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Tennessee solar cancellation rights

3 business days — T.C.A. 47-18-704 (Home Solicitation Sales Act, 47-18-701 et seq.; the 'BUYER'S RIGHT TO CANCEL' notice must appear on the contract/receipt; cancel by mailing notice before midnight of the third business day after signing; sellers may instead comply with the federal notice requirements). FTC Cooling-Off Rule (16 CFR Part 429) also applies.

The law

  • T.C.A. 47-18-701 et seq.; 47-18-704 (Home Solicitation Sales Act — 3-business-day cancellation right)
  • T.C.A. 47-18-104 (Tennessee Consumer Protection Act of 1977)
  • FTC Cooling-Off Rule, 16 CFR Part 429

Contract notes

No solar-specific consumer protection statute located. A 2010 bill (SB2981, 106th GA) that would have extended the home-solicitation cancellation period to 10 business days with special elder-safeguard requirements was proposed but is not current law. Cancellation rights depend on the sale being home-solicited and timely action within the 3-day window; misrepresentation claims run under the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act of 1977 (T.C.A. 47-18-104).

Enforcement watch: No TN AG enforcement action on residential solar located for 2024-2026. TN joined the 2023 multistate Pink Energy lender letter.

What to do next in Tennessee

  1. Read your contract's cancellation clause tonight. Compare it against the state window: 3 business days — T.C.A. 47-18-704 (Home Solicitation Sales Act, 47-18-701 et seq.; the 'BUYER'S RIGHT TO CANCEL' notice must appear on the contract/receipt; cancel by mailing notice before midnight of the third business day after signing; sellers may instead comply with the federal notice requirements). FTC Cooling-Off Rule (16 CFR Part 429) also applies.
  2. If the company never gave you a cancellation form, your federal 3-day clock may never have started — that's the loophole in our cooling-off guide.
  3. Past the window? Shift to the complaint path: where to file, and check whether savings were misrepresented (guide).
Get the notice written for you. The $39 SolarEscape Kit generates a cancellation letter citing T.C.A. 47-18-701 et seq.; 47-18-704 (Home Solicitation Sales Act — 3-business-day cancellation right), with your dates filled in — plus the complaint kit and bankrupt-installer playbook.
Not legal advice. This tool provides general information based on state statutes and the FTC Cooling-Off Rule as of October 2026. Laws change and every contract is different. For advice about your specific situation, talk to a consumer attorney or your state attorney general's office. We can't promise you can cancel — nobody can. What we do: tell you where the cancellation windows are, and what to do when they're closed.

Sources: law.justia.com, ncdoj.gov, public-inspection.federalregister.gov · Verified 2026-10-10