# California — State Right-to-Repair Laws: Coverage, Requirements, and Effective Dates

For California, law citation is SB 244 (Right to Repair Act); effective date is July 1, 2024; covered products is electronic or appliance products; price threshold is $50 for 3-year parts/documentation availability; $100 for 7-year availability; parts pairing prohibited is not addressed, recorded from its source on 2026-08-15.

- **state:** California
- **law citation:** SB 244 (Right to Repair Act)
- **effective date:** July 1, 2024
- **covered products:** electronic or appliance products
- **price threshold:** $50 for 3-year parts/documentation availability; $100 for 7-year availability
- **parts pairing prohibited:** not addressed
- **excluded products:** alarm systems (including fire protection systems), video game consoles, products no longer provided by manufacturer to authorized repair providers
- **enforcement:** city, county, or state may bring civil action in superior court; no private cause of action _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **max penalty:** $1,000/day for first violation, $2,000/day for second violation, $5,000/day for third and subsequent violations _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> A city, a county, a city and county, or the state may bring an action in superior court to impose civil liability on a person or entity that knowingly violated this chapter, or reasonably should have known that it violated this chapter, in the amount of one thousand dollars ($1,000) per day for the first violation of this chapter, two thousand dollars ($2,000) per day for the second violation, and five thousand dollars ($5,000) per day for the third and subsequent violations.

## Source

- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB244

Last verified: 2026-08-15. Review by: 2026-11-13.
Part of [State Right-to-Repair Laws: Coverage, Requirements, and Effective Dates](https://referencesource.org/state-right-to-repair-laws/).