Business contract renewal

Definition

The renewal rules that reach a commercial book, since consumer law does not.

Why It Matters

Every consumer cancellation statute here is limited to services bought for personal, family or household purposes, so a commercial route gets none of them. Two states reach business contracts instead and both make the renewal unenforceable if the seller stays quiet. New York requires written notice, served personally or by certified mail, at least fifteen and no more than thirty days before the customer's own cancellation deadline. Wisconsin requires a signed or initialed disclosure at signing, fifteen to sixty days of notice on a multi-year renewal, doubles the customer's damages, and voids any clause making the customer let the seller match a rival's offer.