Oregon automatic renewal law
Oregon's automatic-renewal law for subscription businesses: 8 cited requirements (disclosure, consent, acknowledgment, notice windows, cancellation), effective dates and who can sue. Generated from Checkbox's legal catalog; pending attorney review.
At a glance
| Applies to | Consumers in Oregon, wherever the business is located |
| Laws | Oregon automatic renewal and continuous service offers law; Oregon free offer law |
| Effective | 2012-01-01; 2012-01-01 |
| Status | In force; In force |
| Requirements in the catalog | 8 (1 with a notice window) |
| Private right of action | via general consumer law |
| Last reviewed | 2026-10-29 |
Federal law applies on top of this: see federal subscription law.
The law
Oregon automatic renewal and continuous service offers law
- Citation: Or. Rev. Stat. §§ 646A.292-646A.295
- Effective: 2012-01-01
- Status: In force
- Verified: 2026-10-29, official text read in full (confidence: high)
California 2010-style law: offer terms next to the consent request, affirmative consent, retainable acknowledgment, cancellation mechanism, material-change notice. No online-cancellation or reminder duties.
Scope: Consumers (personal, family or household purposes). Exempt: franchised or PUC/FCC/FERC-regulated services, insurance-regulated persons, banks and financial institutions, service contract sellers, consumer finance companies, satellite TV providers.
Oregon free offer law
- Citation: Or. Rev. Stat. § 646.644
- Effective: 2012-01-01
- Status: In force
- Verified: 2026-10-29, official text read in full (confidence: high)
Free offers that create a financial obligation: clear and conspicuous terms near the consent request, billing information from the consumer, affirmative consent, and cancellation by toll-free number or same-manner method. Unlawful Trade Practices Act enforcement.
Requirements
Each row is one obligation in the catalog, in plain English, with the provision it comes from. "Applies when" lists the conditions under which it applies (otherwise it always applies to covered offers). The ids are stable and match the dataset and Checkbox API results.
At sign-up
| Requirement | Applies when | Effective | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
Present the offer terms clearly and conspicuously next to the consent request Before the subscription is fulfilled, present the offer terms (ORS 646A.293(5)): that the subscription continues until the consumer cancels; the cancellation policy; the recurring charges (and the new amount if it will change, if known); the renewal term length or that service is continuous; and any minimum purchase obligation, clearly and conspicuously and in visual (or, for voice offers, temporal) proximity to the request for consent. US-OR.646A.295.1.a | always | 2012-01-01 | Or. Rev. Stat. § 646A.295(1)(a), (4)(c); § 646A.293 |
Obtain affirmative consent before charging Do not charge the consumer's card or third-party payment account without first obtaining affirmative consent to the agreement containing the offer terms; goods sent without it are an unconditional gift. US-OR.646A.295.1.b | always | 2012-01-01 | Or. Rev. Stat. § 646A.295(1)(b), (5) |
Free offers: clear and conspicuous terms in close proximity to the consent request Before the consumer accepts a free offer that leads to a financial obligation, provide clear and conspicuous information, in close proximity to the consent request: all goods, services or enrollments the consumer will be obligated for; the cost; any need to take affirmative action to reject and how; that the consumer will be obligated unless they cancel; the right to cancel by toll-free call or in a manner substantially similar to acceptance; the time by which to cancel; and any return-credit rights. US-OR.646.644.2 | free trial | 2012-01-01 | Or. Rev. Stat. § 646.644(1)(c), (2) |
Free offers: billing information directly from the consumer and affirmative consent Obtain billing information directly from the consumer (or with affirmative consent to its transfer) and obtain the consumer's affirmative consent to the free-offer terms before imposing any financial obligation. US-OR.646.644.3 | free trial | 2012-01-01 | Or. Rev. Stat. § 646.644(1)(a), (3)-(4) |
After sign-up (acknowledgment)
| Requirement | Applies when | Effective | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
Send a retainable acknowledgment; free trials cancellable before payment Provide a retainable acknowledgment with the offer terms and how to cancel (it may follow the initial order). For free trials, the acknowledgment must explain how to cancel, and the consumer must be allowed to cancel before paying. US-OR.646A.295.1.c | always | 2012-01-01 | Or. Rev. Stat. § 646A.295(1)(c), (4)(a) |
Before charges (notices and reminders)
| Requirement | Applies when | Effective | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
Notice of material changes before implementation Before implementing a material change, give a clear and conspicuous notice of the change and retainable information on how to cancel. US-OR.646A.295.3 | always | 2012-01-01 | Or. Rev. Stat. § 646A.295(3), (4)(b) |
Cancelling
| Requirement | Applies when | Effective | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
Provide a cost-effective, timely, easy-to-use cancellation mechanism Provide a toll-free number, email address, post-office address (if billing directly) or another cost-effective, timely and easy-to-use cancellation mechanism, described in the acknowledgment. US-OR.646A.295.2 | always | 2012-01-01 | Or. Rev. Stat. § 646A.295(2) |
Free offers: honor cancellation via the disclosed toll-free or same-manner procedure Do not fail or refuse to cancel a free offer when the consumer uses (or reasonably tries to use) the cancellation procedure — a toll-free number or a method substantially similar to how the consumer accepted. US-OR.646.644.5 | free trial | 2012-01-01 | Or. Rev. Stat. § 646.644(2)(e), (5) |
Notice windows
When each notice must be sent. A notice outside its window does not count, so schedule sends against the exact dates.
| Notice | When | Applies when | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notice of material changes before implementation | any time before the price change | always | Or. Rev. Stat. § 646A.295(3), (4)(b) |
Several states use overlapping windows; one email can often satisfy all of them. See free-trial notices and price increases.
Who can sue, and remedies
Private right of action: Indirectly: private suits go through general consumer-protection law.
California-style law; private enforcement through the state's general consumer-protection (UDAP) statute is inferred, not verified.
Remedy figures come from the cited statutes and from public enforcement records summarized in Checkbox's litigation research; figures from secondary sources are marked "unverified" where they appear.
Check your subscription flow
Checkbox evaluates these requirements automatically: the sign-up page, the emails and the cancellation flow are checked against Oregon's rules (and every other jurisdiction's) on every check. 18 machine checks cover this page.
- Free to start: get test API keys or connect the MCP server at
https://app.checkbox.site/mcpfrom your coding assistant. - Preflight a disclosure, a Stripe Checkout Session or an email before you ship: preflight checks (
--jurisdictions US-ORlimits a check to Oregon's rules). - Start from the subscription compliance checklist.
Data and citation
This page is generated from the open subscription law dataset (catalog 2026.11.01.1, CC BY 4.0), available as JSON and CSV. Cite it as: Checkbox, "Oregon automatic renewal law", checkbox.site/laws/oregon, catalog 2026.11.01.1 (last reviewed 2026-10-29). Report an error: support@checkbox.site.
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