{"data":{"id":"us-ca/civ-1799.209","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CIV § 1799.209","heading":"","body":"(a) If a consumer contract requires a dispute under the contract to be arbitrated and the dispute may be adjudicated pursuant to the Small Claims Act (Chapter 5.5 (commencing with Section 116.110) of Title 1 of Part 1 of the Code of Civil Procedure), the consumer shall be given the option to have the dispute adjudicated pursuant to that act.\n(b) This section applies to a contract entered into, modified, or extended on or after January 1, 2025.","path":["Civil Code - CIV","DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS [1427. - 3273.91.]","PART 4. OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS [1738. - 3273.91.]","TITLE 1.86. CONSUMER CONTRACT AWARENESS ACT OF 1990 [1799.200. - 1799.209.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"c5b4f03dd5c69ef7f86b2651c83abebcacaffb02af23d3d785b2ef2acf8c3059","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/civ-1799.208","next":"us-ca/civ-1799.300"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}