N.Y. Insurance Law Section 7901
Scope and purposes

(a)

The purposes of this article are to:

(1)

create a legal framework within which service contracts may be sold in this state;

(2)

encourage the marketing and developing of more economical and effective means of providing services under service contracts; and

(3)

permit and encourage fair and effective competition among different systems of providing and paying for these services.

(b)

This article shall not apply to:

(1)

Express or implied warranties;

(2)

Maintenance agreements;

(3)

Warranties, service contracts or maintenance agreements offered by public utilities on their transmission devices to the extent they are regulated by the public service commission; and

(4)

Warranties, service contracts and maintenance agreements that are conditioned upon or otherwise associated with the sale or supply of heating fuel.

Source: Section 7901 — Scope and purposes, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/ISC/7901 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Feb. 14, 2026).

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