{"asset": "automatic-renewal-notice-window-by-state", "asset_type": "jurisdictional-variation", "body": "A wave of state automatic-renewal laws passed or amended 2021\u20132025 (Colorado enacted 2021 and amended 2025, Illinois amended through 2025, California's AB 2863 effective 2025, Utah's new Automatic Renewal Contracts Act effective 2025) each require a business to send a written renewal-reminder notice a set number of days before an auto-renewing contract rolls over \u2014 but the window and the contract length that triggers it are not the same number twice: California requires 15\u201345 days for contracts with an initial term of one year or longer, Illinois requires 30\u201360 days for contracts with an initial term of 12 months or more that renew for more than one month, Colorado requires 25\u201340 days for any automatic-renewal contract, and Utah requires 30\u201360 days. The one free comprehensive chart found (Thomson Reuters Practical Law / Faegre Drinker's 'Automatic Renewal State Laws Charts') is dated 30 Nov 2020 and predates every one of these changes. Each record is one state with a statute in force, giving the notice window in the statute's own words, the type of contract it applies to, the separate shorter notice each section sets before a free trial or promotional price ends, and the statute citation. States whose automatic-renewal statute requires disclosure but sets no numeric notice window are omitted rather than asserted. Answers 'how many days notice before auto-renewal by state', 'automatic renewal notice period California/Illinois/Colorado/Utah', 'when must a company warn me before a subscription renews'.\n", "description": "A wave of state automatic-renewal laws passed or amended 2021\u20132025 (Colorado enacted 2021 and amended 2025, Illinois amended through 2025, California's AB 2863 effective 2025, Utah's new Automatic Renewal Contracts Act effective 2025) each require a business to send a written renewal-reminder notice a set number of days before an auto-renewing contract rolls over \u2014 but the window and the contract length that triggers it are not the same number twice: California requires 15\u201345 days for contracts with an initial term of one year or longer, Illinois requires 30\u201360 days for contracts with an initial term of 12 months or more that renew for more than one month, Colorado requires 25\u201340 days for any automatic-renewal contract, and Utah requires 30\u201360 days. The one free comprehensive chart found (Thomson Reuters Practical Law / Faegre Drinker's 'Automatic Renewal State Laws Charts') is dated 30 Nov 2020 and predates every one of these changes. Each record is one state with a statute in force, giving the notice window in the statute's own words, the type of contract it applies to, the separate shorter notice each section sets before a free trial or promotional price ends, and the statute citation. States whose automatic-renewal statute requires disclosure but sets no numeric notice window are omitted rather than asserted. Answers 'how many days notice before auto-renewal by state', 'automatic renewal notice period California/Illinois/Colorado/Utah', 'when must a company warn me before a subscription renews'.", "file": "index.md", "generated": true, "harvested": "2026-09-03", "key_field": "jurisdiction", "licence": "unknown", "sources": ["https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?sectionNum=17602.&lawCode=BPC", "https://law.justia.com/codes/colorado/title-6/fair-trade-and-restraint-of-trade/article-1/part-7/section-6-1-732/", "http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0500-0599/0501/Sections/0501.165.html", "https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/documents/081506010K10.htm", "https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_75/GS_75-41.html", "https://law.justia.com/codes/utah/title-13/chapter-70/part-2/section-201/"], "stale_after": "2027-03-02", "title": "Automatic-renewal notice window by US state \u2014 how many days before a subscription renews a business must warn the consumer, quoted from the state's own statute", "type": "dataset", "verified": false} {"asset": "automatic-renewal-notice-window-by-state", "body": "**State:** California\n\n**Required notice window:** at least 15 days and not more than 45 days before the automatic renewal offer or continuous service offer renews\n\n**Window in days:** 15\u201345 days\n\n**Which contracts, and any length condition:** an automatic renewal offer or continuous service offer with an initial term of one year or longer\n\n**Separate notice before a free trial ends:** at least 3 days before and at most 21 days before the expiration of the predetermined period of time for which the free gift or trial, or promotional or discounted price, applies\n\n> The consumer accepted a free gift or trial, lasting for more than 31 days, that was included in an automatic renewal offer or continuous service offer or the consumer accepted an automatic renewal offer or continuous service offer at a promotional or discounted price, and the applicability of that price was more than 31 days. (A) The notice shall be provided at least 3 days before and at most 21 days before the expiration of the predetermined period of time for which the free gift or trial, or promotional or discounted price, applies.