# California — Automatic-renewal notice window by US state — how many days before a subscription renews a business must warn the consumer, quoted from the state's own statute

For California, required notice window is at least 15 days and not more than 45 days before the automatic renewal offer or continuous service offer renews; window in days is 15–45 days; which contracts, and any length condition is an automatic renewal offer or continuous service offer with an initial term of one year or longer; separate notice before a free trial ends is 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; statute is Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17602, recorded from its source on 2026-09-03.

- **State:** California _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Required notice window:** at least 15 days and not more than 45 days before the automatic renewal offer or continuous service offer renews _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Window in days:** 15–45 days _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Which contracts, and any length condition:** an automatic renewal offer or continuous service offer with an initial term of one year or longer _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **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 _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Statute:** Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17602 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> 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.

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### Separate notice before a free trial ends

> 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.

### Statute

> 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.

## Source

- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?sectionNum=17602.&lawCode=BPC

Last verified: 2026-09-03. Review by: 2027-03-02.
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