Alaska Door-to-Door Home Improvement Contract

Alaska Door-to-Door Home Improvement Contract

Before you use this: Use this form for a personally solicited household home improvement sale agreed away from the contractor's business, with a price of at least $10 under AS 45.02.350. Check that statute's exclusions. The additional federal rule applies only when its separate $25-at-residence or $130-elsewhere threshold and other conditions in 16 C.F.R. § 429.0(a) are met. Give the buyer a completed signed copy and both completed cancellation notices at signing, and print the construction-defect notice at the end on a separate attached page. This English-language version requires adaptation if the sales presentation used another language.

Agreement date and place of signing: [__/__/____], [STREET ADDRESS, CITY, AK ZIP]

Buyer: [FULL LEGAL NAME], [MAILING ADDRESS], [PHONE, EMAIL]

Contractor: [LEGAL BUSINESS NAME], [PERMANENT BUSINESS ADDRESS], [PHONE, EMAIL]

Contractor registration or license number, if applicable: [NUMBER AND CLASSIFICATION]

Project property: [STREET ADDRESS, CITY, AK ZIP]

1. Work and materials

Contractor will perform the work specified in Exhibit A, which is part of this agreement. Exhibit A identifies the work areas, tasks, materials, quantities, exclusions, and any plans or drawings. Contractor will provide the labor and supervision needed for that work.

Permits and inspections: [IDENTIFY EACH REQUIRED PERMIT, WHO OBTAINS AND PAYS FOR IT, AND REQUIRED INSPECTIONS]. Contractor will perform permitted work only after the required permit is issued.

Start date or period: [DATE OR PERIOD]. Completion date or period: [DATE OR PERIOD]. Property access hours: [DAYS AND HOURS].

2. Price and payment

Total contract price: $[AMOUNT], including the work and materials in Exhibit A. Taxes, permit charges, and other charges included or excluded: [DETAILS].

Payment method and payee: [DETAILS]. Buyer owes no unapproved charge for added work. Any change to the work, price, or completion period must be recorded in a dated change order signed by both parties before the changed work proceeds.

3. Warranties and completion

Contractor's workmanship warranty, if any: [TERM, COVERED WORK, EXCLUSIONS, AND CLAIM METHOD / NONE]. Manufacturer warranties: [IDENTIFY AND ATTACH / NONE].

At substantial completion, the parties will inspect the work and record unfinished or disputed items in [ATTACHED PUNCH LIST / NONE]. Signing a completion record confirms only the facts it states.

4. Alaska revocation right

Buyer may revoke this offer to buy within five business days after entering this agreement. This contract takes effect subject to that right under AS 45.02.350. Contractor gives Buyer written notice of the right by this paragraph at the time of sale. Revocation is effective by tendering rejected goods to Contractor or Contractor's agent, or by posting a registered letter of rejection to Contractor or its agent marked Deliver to Addressee Only, Return Receipt. Contractor bears the cost of returning rejected goods. Contractor also agrees to accept a signed written cancellation mailed or delivered to its permanent business address by the fifth business day. The notices below do not shorten the Alaska revocation period.

Last day for Alaska revocation: [__/__/____]. Contractor's registered-letter address: [FULL ADDRESS]. Contractor's agent for tender, if any: [NAME AND ADDRESS / NONE].

For a sale covered by 16 C.F.R. part 429, Contractor will also tell Buyer orally about the cancellation right at signing, deliver a completed signed copy of this contract, and give Buyer both completed detachable notices below. The notice uses the longer five-business-day Alaska period. Contractor must fill the sale date, its name and address, and the cancellation deadline in both copies before delivery. A buyer who cancels may retain a complete copy of this agreement.

5. Agreement and signatures

Alaska law governs this agreement. This agreement, Exhibit A, attached warranties, and later signed change orders are the parties' agreement. Other attached documents: [LIST / NONE]. Notices about performance go to the addresses above unless a party gives a replacement address in writing.

You, the buyer, may cancel this transaction at any time before midnight of the fifth business day after the date of this transaction. See the two attached cancellation notices for an explanation of this right.

Buyer signature: ______________________________ Date: [__/__/____]

Contractor signature: __________________________ Date: [__/__/____]

Contractor signer and title: [NAME AND TITLE]

Buyer receipt: I received a completed signed copy of this agreement and two completed detachable cancellation notices at signing. Buyer initials: [____]

Exhibit A — Work specifications

Buyer initials: [____] Contractor initials: [____]

Detachable cancellation notices — give Buyer both completed copies

Complete both copies with the same sale date, Contractor name and permanent business address, and the fifth-business-day deadline. Print the notice text in at least 10-point boldface. The federal model language is adapted solely to state the longer Alaska cancellation period.

