Automatic renewal rules in Florida

We read Fla. Stat. § 501.165 on the state's official site and list what it requires below. A summary leaves out detail; the linked text is the authority.

The key phrases, copied from the official text:

• “must allow the consumer to cancel the service contract in the same manner, and by the same means, as the consumer manifested his or her acceptance of the service contract” (501.165(2)(d))
• “Notification shall be provided to the consumer no less than 30 days or no more than 60 days before the cancellation deadline pursuant to the automatic renewal provision.” (501.165(2)(b))
• “shall disclose the automatic renewal provision clearly and conspicuously in the contract or contract offer” (501.165(2)(a))
• “A violation of this subsection renders the automatic renewal provision void and unenforceable.” (501.165(2)(f))

Our company guides show how each business takes cancellations and where to write, for example Home security, Phone, TV and internet, Gym memberships and ADT.

1. 1

   Start with how you joined

   Look up the sign-up confirmation and the renewal date. Your contract sets the method unless the sector law above says otherwise.

2. 2

   Cancel the way the law allows

   The seller must let you cancel a service contract in the same manner and by the same means you used to accept it. Keep whatever confirmation the business gives you.

3. 3

   Back it up with a letter

   Fla. Stat. § 501.165 covers only service contracts, so cite it only if your contract is one of them. A short letter that names Fla. Stat. § 501.165 and the date you are cancelling from gives you a dated record. The letter template generator lays it out for you.

4. 4

   If you are billed again

   Show the business your proof and the statute, then dispute the charge with your card issuer. What to do if a company keeps charging you walks through it.

Outside service contracts, Florida law sets no special cancellation route, so your contract's terms apply. A letter sent with tracking adds what an online click often lacks: a dated, third-party record that you asked to cancel, which card issuers and state consumer offices can check.

Which mail service proves what is set out in certified mail for cancellations.

The federal Restore Online Shoppers' Confidence Act requires online sellers using automatic renewals to provide simple mechanisms to stop recurring charges. The FTC's 2024 click-to-cancel amendments are not in force: on July 8, 2025 the Eighth Circuit vacated them (Custom Communications, Inc. v. FTC, No. 24-3137), on February 12, 2026, in a rule effective that day, the FTC recodified its Negative Option Rule "as it existed before the effective date" of the 2024 amendments (91 FR 6507), and on March 13, 2026 it asked for public comment on "the need for amendments" (91 FR 12318). Our state-by-state overview and the FTC click-to-cancel guide have the details.