§2301 Definitions

Summary

Defines the key words used in the chapter. Consumer product — a physical item sold for personal, family, or home use, including items meant to be attached to real property. Commission — the Federal Trade Commission. Consumer — someone who buys a consumer product (not for resale), or who gets the product during a warranty or can enforce that warranty. Supplier — anyone who makes a consumer product available to buyers. Warrantor — a supplier or other person who gives a written warranty or is responsible under an implied warranty. Written warranty — a written promise about material or workmanship or a written promise to refund, repair, replace, or take other action if the product fails. Implied warranty — a warranty that comes from State law, as changed by sections 2308 and 2304(a). Service contract — a written agreement to do repair or maintenance work for a set time. Reasonable and necessary maintenance — upkeep a consumer can reasonably be expected to do or have done that is needed to keep the product working. Remedy — the action the warrantor chooses: repair, replacement, or refund. Replacement — giving a new item that is the same or basically the same. Refund — returning the actual purchase price, minus reasonable depreciation for actual use when the Commission’s rules allow it. Distributed in commerce — sold, introduced, or held for sale in commerce. Commerce — trade or transport between a place in a State and a place outside it, or activity that affects that trade. State — a State, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Canal Zone, or American Samoa; “State law” includes U.S. law that applies only to DC or a territory, and “Federal law” does not include State law.