Copy 1

Notice of Cancellation

Contractor: [LEGAL NAME], [PERMANENT BUSINESS ADDRESS]

[SALE DATE: __/__/____]

You may CANCEL this transaction, without any Penalty or Obligation, within FIVE BUSINESS DAYS from the above date.

If you cancel, any property traded in, any payments made by you under the contract or sale, and any negotiable instrument executed by you will be returned within TEN BUSINESS DAYS following receipt by the seller of your cancellation notice, and any security interest arising out of the transaction will be cancelled.

If you cancel, you must make available to the seller at your residence, in substantially as good condition as when received, any goods delivered to you under this contract or sale, or you may, if you wish, comply with the instructions of the seller regarding the return shipment of the goods at the seller's expense and risk.

If you do make the goods available to the seller and the seller does not pick them up within 20 days of the date of your Notice of Cancellation, you may retain or dispose of the goods without any further obligation. If you fail to make the goods available to the seller, or if you agree to return the goods to the seller and fail to do so, then you remain liable for performance of all obligations under the contract.

To cancel this transaction, mail or deliver a signed and dated copy of this Cancellation Notice or any other written notice, or send a telegram, to [CONTRACTOR LEGAL NAME], at [CONTRACTOR PERMANENT BUSINESS ADDRESS] NOT LATER THAN MIDNIGHT OF [LAST DAY: __/__/____].

I HEREBY CANCEL THIS TRANSACTION.

Buyer signature: __________________________ Date: [__/__/____]

Copy 2

Notice of Cancellation

Contractor: [LEGAL NAME], [PERMANENT BUSINESS ADDRESS]

[SALE DATE: __/__/____]

You may CANCEL this transaction, without any Penalty or Obligation, within FIVE BUSINESS DAYS from the above date.

If you cancel, any property traded in, any payments made by you under the contract or sale, and any negotiable instrument executed by you will be returned within TEN BUSINESS DAYS following receipt by the seller of your cancellation notice, and any security interest arising out of the transaction will be cancelled.

If you cancel, you must make available to the seller at your residence, in substantially as good condition as when received, any goods delivered to you under this contract or sale, or you may, if you wish, comply with the instructions of the seller regarding the return shipment of the goods at the seller's expense and risk.

If you do make the goods available to the seller and the seller does not pick them up within 20 days of the date of your Notice of Cancellation, you may retain or dispose of the goods without any further obligation. If you fail to make the goods available to the seller, or if you agree to return the goods to the seller and fail to do so, then you remain liable for performance of all obligations under the contract.

To cancel this transaction, mail or deliver a signed and dated copy of this Cancellation Notice or any other written notice, or send a telegram, to [CONTRACTOR LEGAL NAME], at [CONTRACTOR PERMANENT BUSINESS ADDRESS] NOT LATER THAN MIDNIGHT OF [LAST DAY: __/__/____].

I HEREBY CANCEL THIS TRANSACTION.

Buyer signature: __________________________ Date: [__/__/____]

Notice of Potential Claims Must Be Provided within One Year.

ALASKA LAW AT AS 09.45.881 — 09.45.899 CONTAINS IMPORTANT REQUIREMENTS THAT YOU MUST FOLLOW BEFORE YOU MAY FILE A COURT ACTION FOR DEFECTIVE DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, OR REMODELING AGAINST THE DESIGNER, BUILDER, OR REMODELER OF YOUR HOME. WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE DISCOVERY OF A DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, OR REMODELING DEFECT, BEFORE YOU FILE A COURT ACTION, YOU MUST DELIVER TO THE DESIGNER, BUILDER, OR REMODELER A WRITTEN NOTICE OF ANY DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, OR REMODELING CONDITIONS YOU ALLEGE ARE DEFECTIVE IN ORDER TO PROVIDE YOUR DESIGNER, BUILDER, OR REMODELER WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE AN OFFER TO REPAIR OR PAY FOR THE DEFECTS. YOU ARE NOT OBLIGATED TO ACCEPT ANY OFFER MADE BY THE DESIGNER, BUILDER, OR REMODELER. THERE ARE STRICT DEADLINES AND PROCEDURES UNDER STATE LAW, AND FAILURE TO FOLLOW THEM MAY AFFECT YOUR RIGHT TO FILE A COURT ACTION. ALASKA LAW AT AS 09.45.895 CONTAINS LIMITATIONS TO THE AMOUNT OF DAMAGES THAT MAY BE RECOVERED IN A COURT ACTION FOR DEFECTIVE DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, OR REMODELING.

Purchaser or authorized representative signature: ____________________ Date: [__/__/____]

Printed name: [NAME]

Statutory source: AS 09.45.893