District of Columbia
in effect
1 check relate to this framework
Rule summary last reviewed: 2026-08-03
Due again 2026-11-01.
Covers this jurisdiction's citation, effective date, scope and requirement
summaries. The 1 check below carry their own dates, the
oldest of which is 2026-08-03. Nobody qualified to practise law has reviewed any of it — see about.
- Statute
- D.C. Code §28A-201 et seq.
- Official text
- https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/titles/28A/chapters/2
- Short title
- Automatic Renewal Protections Act of 2018
- Effective
- The chapter carries a source note giving an effective date of March 13, 2019, with a later amendment. [medium confidence — flagged for counsel]
- Applies to
- Sellers offering consumer contracts with automatic-renewal provisions or free trials in the District. Insurers, depository institutions, utility and federally regulated services and certain service contracts are described as excluded.
Whether this framework reaches a monthly subscriptionThis framework is summarized as reaching contracts above a term threshold rather than every subscription, so an ordinary month-to-month plan may sit outside it. Only the checks that concern longer contracts relate to it here. The renewal-notice duty is described as attaching where the initial term is twelve months or more; a separate duty reaches free trials of one month or more.
What it is summarized as requiring
- For qualifying contracts, notice no fewer than 30 and no more than 60 days before the cancellation deadline, disclosing the cost of renewal, the deadline, and how to cancel.
- For free trials of one month or more that convert to a paid renewal, notice between 15 and 30 days before the trial expires.
- A failure to meet these duties is described as rendering the automatic-renewal provision void.
What no outside scan can observe here
- Both notices, which reach a consumer after signup.
Checks that relate to this framework
Manual verification only
These relate to this framework but sit outside anything an outside scan can reach. They appear in every report as manual checks and are never counted as findings.
| Check | Severity | Detected by |
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| Not observable from a checkout flow.
These frameworks are summarized as requiring notice ahead of a renewal in defined circumstances — in Virginia, where a renewal term runs longer than 30 days and extends the contract beyond 12 months.
ARL-RENEWAL-NOTICE
Rule summary last reviewed: 2026-08-03
Due again 2026-11-01.
Drafted from 10 sources:
www.cga.ct.gov/…/chap_742d.htm · code.dccouncil.gov/…/2 · delcode.delaware.gov/…/index.html · data.capitol.hawaii.gov/…/HRS_0481-0009_0005.htm · www.ilga.gov/…/Articles · www.mass.gov/…/940-CMR-3800-unfair-and-dece · ndlegis.gov/…/t51c37.pdf · www.nysenate.gov/…/527-A · law.lis.virginia.gov/…/section59.1-207.46 · legislature.vermont.gov/…/02454a
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Manual check
outside flow |
manual verification only
No signal can reach this. It is listed in every report and never counted as a finding. |
Other frameworks these checks relate to
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