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Attorney General’s office backs updates to Massachusetts used-car protections; dealers raise affordability concerns
Summary
The Attorney General’s office urged the Joint Committee to modernize Massachusetts consumer protections for automobile sales, including changes to the lemon law, warranty mileage cap and dealer surety bonds; independent dealers warned the changes could drive small sellers out of business.
Bill O’Hearn and Brenna Robison of the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Consumer Advocacy and Response Division told the Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure that Senate Bill 228 and House Bill 379 would modernize protections for buyers of used cars.
O’Hearn said the bills would clarify the lemon-law timing, allowing returns for cars that fail inspection within seven days of delivery rather than seven days of purchase; increase the statutory warranty mileage cap from 125,000 miles to 200,000 miles; and raise the surety-bond requirement for dealers from $25,000 to $50,000 to…
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