A. No service contract that has been in effect for at least seventy days may be canceled by the provider before the expiration of the agreed term or one year after the effective date of the service contract, whichever occurs first, except on any of the following grounds:
(1) failure by the holder to pay an amount when due;
(2) conviction of the holder of a crime that results in an increase in the service required under the service contract;
(3) discovery of fraud or material misrepresentation by the holder in obtaining the service contract or in presenting a claim for service thereunder; or
(4) discovery of either of the following if it occurred after the effective date of the service contract and substantially and materially increased the service required under the service contract:
(a) an act or omission by the holder; or
(b) a violation by the holder of any condition of the service contract.
B. No cancellation of a service contract may become effective until at least fifteen days after the notice of cancellation is mailed to the holder.
History: Laws 2001, ch. 206, § 12.
ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2001, ch. 206, § 20 made Laws 2001, ch. 206, § 12 effective July 1, 2002.