Civ. Code, § 1670.15 · Title 4. UNLAWFUL CONTRACTS
Civ. Code, § 1670.15
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) As used in this section, the following definitions shall apply:
(1) “Consumer” has the same meaning as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 302 of the Business and Professions Code.
(2) “Consumer use agreement” means a contract between a person and a consumer that the consumer enters into in order to use, receive, or otherwise enjoy a good, service, money, or credit.
(3) “Person” has the same meaning as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 302 of the Business and Professions Code.
(b) Dispute resolution terms and conditions of a consumer use agreement shall be limited to the use, payment, or provision of the good, service, money, or credit provided by that consumer use agreement.
(c) A waiver of the provisions of this section is contrary to public policy and void and unenforceable.
(d) This section shall be liberally construed for the purpose of protecting consumers.
(e) The duties and obligations imposed by this section are cumulative with duties or obligations imposed under any other law, shall not be construed to relieve any party from any duties or obligations imposed under any other law, and do not limit any rights or remedies under any other law.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 350, Sec. 1. (SB 82) Effective January 1, 2026.
Source of truth
- Edition
- As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
- Official file
- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV§ionNum=1670.15.
- Text hash
- sha256 a1c842ec2e8f0e2cceee33837b4c2236bf980a3ae6ec3bf3584aecc3fc9752b1
- Composed by
- compose_ca.py 2026-10-22: the Legislative Counsel's CAML content files read by a tokenizer (caml_readers.reader_a); an independent xml.etree reading (caml_readers.reader_b) agrees on every section
This section cites
Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Business and Professions Code
Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.