Louisiana § RS 9:2711 - Definitions; withdrawal of consent to agreement
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§ RS 9:2711. Definitions; withdrawal of consent to agreement
A. For the purposes of this section the following definitions shall apply to the terms used herein:
(1) An "itinerant door-to-door salesman" means as a person who has no fixed place of business and who goes from house to house, or from place to place, selling or offering for sale goods and services.
(2) A "purchase agreement" means a written agreement which obligates a person to accept merchandise or services from another for a stated consideration in excess of one hundred fifty dollars.
B. Any person who signs a purchase agreement with an itinerant door-to-door salesman has a period of three days in which to withdraw his consent to the agreement, the three-day period shall commence on the day following the making of the agreement by the purchaser.
Acts 1970, No. 428, §§1, 2.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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