Tennessee automatic renewal law
Tennessee'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 Tennessee, wherever the business is located |
| Laws | Tennessee automatic renewal of subscription services (Consumer Protection Act) |
| Effective | 2023-01-01 (amended; latest change effective 2024-07-01) |
| Status | In force |
| Requirements in the catalog | 8 (3 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
Tennessee automatic renewal of subscription services (Consumer Protection Act)
- Citation: Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-18-133; § 47-18-103
- Effective: 2023-01-01
- Status: In force
- Verified: 2026-10-29, enacted session-law text read; current codified text not retrieved (confidence: high)
Offer terms next to consent; affirmative consent (defined since July 2024) with a refund on request for unconsented charges; charge-date notice when the renewal is more than 60 days after consent; acknowledgment; cancellation mechanism; online cancellation for online sign-ups; material-change notice. Violations are TCPA violations.
Scope: Consumers (personal, family or household purposes). Exempt: FDIC-insured banks and trust companies, NCUA-insured credit unions, Department of Financial Institutions licensees, franchised or TPUC/FCC/FERC-regulated services, and title 56 insurance licensees.
| Amendment | Effective | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Pub. Ch. 835 (2024), SB 1894/HB 1832 | 2024-07-01 | Affirmative-consent definition; sixty-day charge-date notice; seven-day refund-on-request remedy. |
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 renewal terms clearly and conspicuously next to the consent request; explain post-trial pricing Before the agreement is fulfilled, present the automatic renewal or continuous service offer terms (continues until cancelled; cancellation policy; recurring charges and any change; term length or continuous; minimum purchase obligation) clearly and conspicuously and in visual (or temporal) proximity to the consent request; for free gifts or trials, clearly and conspicuously explain the post-trial price. US-TN.47-18-133.a.1 | always | 2023-01-01 | Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-18-133(a)(1); § 47-18-103 |
Obtain affirmative consent (a clear, specific, informed, unambiguous act) before charging Before charging the consumer's card or third-party account, obtain affirmative consent to the agreement containing the offer terms (including promotional-price terms) — "a clear, affirmative act signifying a consumer's freely given, specific, informed, and unambiguous agreement", such as a written (including electronic) statement or an unambiguous affirmative action. A charge made without it must be refunded if the consumer asks within seven days of the charge. US-TN.47-18-133.a.2.A | always | 2023-01-01 | Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-18-133(a)(2)(A), (f) |
After sign-up (acknowledgment)
| Requirement | Applies when | Effective | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
Send a retainable acknowledgment describing how to cancel; trials cancellable before payment Provide a retainable acknowledgment with the offer terms, cancellation policy and how to cancel, describing the cancellation mechanism; for free gifts or trials, disclose how to cancel and allow cancellation before the consumer pays. US-TN.47-18-133.a.3 | always | 2023-01-01 | Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-18-133(a)(3), (b) |
Before charges (notices and reminders)
| Requirement | Applies when | Effective | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
Charge-date notice when a trial ends more than 60 days after sign-up If the automatic renewal will occur more than 60 days after affirmative consent (e.g. a long free trial), the entity billing the consumer must give a clear and conspicuous notice of when the consumer will be charged. US-TN.47-18-133.a.2.B.trial | free trial, trial ≥ 61 days | 2024-07-01 | Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-18-133(a)(2)(B) |
Charge-date notice when the first renewal is more than 60 days after sign-up If the first automatic renewal will occur more than 60 days after affirmative consent (terms of about two months or longer), the entity billing the consumer must give a clear and conspicuous notice of when the consumer will be charged for the renewal. US-TN.47-18-133.a.2.B.term | term ≥ 2 months | 2024-07-01 | Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-18-133(a)(2)(B) |
Notice of material changes with cancellation information For a material change in accepted terms, give a clear and conspicuous notice of the change and retainable information on how to cancel. US-TN.47-18-133.d | always | 2023-01-01 | Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-18-133(d) |
Cancelling
| Requirement | Applies when | Effective | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
Provide a cost-effective, timely, easy-to-use cancellation mechanism Provide a toll-free number, email address, postal address (if billing directly) or another cost-effective, timely and easy-to-use cancellation mechanism, described in the acknowledgment. US-TN.47-18-133.b | always | 2023-01-01 | Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-18-133(b) |
Online sign-ups must be able to cancel exclusively online A business that lets consumers accept online must allow termination exclusively online, which may include a termination email formatted and provided by the business that can be sent without additional information. US-TN.47-18-133.c | online sign-up | 2023-01-01 | Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-18-133(c) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charge-date notice when a trial ends more than 60 days after sign-up | any time before the trial ends | free trial, trial ≥ 61 days | Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-18-133(a)(2)(B) |
| Charge-date notice when the first renewal is more than 60 days after sign-up | any time before the charge | term ≥ 2 months | Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-18-133(a)(2)(B) |
| Notice of material changes with cancellation information | any time before the price change | always | Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-18-133(d) |
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.
Refund on request within seven days (Pub. Ch. 835, 2024); private enforcement through the state's general consumer-protection (UDAP) statute is inferred, not verified.
Recorded in the catalog: refunds or restitution.
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 Tennessee's rules (and every other jurisdiction's) on every check. 21 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-TNlimits a check to Tennessee's rules). - Start from the subscription compliance checklist.
Data and citation
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