Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 871.29

Summary

(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 elec

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(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.

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  (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…