\n\n**Statute:** Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code \u00a7 17602\n\n> Code Text Business and Professions Code - BPC DIVISION 7. GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS [16000 - 18107] ( Division 7 added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 61. ) PART 3. REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC [17500 - 17943] ( Part 3 added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 63. ) CHAPTER 1. Advertising [17500 - 17606] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 63. ) ARTICLE 9. Automatic Purchase Renewals [17600 - 17606] ( Article 9 added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 350, Sec. 1. ) 17602.\n\n> The consumer accepted an automatic renewal offer or continuous service offer with an initial term of one year or longer, that automatically renews unless the consumer cancels the automatic renewal or continuous service. In this case, the notice shall be provided at least 15 days and not more than 45 days before the automatic renewal offer or continuous service offer renews.\n\nSource: \n", "file": "california.md", "generated": true, "harvested": "2026-09-03", "id": "california", "jurisdiction": "California", "notice_window": "at least 15 days and not more than 45 days before the automatic renewal offer or continuous service offer renews", "notice_window_days": "15\u201345 days", "qualifying_contract": "an automatic renewal offer or continuous service offer with an initial term of one year or longer", "quote_statute_citation": "Code Text Business and Professions Code - BPC DIVISION 7. GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS [16000 - 18107] ( Division 7 added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 61. ) PART 3. REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC [17500 - 17943] ( Part 3 added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 63. ) CHAPTER 1. Advertising [17500 - 17606] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 63. ) ARTICLE 9. Automatic Purchase Renewals [17600 - 17606] ( Article 9 added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 350, Sec. 1. ) 17602.", "quote_trial_period_notice": "The consumer accepted a free gift or trial, lasting for more than 31 days, that was included in an automatic renewal offer or continuous service offer or the consumer accepted an automatic renewal offer or continuous service offer at a promotional or discounted price, and the applicability of that price was more than 31 days. (A) The notice shall be provided at least 3 days before and at most 21 days before the expiration of the predetermined period of time for which the free gift or trial, or promotional or discounted price, applies.", "rechecked": "2026-09-03", "source_quote": "The consumer accepted an automatic renewal offer or continuous service offer with an initial term of one year or longer, that automatically renews unless the consumer cancels the automatic renewal or continuous service. In this case, the notice shall be provided at least 15 days and not more than 45 days before the automatic renewal offer or continuous service offer renews.", "sources": ["https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?sectionNum=17602.&lawCode=BPC"], "stale_after": "2027-03-02", "statute_citation": "Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code \u00a7 17602", "title": "California \u2014 Automatic-renewal notice window by US state \u2014 how many days before a subscription renews a business must warn the consumer, quoted from the state's own statute", "trial_period_notice": "at least 3 days before and at most 21 days before the expiration of the predetermined period of time for which the free gift or trial, or promotional or discounted price, applies", "type": "jurisdictional-variation", "verified": false} {"asset": "automatic-renewal-notice-window-by-state", "body": "**State:** Colorado\n\n**Required notice window:** at least twenty-five and no more than forty days before the first automatic renewal and at least twenty-five and no more than forty days before each automatic renewal thereafter\n\n**Window in days:** 25\u201340 days\n\n**Which contracts, and any length condition:** except that, if the initial automatic renewal or any subsequent automatic renewal is for a term of less than twelve months, the person shall send the notice: (I) At least once in the period between twenty-five and forty days directly preceding the first automatic renewal that would extend the contract beyond a continuous twelve-month period\n\n> except that, if the initial automatic renewal or any subsequent automatic renewal is for a term of less than twelve months, the person shall send the notice: (I) At least once in the period between twenty-five and forty days directly preceding the first automatic renewal that would extend the contract beyond a continuous twelve-month period;\n\n**Statute:** C.R.S. \u00a7 6-1-732\n\n> Colorado Revised Statutes Section 6-1-732 (2025) - Automatic renewal contracts - unlawful acts - required disclosures - right to cancel - trial period offers - exemptions - rules - definitions\n\n> A person that sells a good or service to a consumer pursuant to an automatic renewal contract shall send the notice described in subsection (4)(a) of this section at least twenty-five and no more than forty days before the first automatic renewal and at least twenty-five and no more than forty days before each automatic renewal thereafter\n\nSource: \n", "file": "colorado.md", "generated": true, "harvested": "2026-09-03", "id": "colorado", "jurisdiction": "Colorado", "notice_window": "at least twenty-five and no more than forty days before the first automatic renewal and at least twenty-five and no more than forty days before each automatic renewal thereafter", "notice_window_days": "25\u201340 days", "qualifying_contract": "except that, if the initial automatic renewal or any subsequent automatic renewal is for a term of less than twelve months, the person shall send the notice: (I) At least once in the period between twenty-five and forty days directly preceding the first automatic renewal that would extend the contract beyond a continuous twelve-month period", "quote_qualifying_contract": "except that, if the initial automatic renewal or any subsequent automatic renewal is for a term of less than twelve months, the person shall send the notice: (I) At least once in the period between twenty-five and forty days directly preceding the first automatic renewal that would extend the contract beyond a continuous twelve-month period;", "quote_statute_citation": "Colorado Revised Statutes Section 6-1-732 (2025) - Automatic renewal contracts - unlawful acts - required disclosures - right to cancel - trial period offers - exemptions - rules - definitions", "source_quote": "A person that sells a good or service to a consumer pursuant to an automatic renewal contract shall send the notice described in subsection (4)(a) of this section at least twenty-five and no more than forty days before the first automatic renewal and at least twenty-five and no more than forty days before each automatic renewal thereafter", "sources": ["https://law.justia.com/codes/colorado/title-6/fair-trade-and-restraint-of-trade/article-1/part-7/section-6-1-732/"], "stale_after": "2027-03-02", "statute_citation": "C.R.S. \u00a7 6-1-732", "title": "Colorado \u2014 Automatic-renewal notice window by US state \u2014 how many days before a subscription renews a business must warn the consumer, quoted from the state's own statute", "type": "jurisdictional-variation", "verified": false} {"asset": "automatic-renewal-notice-window-by-state", "body": "**State:** Florida\n\n**Required notice window:** no less than 30 days or no more than 60 days before the cancellation deadline pursuant to the automatic renewal provision\n\n**Window in days:** 30\u201360 days\n\n**Which contracts, and any length condition:** a service contract the term of which is a specified period of 12 months or more and that automatically renews for a specified period of more than 1 month\n\n**Statute:** Fla. Stat. \u00a7 501.165\n\n> F.S. 501.165 501.165 Automatic renewal of service contracts.\n\n> A seller that sells or offers to sell any service to a consumer pursuant to a service contract the term of which is a specified period of 12 months or more and that automatically renews for a specified period of more than 1 month, unless the consumer cancels the contract, shall provide the consumer with written or electronic notification of the automatic renewal provision. Notification shall be provided to the consumer no less than 30 days or no more than 60 days before the cancellation deadline pursuant to the automatic renewal provision.