Automatic renewal law in Utah

These are the rules in Utah Code ch. 13-70 that matter when a subscription or membership renews on its own. The official text is one click away if your contract is unusual.

The key phrases, copied from the official text:

• “shall provide a notice to the individual, at least 30 but not more than 60 days before the day on which the automatic renewal provision renews” (Utah Code § 13-70-201(1))
• “at least three days before the day on which the period of time under the trial period offer expires” (Utah Code § 13-70-201(2))
• “An automatic renewal provision that violates this section is void.” (Utah Code § 13-70-201(4))
• “An automatic renewal provision described in Subsection (3)(a) is effective if notice of the automatic renewal provision is provided to the consumer no sooner than 60 days before” (Utah Code § 13-23-102(3)(b))

Our company guides show how each business takes cancellations and where to write, for example News and magazine subscriptions, Streaming services, Meal kits and The New York Times.

1. 1

   Start with how you joined

   Look up the sign-up confirmation and the renewal date. Under Utah law the way you joined matters for how you can leave.

2. 2

   Cancel through the protected channel

   The Act names no required cancellation channel; the renewal notice and the free-trial notice must each disclose your options for cancellation of the contract. Save the confirmation screen or email.

3. 3

   Put it in writing as well

   Send a written notice that cites Utah Code ch. 13-70, your account details and the end date you want. Our cancellation letter template has the layout.

4. 4

   If you are billed again

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

Utah's law tells the business which cancellation routes it must offer. 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.

See certified mail for cancellations for the proof each mail service gives you.

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.