All 50 states

What every state's lemon law covers

One row per state, sourced from the primary statute the day it was researched. Nothing below renders as an answer until two researchers have derived it from that statute independently and agreed.

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Why every cell says "Research pending"

Every state's statute has been researched once and cited to its primary source, with a citation, coverage rules, thresholds, and a filing-window trigger recorded in the site's internal source register. None of that renders here yet, because one reading is not the gate. A cell publishes only after a second researcher, working from the question and the state and nothing else, derives the same answer from the primary source, and after the citation is re-checked against the text the state publishes today. When a state clears that, its row updates in the same commit that records the verification date and the source behind it. This page is not waiting to be built; this is the shipping behavior of a finished page with an unverified dataset.

To be plain about the limit of that: this site is not reviewed by an attorney, here or anywhere else on it. What the process above buys you is a fact you can check against the government's own text, not legal judgment about it.

What does each state's lemon law cover?

Research pending in all 50 states, with no exceptions. The table below is the shape of the answer, not the answer. Every state has been researched and cited in the site's internal source register; no state has cleared attorney review, so every cell reads pending.

Comparison of state lemon law coverage. Every cell is research-pending; see the callout above.
State Statute cite New vehicles Used vehicles Repair attempts Days out of service Administered by Filing deadline Verified
Alabama Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Research pending · not yet attorney-reviewed
Alaska Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Research pending · not yet attorney-reviewed
Arizona Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Research pending · not yet attorney-reviewed
Arkansas Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Research pending · not yet attorney-reviewed
California Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Research pending · not yet attorney-reviewed
Colorado Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Research pending · not yet attorney-reviewed
Connecticut Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Research pending · not yet attorney-reviewed
Delaware Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Research pending · not yet attorney-reviewed
Florida Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Research pending · not yet attorney-reviewed
Georgia Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Research pending · not yet attorney-reviewed
Hawaii Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Research pending · not yet attorney-reviewed
Idaho Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Research pending · not yet attorney-reviewed
Illinois Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Research pending · not yet attorney-reviewed
Indiana Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Research pending · not yet attorney-reviewed
Iowa Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Research pending · not yet attorney-reviewed
Kansas Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Research pending · not yet attorney-reviewed
Kentucky Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Research pending · not yet attorney-reviewed
Louisiana Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Research pending · not yet attorney-reviewed
Maine Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Research pending · not yet attorney-reviewed
Maryland Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Research pending · not yet attorney-reviewed
Massachusetts Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Research pending · not yet attorney-reviewed
Michigan Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Research pending · not yet attorney-reviewed
Minnesota Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Research pending · not yet attorney-reviewed
Mississippi Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Research pending · not yet attorney-reviewed
Missouri Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Research pending · not yet attorney-reviewed
Montana Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Research pending · not yet attorney-reviewed
Nebraska Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Research pending · not yet attorney-reviewed
Nevada Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Research pending · not yet attorney-reviewed
New Hampshire Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Research pending · not yet attorney-reviewed
New Jersey Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Research pending · not yet attorney-reviewed
New Mexico Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Research pending · not yet attorney-reviewed
New York Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Research pending · not yet attorney-reviewed
North Carolina Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Research pending · not yet attorney-reviewed
North Dakota Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Research pending · not yet attorney-reviewed
Ohio Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Research pending · not yet attorney-reviewed
Oklahoma Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Research pending · not yet attorney-reviewed
Oregon Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Research pending · not yet attorney-reviewed
Pennsylvania Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Research pending · not yet attorney-reviewed
Rhode Island Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Research pending · not yet attorney-reviewed
South Carolina Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Research pending · not yet attorney-reviewed
South Dakota Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Research pending · not yet attorney-reviewed
Tennessee Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Research pending · not yet attorney-reviewed
Texas Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Research pending · not yet attorney-reviewed
Utah Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Research pending · not yet attorney-reviewed
Vermont Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Research pending · not yet attorney-reviewed
Virginia Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Research pending · not yet attorney-reviewed
Washington Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Research pending · not yet attorney-reviewed
West Virginia Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Research pending · not yet attorney-reviewed
Wisconsin Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Research pending · not yet attorney-reviewed
Wyoming Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Research pending · not yet attorney-reviewed

Scroll the table sideways to see every column. The state column stays in place. All fifty states render; every cell reads "Research pending" until a licensed attorney in that state has reviewed it.