§ 428. Form of notice; statement of buyer's rights. 1. In a\ndoor-to-door sale, the seller shall furnish to the buyer\n (a) a fully completed receipt or copy of any contract pertaining to\nsuch sale at the time of its execution, which is in the same language,\ne.g. Spanish, as that principally used in the oral sales presentation\nand which shows the date of the transaction and contains the name and\naddress of the seller, and in immediate proximity to the space reserved\nin the contract for the signature of the buyer or on the front page of\nthe receipt if a contract is not used and in not less than ten-point\nbold face type, a statement in substantially the following form:\n "YOU, THE BUYER, MAY CANCEL THIS TRANSACTION AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO\nMIDNIGHT OF THE THIRD BUSINESS DAY AFTER THE DATE OF THIS TRANSACTION.\nSEE THE ATTACHED NOTICE OF CANCELLATION FORM FOR AN EXPLANATION OF THIS\nRIGHT."\n (b) at the time the buyer signs the door-to-door sales contract or\notherwise agrees to buy consumer goods or services from the seller, a\ncompleted form in duplicate, captioned "NOTICE OF CANCELLATION", which\nshall be attached to the contract or receipt and easily detachable, and\nwhich shall contain in not less than ten-point bold face type the\nfollowing information and statements in the same language, e.g. Spanish,\nas that used in the contract:\n NOTICE OF CANCELLATION\n(enter date of transaction) _________________________________________\n(Date)\n YOU MAY CANCEL THIS TRANSACTION, WITHOUT ANY PENALTY OR OBLIGATION,\nWITHIN THREE BUSINESS DAYS FROM THE ABOVE DATE.\n IF YOU CANCEL, ANY PROPERTY TRADED IN, ANY PAYMENTS MADE BY YOU UNDER\nTHE CONTRACT OR SALE, AND ANY NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENT EXECUTED BY YOU WILL\nBE RETURNED WITHIN 10 BUSINESS DAYS FOLLOWING RECEIPT BY THE SELLER OF\nYOUR CANCELLATION NOTICE, AND ANY SECURITY INTEREST ARISING OUT OF THE\nTRANSACTION WILL BE CANCELLED.\n IF YOU CANCEL, YOU MUST MAKE AVAILABLE TO THE SELLER AT YOUR\nRESIDENCE, IN SUBSTANTIALLY AS GOOD CONDITION AS WHEN RECEIVED, ANY\nGOODS DELIVERED TO YOU UNDER THIS CONTRACT OR SALE; OR YOU MAY IF YOU\nWISH, COMPLY WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS OF THE SELLER REGARDING THE RETURN\nSHIPMENT OF THE GOODS AT THE SELLER'S EXPENSE AND RISK.\n IF YOU DO MAKE THE GOODS AVAILABLE TO THE SELLER AND THE SELLER DOES\nNOT PICK THEM UP WITHIN TWENTY DAYS OF THE DATE OF YOUR NOTICE OF\nCANCELLATION, YOU MAY RETAIN OR DISPOSE OF THE GOODS WITHOUT ANY FURTHER\nOBLIGATION. IF YOU FAIL TO MAKE THE GOODS AVAILABLE TO THE SELLER, OR IF\nYOU AGREE TO RETURN THE GOODS TO THE SELLER AND FAIL TO DO SO, THEN YOU\nREMAIN LIABLE FOR PERFORMANCE OF ALL OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE CONTRACT.\n TO CANCEL THIS TRANSACTION, MAIL OR DELIVER A SIGNED AND DATED COPY OF\nTHIS CANCELLATION NOTICE OR ANY OTHER WRITTEN NOTICE, OR SEND A\nTELEGRAM, TO\n(Name of Seller), AT Address of Seller\n __________________ _________________________________\n (Place of Business) NOT LATER THAN MIDNIGHT OF\n __________________ __________________\n (Date)\n I HEREBY CANCEL THIS TRANSACTION.\n _________________\n (Date)\n ______________________________ (Buyer's Signature)\n and the seller shall complete both copies by entering the name of the\nseller, the address of the seller's place of business, the date of the\ntransaction, and the date, not earlier than the third business day\nfollowing the date of the transaction, by which the buyer may give\nnotice of cancellation.\n 2. In a door-to-door sale, the seller shall inform each buyer orally,\nat the time he signs the contract or purchases the goods or services, of\nhis right to cancel. Until the seller has complied with this section,\nthe buyer or any other person obligated for any part of the purchase\nprice may cancel the door-to-door sale by notifying the seller in any\nmanner and by any means of his intention to cancel. The period\nprescribed by subdivision one of section four hundred twenty-seven shall\n
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