This chapter may be cited as the “Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act.”
Cal. Civ. Code § 1790
General Provisions
Known as the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act (Song-Beverly Act)
The act spans §§ 1790 to 1795.8 (48 sections).
Applied in 108 court decisions — leading case Continental Inc v. Gte Sylvania Incorporated (1977)
Most recently applied in GOLDEN GATE/S.E.T. RETAIL OF NEV., LLC v. MODERN WELDING CO. OF CALIFORNIA, INC. (March 2025)
Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1333.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.