Title 15 — Commerce and TradeRelease 119-73

§2303 Designation of written warranties

Title 15 › Chapter CHAPTER 50— - CONSUMER PRODUCT WARRANTIES › § 2303

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

A seller who gives a written warranty for a consumer product must clearly call it either "full (statement of duration) warranty" if it meets the federal minimum standards in section 2304, or "limited warranty" if it does not. General promises about customer satisfaction don’t have to follow these rules. The FTC can make rules saying when a warranty does not need one of those labels, and the labeling rules only apply to written warranties on products that actually cost the buyer more than $10 and that aren’t already called "full (statement of duration) warranty."

Full Legal Text

Title 15, §2303

Commerce and Trade — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Any warrantor warranting a consumer product by means of a written warranty shall clearly and conspicuously designate such warranty in the following manner, unless exempted from doing so by the Commission pursuant to subsection (c) of this section:

(1)If the written warranty meets the Federal minimum standards for warranty set forth in section 2304 of this title, then it shall be conspicuously designated a “full (statement of duration) warranty”.

(2)If the written warranty does not meet the Federal minimum standards for warranty set forth in section 2304 of this title, then it shall be conspicuously designated a “limited warranty”.

(b)This section and section 2302 and 2304 of this title shall not apply to statements or representations which are similar to expressions of general policy concerning customer satisfaction and which are not subject to any specific limitations.

(c)In addition to exercising the authority pertaining to disclosure granted in section 2302 of this title, the Commission may by rule determine when a written warranty does not have to be designated either “full (statement of duration)” or “limited” in accordance with this section.

(d)The provisions of subsections (a) and (c) of this section apply only to warranties which pertain to consumer products actually costing the consumer more than $10 and which are not designated “full (statement of duration) warranties”.

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Citation

15 U.S.C. § 2303

Title 15 — Commerce and Trade

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73