Pursuant to and in accordance with Nassau County Administrative Code Section 21-11.9(13), a home improvement contractor, must furnish the homeowner with a fully completed copy of any contract pertaining to such sale at the time of its execution, which is in the same language, e.g. Spanish, as was principally used in the oral sales presentation, and which shows the date of the transaction, and contains the name and address of the contractor, and in immediate proximity to the space reserved in the contract for the signature of the homeowner, and in BOLD FACE type font of a minimum size of 10 points, a statement in substantially the following form:
THREE-DAY RIGHT TO CANCEL
OBLIGATION, AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO MIDNIGHT OF THE THIRD BUSINESS DAY AFTER THE DATE OF THIS TRANSACTION. TO CANCEL THIS TRANSACTION, GIVE “WRITTEN NOTICE” OF CANCELLATION TO THE CONTRACTOR. POSTAL MAIL, TEXT, OR E-MAIL, ARE ALL ACCEPTABLE FORMS OF WRITTEN NOTICE. I HAVE READ THE ABOVE THREE-DAY RIGHT TO CANCEL NOTICE: ____________________
Notice of cancellation shall be sufficient if it indicates the intention of the homeowner not to be bound to the transaction. Notice delivered by postal mail, text message, or email, are all acceptable methods of providing written notice of cancellation.
(b) If the homeowner cancels, any property traded in, any payments made by the homeowner under the contract or sale, and any negotiable instrument executed by the homeowner must be returned within ten (10) business days following receipt by the contractor of the homeowner’s notice of cancellation, and any security interest arising out of the transaction will be cancelled.
(c) In no such event shall a contractor begin work or deliver goods prior to three (3) days from the signing of this contract unless the homeowner furnishes the contractor with a separate, dated and signed, personal statement, describing a situation requiring immediate remedy and expressly acknowledging and waiving the right to cancel within three (3) business days.