Idaho Admin. Code r. 04.02.01.170

Current through September 2, 2024

Section 04.02.01.170 - GENERAL RULE

In connection with any door-to-door sale, it is an unfair and deceptive act or practice for a seller to:

01.Written Disclosures. Fail to furnish the consumer with a fully completed receipt or copy of any contract pertaining to such sale at the time of its execution, which is in the same language, e.g., Spanish, as that principally used in the oral sales presentation and which shows the date of the transaction and contains the name and street address of the seller, and the following statement in ten (10) point type in immediate proximity to the space reserved in the contract for the signature of the consumer or on the front page of the receipt if a contract is not used: YOU, THE BUYER, MAY CANCEL THIS TRANSACTION AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO MIDNIGHT OF THE THIRD BUSINESS DAY AFTER THE DATE OF THIS TRANSACTION. SEE THE ATTACHED NOTICE OF CANCELLATION FORM FOR AN EXPLANATION OF THIS RIGHT.

02.Notice of Cancellation. Fail to furnish each consumer, at the time he signs the door-to-door sales contract or otherwise agrees to buy goods or services from the seller, a completed form in duplicate, captioned "NOTICE OF CANCELLATION," which shall be attached to the contract or receipt and easily detachable, and contain in ten (10) point bold face type the following statement in the same language, e.g., Spanish, as that used in the contract:

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION

enter date of transaction

Date

YOU MAY CANCEL THIS TRANSACTION, WITHOUT ANY PENALTY OR OBLIGATION, WITHIN THREE BUSINESS DAYS FROM THE ABOVE DATE.

IF YOU CANCEL, ANY PROPERTY TRADED IN, ANY PAYMENTS MADE BY YOU UNDER THE CONTRACT OR SALE, AND ANY NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENT EXECUTED BY YOU WILL BE RETURNED WITHIN 10 BUSINESS DAYS FOLLOWING RECEIPT BY THE SELLER OF YOUR CANCELLATION NOTICE, AND ANY SECURITY INTEREST ARISING OUT OF THE TRANSACTION WILL BE CANCELLED.

IF YOU CANCEL, YOU MUST MAKE AVAILABLE TO THE SELLER AT YOUR RESIDENCE, IN SUBSTANTIALLY AS GOOD CONDITION AS WHEN RECEIVED, ANY GOOD DELIVERED TO YOU UNDER THIS CONTRACT OR SALE; OR YOU MAY IF YOU WISH, COMPLY WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS OF THE SELLER REGARDING THE RETURN SHIPMENT OF THE GOODS AT THE SELLER'S EXPENSE AND RISK.

IF YOU DO MAKE THE GOODS AVAILABLE TO THE SELLER AND THE SELLER DOES NOT PICK THEM UP WITHIN 20 DAYS OF THE DATE OF YOUR NOTICE OF CANCELLATION, YOU MAY RETAIN OR DISPOSE OF THE GOODS WITHOUT ANY FURTHER OBLIGATION. IF YOU FAIL TO MAKE THE GOODS AVAILABLE TO THE SELLER, OR IF YOU AGREE TO RETURN THE GOODS TO THE SELLER AND FAIL TO DO SO, THEN YOU REMAIN LIABLE FOR PERFORMANCE OF ALL OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE CONTRACT.

TO CANCEL THIS TRANSACTION, MAIL OR DELIVER A SIGNED AND DATED COPY OF THIS CANCELLATION NOTICE OR ANY OTHER WRITTEN NOTICE, OR SEND A TELEGRAM, TO (address of seller's place of business) NOT LATER THAN MIDNIGHT OF (Date).

03.Completed Notice of Cancellation. Fail, before furnishing copies of the "Notice of Cancellation" to the consumer, to complete both copies by entering the name of the seller, the address of the seller's place of business, the date of the transaction, and the date, not earlier than the third business day following the date of the transaction, by which the consumer may give notice of cancellation.

04.Purported Waivers. Include in any door-to-door contract or receipt any confession of judgment or any waiver of any of the rights to which the consumer is entitled under subchapter Q, including, specifically, his right to cancel the sale in accordance with the provisions of subchapter Q.

05.Oral Notice of Cancellation. Fail to inform each consumer orally, at the time he signs the contract or purchases the goods or services, of his right to cancel.

06.Misrepresent Right to Cancel. Misrepresent in any manner the consumer's right to cancel.

07.Failure to Honor Notice of Cancellation. Fail or refuse to honor any valid notice of cancellation by a consumer and within ten (10) business days after the receipt of such notice, to:

a. Refund all payments made under the contract or sale;

b. Return any goods or property traded in, in substantially as good condition as when received by the seller; and

c. Cancel and return any negotiable instrument executed by the consumer in connection with the contract or sale and take any action necessary or appropriate to promptly terminate any security interest created in the transaction.

08.Transferring Evidences of Indebtedness. Negotiate, transfer, sell, or assign any note or other evidence of indebtedness to a finance company or other third party prior to midnight of the fifth business day following the day the contract was signed or the goods or services were purchased.

09.Transferring Traded Goods. Transfer, sell, or assign any goods traded in prior to midnight of the fifth business day following the day the contract was signed or the goods or services were purchased.

10.Failure to Notify Concerning Return of Goods. Fail, within ten (10) business days of receipt of the consumer's notice of cancellation, to notify the consumer whether the seller intends to take possession of or abandon any goods previously shipped or delivered to the consumer under the cancelled contract.

Idaho Admin. Code r. 04.02.01.170

Effective March 31, 2022