Below is a sample Notice of Cancellation for home improvement projects. The Notice must be attached to or made part of the contract, and must be in duplicate. The Notice must appear near the customer's signature. NOTE: In Connecticut, consumers can cancel a home improvement contract at any time before midnight on the third business day. Saturday is a legal business day in Connecticut.
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If you change your mind and choose to cancel the project, the following Notice must be completed and signed within 3 days of signing the initial contract:
Seller: (Seller's name inserted by seller)
Date of Transaction: (Date of transaction inserted by seller)
You have the right to cancel this contract or sale by following the instructions in this notice. Your deadline is midnight on (date of the third business day after the date of the transaction, as inserted in boldface type by seller) to cancel. You have until this deadline to sign, date, and send this notice of cancellation to the Seller by email, fax, or mail to the contact information listed below.
(Instructions for seller: To determine the third business day, start counting on the day following the day when the transaction took place and do not count Sundays or days designated as legal holidays in Connecticut.)
There is no penalty if you cancel. You do not have any legal obligations under the contract if you cancel. If you cancel, the seller must return to you any payments made by you, any property you traded in, and any negotiable instrument executed by you, such as a personal check, money order or promissory note. The seller has ten days after it receives your cancellation notice to return those items to you. Any security interest arising out of the transaction will be cancelled, such as a legal claim or a lien on your property.
If you cancel, you must make available to the seller any goods delivered to you under this contract or sale. The goods must be in substantially as good condition as when you received them. The seller can pick them up from your residence. If you make the goods available to the seller and the seller does not pick them up, after twenty calendar days have passed since you sent this notice to the seller, you may keep or dispose of the goods. If you do not make the goods available to the seller, you will still have to fulfill your contractual obligations.
The seller may also tell you how to return the goods to the seller at the seller's own expense and risk, such as by mailing them to the seller. You do not have to agree to return the goods to the seller yourself, but if you agree to do so but fail to send the goods to the seller, you will still have to fulfill your contractual obligations.
To cancel this contract or sale, you must sign and date this notice, and send it either by email, by fax, or by regular mail to:
(Seller's name inserted by seller)
Email: (Seller's business electronic mail address inserted by seller)
OR
Fax: (Seller's fax number inserted by seller)
OR
Regular mail: (Address of seller's place of business inserted by seller)
I hereby cancel this transaction.
Dated:
Signed: