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  "notice": "Verifiant is not the State of Arizona, the Arizona Registrar of Contractors, or a law firm, and nothing here is legal advice. It describes public process and public record, and links to the official sources so you can read them yourself.",
  "lawyerNotice": "This page describes public process. It is not legal advice, and it does not say how any situation will come out. For decisions about your own situation, a licensed Arizona attorney is the right reader.",
  "question": {
    "slug": "can-i-cancel-a-door-to-door-contract",
    "locale": "en",
    "title": "Can I Cancel a Contract I Signed at My Door in Arizona?",
    "answer": "A sale made at your own door comes with three business days to walk away, and the seller owes you written notice of that right. If the roofer, the solar pitch, or the driveway crew came to you, the cancellation window is real law, not a courtesy.",
    "lawyerFlag": true,
    "publicationStatus": "published",
    "updatedOn": "2026-08-11",
    "path": "/learn/questions/can-i-cancel-a-door-to-door-contract",
    "sections": [
      {
        "heading": "Three Business Days, in Writing",
        "body": "The statute gives the buyer of a door-to-door sale three business days to cancel, and requires the seller to tell you so in writing. A contract that skipped the notice has its own problem.",
        "factSlugs": [
          "door-to-door-cancellation"
        ]
      },
      {
        "heading": "Storm Chasers Are the Textbook Situation",
        "body": "The crews that appear after a monsoon are door-to-door sellers in the statute's plain sense. Before any of it: the license check, because the thousand-dollar line and the permit rule almost always apply to what they are selling.",
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          "license-required-at-one-thousand"
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      }
    ],
    "officialLinks": [
      {
        "label": "A.R.S. § 44-5004",
        "url": "https://www.azleg.gov/ars/44/05004.htm"
      }
    ],
    "faq": [
      {
        "question": "How do I actually cancel?",
        "answer": "In writing, inside the window, kept in a form you can prove: the statute at the source link carries the mechanics. Date it, send it traceably, and keep a copy."
      },
      {
        "question": "I called them first. Does the window still apply?",
        "answer": "The statute is written around sales made at your door. Who initiated, and where the signing happened, are exactly the facts a licensed Arizona attorney would start with for your situation."
      }
    ]
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    {
      "slug": "door-to-door-cancellation",
      "locale": "en",
      "title": "The Cancellation Right for Door to Door Sales",
      "statement": "A sale made at your own door comes with three business days to walk away, and the seller owes you written notice of that right. Skip the notice and the clock never started: the window stays open until the notice the law requires is actually given.",
      "factType": "public_rule",
      "source": {
        "label": "A.R.S. § 44-5004",
        "url": "https://www.azleg.gov/ars/44/05004.htm"
      },
      "authority": 1,
      "authorityName": "primary authority",
      "topic": "Sales at your door",
      "observedOn": "2026-08-11",
      "recheckBy": "2027-02-11",
      "publicationStatus": "published",
      "updatedOn": "2026-08-11",
      "path": "/learn/facts/door-to-door-cancellation"
    },
    {
      "slug": "license-required-at-one-thousand",
      "locale": "en",
      "title": "When Arizona Requires a Contractor License",
      "statement": "One thousand dollars, labor and materials together. At that line Arizona requires a contractor license, and any job that needs a building permit requires one whatever the amount. Below the line sits a narrow exemption for casual, minor work, and anyone advertising under it must say plainly that they are not a licensed contractor.",
      "factType": "public_rule",
      "source": {
        "label": "A.R.S. § 32-1121",
        "url": "https://www.azleg.gov/ars/32/01121.htm"
      },
      "authority": 1,
      "authorityName": "primary authority",
      "topic": "Licensing",
      "observedOn": "2026-08-11",
      "recheckBy": "2027-02-11",
      "plain": "One thousand dollars, labor and materials together, is the line where Arizona requires a contractor license. The permit rule sits on top of it: when the job needs a building permit, a license is required regardless of how small the job is.\n\nThe exemption below the line is narrow: casual or minor work only, and anyone advertising under it has to say plainly that they are not a licensed contractor.",
      "limits": "The statute carries definitions and edge conditions this page does not - read section 32-1121 itself at the source link. Whether a particular job crossed the line is a question about that job's facts.",
      "faq": [
        {
          "question": "The job is under a thousand dollars - so anyone can do it?",
          "answer": "Only inside the statute's narrow exemption for casual, minor work, and never when the job needs a building permit. The advertiser must also say plainly that they are not a licensed contractor."
        },
        {
          "question": "Does the thousand-dollar line include materials?",
          "answer": "The statute counts labor and materials together toward the line."
        }
      ],
      "publicationStatus": "published",
      "updatedOn": "2026-08-11",
      "path": "/learn/facts/license-required-at-one-thousand"
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