacturers to “make ...
Colorado enacts the Consumer Right To Repair Agricultural Equipment Act: First state in the U.S. to enact a Right to Repair law covering farming equipment [40] 2023 Minnesota law passed [41] It is the first right-to-repair law to address home appliances; the Verge called it 'groundbreaking' [41] 2023: California enacts a Right to Repair Act [42]
The California Consumers Legal Remedies Act ("CLRA") is the name for California Civil Code §§ 1750 et seq. [1] The CLRA declares unlawful several "methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices undertaken by any person in a transaction intended to result or which results in the sale or lease of goods or services to any consumer". [2]
Since warranty stickers are a common sight on popular consumer electronics, like say, the PS4 and various phones, it was pretty unclear whether the law covers products much cheaper than cars.