What Products Does the Lemon Law Cover?
Lemons laws generally apply only to consumer products, which are products owned by individuals and used primarily for: • Personal use • Family use, or • Household use This does not mean, however, that the lemon law does not apply to your product if there has been any business or commercial use at all. So long as there has been more personal use than business use, the lemon law will usually apply. The federal lemon law is slightly different: it applies to all products that are normally used for personal, family, or household purposes, regardless of how you actually used your particular product. For example, if you use your pickup truck primarily in your gardening business, the federal lemon law should still apply, because pickup trucks are normally considered consumer products. California has expanded the protection of its lemon law even further. Under some circumstances, the lemon law will cover even vehicles used exclusively for business purposes. Individuals or small businesses that
