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MUSACCHIO & MONTANARI, P.C. provides the following helpful links from the California Department of Consumer Affairs' Legal Guides.
Contractors
Contracting With a Contractor: The Homeowner's Right to Cancel (K-10)
(Visit the Contractors State License Board Web site for more information.)
Contracts
Spanish Language Translations of Consumer Contracts (K-4)
Consumer Transactions With Statutory Contract Cancellation Rights (K-6)
Consumers' Rights to Cancel Home Solicitation Contracts (K-9)
Credit Cards
How to Withhold Payment on a Credit Card (CR-7)
How to Correct a Credit Card Billing Error (CR-8)
Debt Collection
What to Do if the Debt Collector Calls
Finances
Credit Repair Services (CR-9)
Health Clubs
Overview of California's Health Studio Services Contract law (W-10)
Homestead Filing
Regulation of Homestead Filing Services (H-1)
Laws Protecting Consumers
Checklist of Significant California and Federal Consumer Laws (M-1)
Motor Vehicles
Bureau of Automotive Repair
Understanding Consumer Vehicle Leases (L-6)
Privacy and Identity Theft
Privacy Enforcement and Protection
Identity Theft
Your Financial Privacy Rights
Privacy Rights: Payment by Check or Credit Card (P-2)
Prizes, Promotions, Giveaways and Lotteries
Rules for Promotional Giveaways (U-1)
Rules Prohibiting Lotteries (U-2)
Rules for Operation of Contests (U-3)
Rules on Conditional Offer of Prizes or Gifts (U-4)
Retail
Display of Return Policy by Retail Sellers (S-6)
Rent-to-Own Transactions in California (S-10)
Gift Certificates (S-11)
Tenant-Landlord
California Tenants - A Guide to Residential Tenants' and Landlords' Rights and Responsibilities (PDF)
How to Get Back Possessions You Have Left in a Rental Unit (LT-4)
Options for a Landlord: When a Tenant's Personal Property Has Been Left in the Rental Unit (LT-5)
More Government Related Sites
State Water Resources Control Board
Environmental Protection Agency
Department of Toxic Substances Control
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