\n\nSource: \n", "file": "florida.md", "generated": true, "harvested": "2026-09-03", "id": "florida", "jurisdiction": "Florida", "notice_window": "no less than 30 days or no more than 60 days before the cancellation deadline pursuant to the automatic renewal provision", "notice_window_days": "30\u201360 days", "qualifying_contract": "a service contract the term of which is a specified period of 12 months or more and that automatically renews for a specified period of more than 1 month", "quote_statute_citation": "F.S. 501.165 501.165 Automatic renewal of service contracts.", "rechecked": "2026-09-03", "source_quote": "A seller that sells or offers to sell any service to a consumer pursuant to a service contract the term of which is a specified period of 12 months or more and that automatically renews for a specified period of more than 1 month, unless the consumer cancels the contract, shall provide the consumer with written or electronic notification of the automatic renewal provision. Notification shall be provided to the consumer no less than 30 days or no more than 60 days before the cancellation deadline pursuant to the automatic renewal provision.", "sources": ["http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0500-0599/0501/Sections/0501.165.html"], "stale_after": "2027-03-02", "statute_citation": "Fla. Stat. \u00a7 501.165", "title": "Florida \u2014 Automatic-renewal notice window by US state \u2014 how many days before a subscription renews a business must warn the consumer, quoted from the state's own statute", "type": "jurisdictional-variation", "verified": false} {"asset": "automatic-renewal-notice-window-by-state", "body": "**State:** Illinois\n\n**Required notice window:** no less than 30 days and no more than 60 days before the cancellation deadline pursuant to the automatic renewal offer terms\n\n**Window in days:** 30\u201360 days\n\n**Which contracts, and any length condition:** such contract term is a specified term of 12 months or more, and where such contract automatically renews for a specified term of more than one month\n\n**Separate notice before a free trial ends:** no less than 3 days before the cancellation deadline as described by the automatic renewal offer terms\n\n> pursuant to a contract that includes a free trial or a promotional period of the product or service that lasts 15 days or longer, where such contract automatically renews unless the consumer cancels the contract, shall notify the consumer during the free trial or the promotional period no less than 3 days before the cancellation deadline as described by the automatic renewal offer terms.\n\n**Statute:** 815 ILCS 601/10\n\n> (815 ILCS 601/10) Sec. 10. Automatic renewal; requirements.\n\n> where such contract term is a specified term of 12 months or more, and where such contract automatically renews for a specified term of more than one month unless the consumer cancels the contract, shall notify the consumer in writing of the automatic renewal. Written notice shall be provided to the consumer no less than 30 days and no more than 60 days before the cancellation deadline pursuant to the automatic renewal offer terms.\n\nSource: \n", "file": "illinois.md", "generated": true, "harvested": "2026-09-03", "id": "illinois", "jurisdiction": "Illinois", "notice_window": "no less than 30 days and no more than 60 days before the cancellation deadline pursuant to the automatic renewal offer terms", "notice_window_days": "30\u201360 days", "qualifying_contract": "such contract term is a specified term of 12 months or more, and where such contract automatically renews for a specified term of more than one month", "quote_statute_citation": "(815 ILCS 601/10) Sec. 10. Automatic renewal; requirements.", "quote_trial_period_notice": "pursuant to a contract that includes a free trial or a promotional period of the product or service that lasts 15 days or longer, where such contract automatically renews unless the consumer cancels the contract, shall notify the consumer during the free trial or the promotional period no less than 3 days before the cancellation deadline as described by the automatic renewal offer terms.", "rechecked": "2026-09-03", "source_quote": "where such contract term is a specified term of 12 months or more, and where such contract automatically renews for a specified term of more than one month unless the consumer cancels the contract, shall notify the consumer in writing of the automatic renewal. Written notice shall be provided to the consumer no less than 30 days and no more than 60 days before the cancellation deadline pursuant to the automatic renewal offer terms.", "sources": ["https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/documents/081506010K10.htm"], "stale_after": "2027-03-02", "statute_citation": "815 ILCS 601/10", "title": "Illinois \u2014 Automatic-renewal notice window by US state \u2014 how many days before a subscription renews a business must warn the consumer, quoted from the state's own statute", "trial_period_notice": "no less than 3 days before the cancellation deadline as described by the automatic renewal offer terms", "type": "jurisdictional-variation", "verified": false} {"asset": "automatic-renewal-notice-window-by-state", "body": "**State:** North Carolina\n\n**Required notice window:** at least 15 days but no earlier than 45 days before the date the contract is to be automatically renewed\n\n**Window in days:** 15\u201345 days\n\n**Which contracts, and any length condition:** any automatic renewal exceeding 60 days\n\n**Statute:** N.C. Gen. Stat. \u00a7 75-41\n\n> G.S. 75-41 \u00a7 75-41. Contracts with automatic renewal clauses.\n\n> For any automatic renewal exceeding 60 days, provide written notice to the consumer by personal delivery, email, or first-class mail, at least 15 days but no earlier than 45 days before the date the contract is to be automatically renewed, stating the date on which the contract is scheduled to automatically renew and notifying the consumer that the contract will automatically renew unless it is cancelled by the consumer prior to that date.\n\nSource: \n", "file": "north-carolina.md", "generated": true, "harvested": "2026-09-03", "id": "north-carolina", "jurisdiction": "North Carolina", "notice_window": "at least 15 days but no earlier than 45 days before the date the contract is to be automatically renewed", "notice_window_days": "15\u201345 days", "qualifying_contract": "any automatic renewal exceeding 60 days", "quote_statute_citation": "G.S. 75-41 \u00a7 75-41. Contracts with automatic renewal clauses.", "source_quote": "For any automatic renewal exceeding 60 days, provide written notice to the consumer by personal delivery, email, or first-class mail, at least 15 days but no earlier than 45 days before the date the contract is to be automatically renewed, stating the date on which the contract is scheduled to automatically renew and notifying the consumer that the contract will automatically renew unless it is cancelled by the consumer prior to that date.", "sources": ["https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_75/GS_75-41.html"], "stale_after": "2027-03-02", "statute_citation": "N.C. Gen. Stat. \u00a7 75-41", "title": "North Carolina \u2014 Automatic-renewal notice window by US state \u2014 how many days before a subscription renews a business must warn the consumer, quoted from the state's own statute", "type": "jurisdictional-variation", "verified": false} {"asset": "automatic-renewal-notice-window-by-state", "body": "**State:** Utah\n\n**Required notice window:** at least 30 but not more than 60 days before the day on which the automatic renewal provision renews\n\n**Window in days:** 30\u201360 days\n\n**Separate notice before a free trial ends:** at least three days before the day on which the period of time under the trial period offer expires\n\n> a person who provides an individual a trial period offer shall provide a notice to the individual, at least three days before the day on which the period of time under the trial period offer expires\n\n**Statute:** Utah Code \u00a7 13-70-201\n\n> Utah Code \u00a7 13-70-201 (2025) - Automatic renewal provisions -- Trial period offers -- Notice -- Exceptions.\n\n> a person who provides an individual a product or service under a contract with an automatic renewal provision shall provide a notice to the individual, at least 30 but not more than 60 days before the day on which the automatic renewal provision renews\n\nSource: \n", "file": "utah.md", "generated": true, "harvested": "2026-09-03", "id": "utah", "jurisdiction": "Utah", "notice_window": "at least 30 but not more than 60 days before the day on which the automatic renewal provision renews", "notice_window_days": "30\u201360 days", "quote_statute_citation": "Utah Code \u00a7 13-70-201 (2025) - Automatic renewal provisions -- Trial period offers -- Notice -- Exceptions.", "quote_trial_period_notice": "a person who provides an individual a trial period offer shall provide a notice to the individual, at least three days before the day on which the period of time under the trial period offer expires", "rechecked": "2026-09-03", "source_quote": "a person who provides an individual a product or service under a contract with an automatic renewal provision shall provide a notice to the individual, at least 30 but not more than 60 days before the day on which the automatic renewal provision renews", "sources": ["https://law.justia.com/codes/utah/title-13/chapter-70/part-2/section-201/"], "stale_after": "2027-03-02", "statute_citation": "Utah Code \u00a7 13-70-201", "title": "Utah \u2014 Automatic-renewal notice window by US state \u2014 how many days before a subscription renews a business must warn the consumer, quoted from the state's own statute", "trial_period_notice": "at least three days before the day on which the period of time under the trial period offer expires", "type": "jurisdictional-variation", "verified": false}