Automatic renewal laws by state: the verified index

Every state guide on this site, verified against the current statute text: consent states, notice states, void remedies, gift rules — and the states with no law at all.

The short answer

US subscription law is a patchwork with four recurring designs: consent regimes (charge only after affirmative consent), notice regimes (a warning before longer renewals), void remedies (a non-compliant clause dissolves), and gift rules (unconsented goods are yours to keep). This index links every state this site has verified against the current statute text — and only those. Where a state is missing, we have not verified it yet; where it has no law, we say so.

Leutrim Miftaraj

Founder, SubTracker · Updated September 9, 2026

How to read this index

Each linked page was written against the statute’s current text, names its primary source, and degrades automatically to a cautious formulation if our verification ages past its review horizon. States not listed are not yet covered — absence here is a coverage statement, never a legal one.

[California](/best/subscription-cancellation-rights-california) — the strictest overall: free trials in scope, separate express consent with record-keeping, annual reminders, click-to-quit (strengthened July 2025). [Virginia](/best/subscription-cancellation-rights-virginia) — consent plus, since July 2026, cancellation at least as easy as sign-up through every enrolment channel. [Tennessee](/best/subscription-cancellation-rights-tennessee) — consent including promotional-price terms, with a pre-charge notice when the first renewal sits more than 60 days out. [Oregon](/best/subscription-cancellation-rights-oregon) — consent before any charge, and goods sent without it are an unconditional gift.

Notice-model states (a warning before longer renewals)

[North Carolina](/best/subscription-cancellation-rights-north-carolina) — products and services alike, notice 15–45 days ahead for renewals over 60 days, changed terms in 12-point bold, violated clauses void. [Georgia](/best/subscription-cancellation-rights-georgia) — service contracts, notice 30–60 days ahead, and renewals past two years need your acknowledged yes. [Florida](/best/subscription-cancellation-rights-florida) — service contracts with thresholds that spare most monthly digital plans; violations void the clause. [New York](/best/subscription-cancellation-rights-new-york), [Illinois](/best/subscription-cancellation-rights-illinois), [Colorado](/best/subscription-cancellation-rights-colorado) and [Vermont](/best/subscription-cancellation-rights-vermont) — each with its own disclosure-and-notice design, detailed on the state pages.

The newest general regimes

[Maryland](/best/subscription-cancellation-rights-maryland) — in force since June 1, 2026: consent before charging, post-introductory price disclosure, tiered renewal notices, exit as easy as the entrance. [Louisiana](/best/louisiana-click-to-cancel-act) — the Click-to-Cancel Act is signed but takes effect January 1, 2027; until then Louisiana is a no-statute state, and the page carries exactly that distinction.

Notice regimes with recent teeth

[Connecticut](/best/subscription-cancellation-rights-connecticut) — three layers, freshly sharpened July 2026: annual reminders for every covered subscription, no mail-only exits, voicemail cancellations processed within a business day. [Utah](/best/subscription-cancellation-rights-utah) — since 2025: renewal notice with the total cost 30–60 days ahead, a trial warning three days before conversion, void clauses on violation. [South Carolina](/best/subscription-cancellation-rights-south-carolina) — since May 2024: covered renewals unenforceable without a notice naming the renewal amount, plus a one-month-with-initials rule for gyms. [Maine](/best/subscription-cancellation-rights-maine) — online cancellation mandated, 30–60-day notices for extended renewals — and since 2026, unauthorized charges refunded at three times the amount. [Hawaii](/best/subscription-cancellation-rights-hawaii) — broad scope, yearlong-contract notices, and refusing to execute a cancellation is itself the named unfair practice.

The regulation route

[Massachusetts](/best/subscription-cancellation-rights-massachusetts) — no standalone statute; Attorney-General regulations under Chapter 93A (since September 2025) mandate same-medium cancellation and renewal reminders, with multiple-damages exposure. [New Mexico](/best/subscription-cancellation-rights-new-mexico) — an administrative rule under the Unfair Practices Act: prescribed ten-point-type notice, or the renewal provision is the unfair practice.

States with no law — and the honest page about it

[Texas](/best/subscription-cancellation-rights-texas) — the largest no-statute state, covered in depth. [Nevada](/best/subscription-cancellation-rights-nevada) — no general statute, but health-club and dance-studio contracts may not auto-renew at all. [Missouri](/best/subscription-cancellation-rights-missouri) — no general statute (a proposal was pending as of 2026); buyers’-club contracts may not auto-renew at all. [Iowa](/best/subscription-cancellation-rights-iowa) — no general statute either, but exercise-club contracts may not auto-renew, and the attorney general enforces consumer-fraud law against negative options actively. For the wider pattern — what ROSCA, deception law and the contract do when no statute exists — read [the no-statute guide](/best/states-without-automatic-renewal-laws).

The federal layer above all of it

ROSCA binds online subscriptions in every state; the FTC’s click-to-cancel rule does not — it was vacated in 2025 and new rulemaking is years from a binding rule. [The federal guide](/best/subscription-cancellation-rights-us-federal) carries the full picture and is the right starting point when your state is not listed above.

Coming next

Remaining states without pages (NH, MT, ND, SD, RI, DE, PA, DC and others) follow the same primary-source pass as coverage extends; the international series (Spain, Italy, Japan, Singapore, India, South Africa and Canada’s provinces) is live.

This page gives general information, not legal advice. Statutes are summarised; the wording that binds is the current text of the law itself. For a contested case, a consumer-protection office or a licensed attorney in your state is the right address.

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Frequently asked questions

Which US states have automatic renewal laws?+

A substantial minority — with California, Virginia, Massachusetts and Oregon among the strongest regimes and many states having none at all. This index links every state this site has verified against the current statute text; states are added as verification completes, and the no-statute position has its own guide.

Why does this index not list all fifty states?+

Because every entry here is verified against the statute’s current text before publication. A fifty-state table copied from secondary sources goes wrong silently — the exact failure this site is built to avoid. Missing means not yet verified, and we say so rather than guess.

What are the main types of state subscription law?+

Four designs recur: consent regimes that forbid charging without your affirmative agreement; notice regimes that mandate a warning before longer renewals; void remedies that dissolve non-compliant renewal clauses; and Oregon’s gift rule, under which unconsented goods are yours to keep. Many states combine several.

My state has no law — which page should I read?+

Start with the no-statute guide, which explains the three layers that protect you everywhere — federal ROSCA, state deception law, and the contract — and then the federal guide for the ROSCA detail. The Texas page shows the position worked through for the largest no-statute state.