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Lemon law protection arises under state law, with every U.S. state and the District of Columbia having its own lemon law. [1] Although the exact criteria vary by state, new vehicle lemon laws require that an auto manufacturer repurchase a vehicle that has a significant defect that the manufacturer is unable to repair within a reasonable amount of time. [2]
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 overwhelming majority of countries have strongly preferred to address product liability through legislative means. [2] In most countries, this occurred either by enacting a separate product liability act, adding product liability rules to an existing civil code, or including strict liability within a comprehensive Consumer Protection Act. [2]
A handful of bills that North Carolina’s legislature passed into law over the past two years will go into effect Monday. Here are highlights of some of these new laws and their provisions:
The Ohio Revised Code (ORC) contains all current statutes of the Ohio General Assembly of a permanent and general nature, consolidated into provisions, titles, chapters and sections. [1] However, the only official publication of the enactments of the General Assembly is the Laws of Ohio; the Ohio Revised Code is only a reference. [2]
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] Requires that manufacturers of electronic and/or appliance products provide documentation, parts, and tools to owners, service and repair facilities, and service dealers for diagnostics and ...
“Under North Carolina law, a homeowner’s last chance to stop a foreclosure with a bankruptcy filing comes upon the expiration of the upset bid period,” the Sasser Law Firm explains. “This ...
The federal "lemon law" also provides that the warrantor may be obligated to pay the attorney fees of the party prevailing in a lemon law suit, as do most state lemon laws. If a car has to be repaired for the same defect four or more times and the problem is still occurring, the car may be deemed to be a "lemon".