TITLE 10
COMMERCE AND TRADE
Section 1. Selling and Other Trade Practices, 10-1-1 through 10-1-915.
ARTICLE 21
BUYING SERVICES
10-1-597. Contracts of membership; right of cancellation; how exercised; entitlement to refund; right not waivable.
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Any person who has elected to become a member of a club may cancel such membership by giving written notice of cancellation any time before 12:00 Midnight of the third business day following the date on which membership was attained.
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Notice of cancellation may be given personally or by mail. If given by mail, the notice is effective upon deposit in a mailbox, properly addressed and postage prepaid. Notice of cancellation need not take a particular form and is sufficient if it indicates, by any form of written expression, the intention of the member not to be bound by the contract.
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Cancellation shall be without liability on the part of the member. The member will be entitled to a total refund, within ten days after notice of cancellation is given, of the entire consideration paid for the contract.
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Rights of cancellation may not be waived or otherwise surrendered.
(Ga. L. 1975, p. 529, § 8; Ga. L. 2015, p. 1088, § 6/SB 148.)
Editor's notes.
- Ga. L. 2015, p. 1088,
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6/SB 148, effective July 1, 2015, reenacted this Code section without change.