523C.16  Exclusions.
  This chapter does not apply to any of the following:
  1.  A performance guarantee given by a builder of a residence or the manufacturer or seller or lessor of residential property if no identifiable charge is made for the guarantee.
  2.  A service contract, guarantee or warranty between a residential customer and a service company which will perform the work itself and not through subcontractors for the service, repair or replacement of appliances or electrical, plumbing, heating, cooling or air-conditioning systems.
  3.  A contract between a service company and a person who actually performs the maintenance, repairs, or replacements of structural components, or appliances, or electrical, plumbing, heating, cooling, or air-conditioning systems, if someone other than the service company actually performs these functions.
  4.  A service contract, guarantee or warranty issued by a retail merchant to a retail customer, guaranteeing or warranting the repair, service or replacement of appliances or electrical, plumbing, heating, cooling or air-conditioning systems sold by said retail merchant.
  5.  A service contract, guarantee, or warranty issued by a manufacturer, third party, or retail company, covering the repair, maintenance, or replacement of individual appliances and other individual items of merchandise marketed and sold by a retail company, in the ordinary course of business.
83 Acts, ch 87, §17
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96 Acts, ch 1160, §10