Actions relating to consumer goods
§ 514. Actions relating to consumer goods. 1. For the purposes of this section, "consumer goods" shall mean goods, wares, paid merchandise or services purchased or paid for by a consumer, the intended use or benefit of which is intended for the personal, family or household purposes of such consumer.
2. In any contract involving the sale, lease or otherwise providing of consumer goods, any portion of the contract or any clause which purports to designate, restrict, or limit the venue in which a claim shall be adjudicated or arbitrated shall be deemed void as against public policy. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to affect the validity of any other aspect of a contract.
Defines "consumer goods" (goods/services bought for personal, family, or household use). Any contract clause that tries to fix, restrict, or limit venue in a consumer-goods sale/lease is void as against public policy. ★ The rest of the contract still stands.
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 2 — The JG-22 CPLR and in Volume 1 — The JG-22 in Plain English.