Vermont
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
- 9 V.S.A. §2454a.
- Official text
- https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/09/063/02454a
- Effective
- The section carries a credit line giving an effective date of July 1, 2019, with a later amendment.
- Applies to
- Sellers and lessors under a consumer contract whose initial term is one year or longer and that renews for a subsequent term longer than one month. Financial institutions, credit unions and insurance 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. This section is described as reaching only contracts with an initial term of a year or longer, which places an ordinary monthly subscription outside it.
What it is summarized as requiring
- Automatic-renewal terms stated clearly and conspicuously in plain language and in bold-face type.
- An affirmative action by the consumer to opt in to the automatic-renewal provision, separate from accepting the contract itself.
- Advance renewal notice between 30 and 60 days before the earliest of the renewal date, termination date, or cancellation deadline.
- Where the consumer accepted the contract online, termination available exclusively online, which is described as permitting a pre-formatted termination email.
What no outside scan can observe here
- The advance renewal notice.
Worth knowing
- Vermont is the clearest example in this matrix of a separate opt-in requirement — an affirmative action distinct from accepting the contract. It is also gated on a term of a year or more, so the check that looks for a dedicated consent control does not relate to it.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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
|
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
A single observation frequently relates to several states at once. These are the other jurisdictions named by the same checks.
Every rule in the matrix · What this scanner cannot see · Run a scan scoped to Vermont