Washington subscription auto-renewal rules
What applies to subscriptions sold to consumers in Washington: no state automatic-renewal law is in Checkbox's catalog, so federal law (ROSCA) and general consumer-protection law set the rules. Research status and sources.
At a glance
| Applies to | Consumers in Washington, wherever the business is located |
| Laws | No state automatic-renewal law in the catalog |
| Requirements in the catalog | 0 |
| Last reviewed | 2026-10-29 |
Federal law applies on top of this: see federal subscription law.
The law
No statute was found. SB 5207 (pro-rata refunds for electronic media subscriptions) remained in Senate Ways & Means as of 2026-10-29. Basis: primary (legislature bill status). The Washington Attorney General has nonetheless settled a subscription case without an automatic-renewal statute (Homeaglow, $2.25M, reported 2026).
For subscriptions sold to consumers in Washington, the federal rules still apply — the Restore Online Shoppers' Confidence Act (clear disclosure before billing information, express informed consent, a simple way to cancel) and the FTC Act — together with Washington's general consumer-protection law. Many businesses selling nationwide also build to the strictest state rules (California and New York), because their checkout serves every state at once; the subscription compliance checklist is that baseline.
Check your subscription flow
Checkbox checks your sign-up page, emails and cancellation flow against the federal rules and every state law in the catalog at once.
- 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.
- 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, "Washington subscription auto-renewal rules", checkbox.site/laws/washington, catalog 2026.11.01.1 (last reviewed 2026-10-29). Report an error: support@checkbox.site.
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