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Contractors
When You Decide to Improve Your Home (K-3)
Contracting With a Contractor: The Homeowner's Right to Cancel (K-10)

(Visit the Contractors State License Board Web site for more information.)

Contracts

Consumer Transactions With Statutory Contract Cancellation Rights (K-6)

Consumers' Rights to Cancel Home Solicitation Contracts (K-9)

Credit Cards
How to Withhold Payment on a Credit Card (CR-7)
How to Correct a Credit Card Billing Error (CR-8)

Debt Collection
What to do if You Receive a Demand for Payment from a Creditor or a Debt Collection Agency (DC-1)
Summary of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Statutes (DC-2)

Electronic Fund Transfers

Consumer Rights In electronic Fund Transfers (CR-6)

Finances
Credit Repair Services (CR-9)

Health Clubs

When Your Health Club Closes
Overview of California's Health Studio Services Contract law (W-10)

Homestead Filing
Regulation of Homestead Filing Services (H-1)

Laws Protecting Consumers

Checklist of Significant California and Federal Consumer Laws (M-1)

Motor Vehicles
Understanding Consumer Vehicle Leases (L-6)

(For more motor-vehicle information visit the Bureau of Automotive Repair Web site.)

Privacy and Identity Theft
Privacy Rights: Payment by Check or Credit Card (P-2)

(For more information on privacy issues, visit the Office of Privacy Protection Web site)

Prizes, Promotions, Giveaways and Lotteries
Rules for Promotional Giveaways (U-1)

Rules Prohibiting Lotteries (U-2)
Rules for Operation of Contests (U-3)
Rules on Conditional Offer of Prizes or Gifts (U-4)

Retail
Display of Return Policy by Retail Sellers (S-6)
Rent-to-Own Transactions in California (S-10)
Gift Certificates (S-11)

Tenant-Landlord

California Tenants - A Guide to Residential Tenants' and Landlords' Rights and Responsibilities
How to Get Back Possessions You Have Left in a Rental Unit (LT-4)
Options for a Landlord: When a Tenant's Personal Property Has Been Left in the Rental Unit (LT-5)
Rent Increases: Basic Information For Tenants (LT-2)

Notice to Readers
Legal guides provide technical and practical information on everyday consumer law issues. They are written by the Department of Consumer Affairs' Legal Services Unit as a general resource for consumer attorneys and representatives, consumer complaint handlers, Small Claims disputants and personnel, reporters and others involved in analyzing, describing and administering consumer laws. Legal Guides are not written primarily for use by the general public and do not constitute legal advice. Readers should consult a lawyer regarding how legal principles and authorities may apply to their specific facts and circumstances.

Copyright © 2008 State of California

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