Automatic renewal rules in New Hampshire

Each point below comes from the text on New Hampshire's official legislature or code site, read on the review date. The full text has definitions and exceptions, so open it before you rely on one point.

The key phrases, copied from the official text:

• “nor shall any health club term contract contain an automatic renewal clause for a period greater than one month” (RSA 358-I:5, I)
• “any such renewal must be accepted in writing by a buyer and is effective only upon payment of the renewal price” (RSA 358-I:5, I)
• “A buyer may cancel a month-to-month membership option with 30 days written notice to the seller, provided the original contract obligations have been met” (RSA 358-I:5, II)
• “Every seller shall offer a month-to-month membership option in addition to any other term contract the seller elects to offer.” (RSA 358-I:5, II)

Our company guides show how each business takes cancellations and where to write, for example Gym memberships, Planet Fitness, LA Fitness and Crunch Fitness.

1. 1

   Note how and when you agreed

   Write down the date you signed up, how you did it and when the next charge is due. Those three facts decide which rule above applies to you.

2. 2

   Use the cancellation route the law protects

   A health club member on the required month-to-month option may cancel with 30 days written notice to the club once the original contract obligations are met. Term contracts cannot renew automatically beyond one month; a renewal must be accepted in writing. Save the confirmation screen or email.

3. 3

   Put it in writing as well

   RSA 358-I:5 covers only health club contracts, so cite it only if your contract is one of them. Write to the business, cite RSA 358-I:5 and ask for written confirmation. You can build the letter with the free letter template.

4. 4

   When a charge still goes through

   Contact the business with your dated proof first, then your card issuer. The steps are in when a company keeps charging after you cancel.

Where no statute sets the route, many contracts ask for written notice. A mailed letter with a delivery record proves the date your notice arrived, and it is the route of last resort when an online or phone cancellation fails.

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.