Existing law generally regulates various types of consumer transactions, including home improvement and home solicitation contracts and offers. Existing law authorizes a buyer to cancel certain home improvement and home solicitation contracts or offers until midnight of the 3rd business day after the day on which the buyer signs an agreement or offer to purchase that complies with specified requirements. Existing law provides an alternate 5-day period of time to cancel the contracts or offers described above if the buyer or property owner is a senior citizen, as defined, for contracts entered into, or offers to purchase conveyed, on or after January 1, 2021. Existing law also provides a 7-day period of time to cancel the contracts or offers described above if the contract is for the repair or restoration of residential premises damaged by any sudden or catastrophic event for which a state of emergency or local emergency has been declared. Existing law requires a home improvement or home solicitation contract or offer to include a notice of cancellation form with specified statements as to the buyer's right to cancel, including how a notice of cancellation may be delivered to the seller.
This bill would clarify that notice of cancellation may be delivered by email and require the seller to include in the contract an email address to which the notice of cancellation is to be sent, and would make conforming changes. The bill would also authorize the notice of cancellation to, in lieu of a written notice, be conveyed to the seller orally by telephone.

Statutes affected:
AB 1327: 7159 BPC, 17511.5 BPC, 1689.6 CIV, 1689.7 CIV, 1689.20 CIV, 1689.21 CIV
02/21/25 - Introduced: 7159 BPC, 17511.5 BPC, 1689.6 CIV, 1689.7 CIV, 1689.20 CIV, 1689.21 CIV