California § 871.29. 871.29. (Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 1, Sec. 4.)

California Statutes

§ 871.29. — 871.29. (Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 1, Sec. 4.)

California § 871.29.

JurisdictionCalifornia

Code CCPCode of Civil Procedure - CCP

Title10.

Part 2.TITLE 10. ACTIONS IN PARTICULAR CASES

Ch. 12.CHAPTER 12. Actions for Restitution for or Replacement of Certain Motor Vehicles

This text of California § 871.29. (871.29. (Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 1, Sec. 4.)) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering California primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

Cal. Code of Civil Procedure - CCP Code § 871.29. (2026).

Text

(a)

(1)A manufacturer may elect to be governed by this chapter for all actions described in subdivision (a) of Section 871.20 with respect to all of the manufacturer’s motor vehicles sold during a period of five consecutive calendar years by providing written notice of that election to the Arbitration Certification Program within the Department of Consumer Affairs by October 31 of the preceding calendar year, except as provided in Section 871.30.

(2)A manufacturer who makes the election described in paragraph (1) may not revoke that election during the five-year period covered by the election, but the manufacturer may make a new election under paragraph (1) that will cover motor vehicles sold in a subsequent five-year period.

(b)Unless a manufacturer has made the election describe

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

(a)
(1)
A manufacturer may elect to be governed by this chapter for all actions described in subdivision (a) of Section 871.20 with respect to all of the manufacturer’s motor vehicles sold during a period of five consecutive calendar years by providing written notice of that election to the Arbitration Certification Program within the Department of Consumer Affairs by October 31 of the preceding calendar year, except as provided in Section 871.30.
(2)
A manufacturer who makes the election described in paragraph (1) may not revoke that election during the five-year period covered by the election, but the manufacturer may make a new election under paragraph (1) that will cover motor vehicles sold in a subsequent five-year
period.
(b)
Unless a manufacturer has made the election described in subdivision (a) that covers a given year, Sections 871.20 to 871.28, inclusive, shall not apply to an action described in subdivision (a) of Section 871.20 with respect to all of the manufacturer’s motor vehicles sold during that year, except as provided in Section 871.30.
(c)
By December 15 of each year, the Arbitration Certification Program within the Department of Consumer Affairs shall publish to its website a list of the manufacturers that have elected to proceed under this chapter for a period that includes the following calendar year, except as provided in Section 871.30.
(d)
At the time a motor vehicle is sold new, a manufacturer shall provide notice to a consumer specifying which one of the following procedures governs the vehicle:
(1)
The procedures set forth in this chapter.
(2)
The procedures set forth in Article 3 (commencing with Section 1792) of Chapter 1 of Title 1.7 of Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code.