Lemon Law is a federal regulation but there are state-specific elements as well. Each state can impose its own amendments or additions to the regulations or impose certain restrictions or omissions. Below are some of the key points for each state.

Alaska: Four-wheel vehicles for personal, family or household purposes. Limit for repairs is three attempts and the law is valid for the express warranty period or one year, whichever occurs sooner.

Arizona: Vehicles under 10,000 lbs used to transport persons. Four repair attempts are granted.

Arkansas: Owned and leased vehicles excluding motor homes, motorcycles and moped. Number of repair attempts depends on severity of defect. Valid for two years or 24,000 miles, whichever is crossed sooner.

California: Vehicles used primarily for personal purposes. Repair attempts determined by severity of problem, valid for the sooner of 18 months or 18,000 miles.

Colorado: Private passenger motor vehicles, including pickups and vans but excluding motor homes and motorcycles. Four repair attempts given, valid for express warranty period or one year, whichever is reached soonest.

Connecticut: Passenger or commercial vehicles sold or used within the state. Four repair attempts, two if there is a serious safety hazard, or 30 days out of service. Lasts for two years or 18,000 miles, whichever is reached first.

Delaware: Passenger motor vehicles, except motorcycles and living facilities of motor homes, that are bought, leased or registered in the state. Manufacturer allowed four repair attempts. Valid during express warranty period of for one year, whichever is reached sooner.

Florida: Personal vehicles sold, transferred or leased in the state, excluding off-road vehicles, mopeds, trucks over 10,000 lbs, living facilities of recreational vehicles and motorcycles. Three repair attempts given, applies for 18 months or 24,000 miles – the one that is reached first.

Georgia: Self-propelled vehicles designed to transport people or property that are leased, purchased or registered in the state. Repair attempts allowed dependent on seriousness of defect, valid for the sooner of one year or 12,000 miles.

Hawaii: Self-propelled vehicles for transporting people including dealer-owned vehicles and “demonstrators”. Repairs allowed depends on nature of defect and valid for express warranty period or two years or 24,000 miles, whichever is reached first.

Idaho: New motor vehicles sold or licensed in the state, excluding motorcycles, farm tractors, house trailers or vehicles with a GVWR over 12,000 lbs. Four repair attempts allowed within two years or 24,000 miles, depending on which is reach sooner.

Illinois: Passenger cars, vehicles under 8,000 lbs and recreational vehicles, excluding camping trailers and motorcycles. Manufacturer given four repair attempts and law runs out at soonest of one year or 12,000 miles.

Indiana: Motor vehicles sold to a buyer in the state and registered in Indiana, vehicles purchased in the state by a non-resident. Four repair attempts allowed and valid for first to be reached of 18 months or 18,000 miles.

Iowa: Vehicles purchased or leased in the state, primarily designed for transporting people or property, excluding mopeds, motorcycles, motor homes and vehicles over 10,000 lbs. Number of repairs depends on severity of problem and law runs out after two years or when 24,000 miles are reached, whichever is sooner.

Kansas: Vehicles with a gross weight of 12,000 lbs or less that are sole and registered in the state. Maximum 10 repair attempts allowed if different defects occur, runs out when any warranty period is up or after one year, whichever occurs first.

Kentucky: Vehicles owned by a state resident and purchased or leased new in Kentucky, except conversion vanes, motor homes, mopeds, motorcycles, farm equipment and vehicles with more than two axles. Allowed four repair attempts and runs out after one year or 12,000 miles, whichever is reached first.

Louisiana: Vehicles under 10,000 lbs sold in the state, excluding motor homes, motorcycles, and vehicles used for commercial purposes only. Four repair attempts and runs out after earliest of express warranty period or one year.

Maine: Vehicles sold or leased new in the state, except commercial vehicles over 8,000 lbs or those registered with a business that has three or more vehicles. Allowed three repair attempts and maximum 15 business days out of service, runs out after two years or 18,000 miles, whichever occurs first.

Maryland: Purchased or leased passenger vehicles, trucks with a ton or less rated capacity and multi-purpose vehicles registered in the state, excluding fleets of five or more and motor homes. Repair attempts allowed depends on fault, maximum length of law is 15 months or 15,000 miles, whichever occurs first or one year or12,000 miles for leased vehicles.

Massachusetts: Private vehicles, off-road vehicles, auto homes and motorcycles. Maximum three repair attempts and 15 business days out of service, applies for soonest of one year or 15,000 miles.

Michigan: Four-wheel vehicles in personal use, fleets of less than 10, including pick-ups and vans, excluding buses, trucks and motor homes. Four repair attempts allowed, runs out at earliest of express warranty period or one year.

Minnesota: Passenger vehicles, pickups, vans and recreational equipment sold or leased in the state and used at least 40% for personal means. Repair attempts dependent on fault, lasts for first to be reached of express warranty period or two years.

Mississippi: Vehicles sold for personal use, excluding off-road vehicles, mopeds, motorcycles, and parts of a motor home added by the manufacturer of the motor home. Three repairs attempts allowed and maximum 15 working days out of use, lasts until express warranty period is up or after one year, whichever is reached first.

Missouri: Personal vehicles excluding mopeds, motorcycles and Rvs. Four repair attempts allowed, lasts until soonest of express warranty period or one year.

Montana: Vehicles sold in the state, including non-residential portion of motor homes and excluding motorcycles. Four repair attempts given, lasts for two years or 18,000 miles, whichever is reached first.

Nebraska: Vehicles sold in the state for personal use, except self-propelled mobile homes. Maximum of four repair attempts or 40 days out of service, lasts until express warranty period is met or one year is up, whichever happens first.

Nevada: Vehicles for personal use excluding motor homes or off-road vehicles. Allowed four repair attempts, last until first of express warranty period or one year is met.

New Hampshire: Purchased or leased vehicles under 9,000 lbs except tractors, off-road recreational vehicles, and mopeds. Three repair attempts allowed, lasts for one year within expiration of express warranty period or final repair attempt.

New Jersey: Passenger automobiles or motorcycles leased, purchased or registered in the state, except living facilities of motor homes. Maximum three repair attempts or 20 days out of service. Ends at first of two years or 18,000 miles.

New Mexico: Passenger motor vehicles, pickups, motorcycles, and vans, under 10,000 lbs. that are sold and registered in the state for personal use. Maximum four repair attempts, runs out at soonest of express warranty period or one year.

New York: Passenger vehicles purchased, leased, transferred or registered in the state, excluding motorcycles and off-road vehicles. Repair attempts allowed dependent on nature of defect, lasts until two years or 18,000 miles reached, whichever comes first.

North Carolina: Motor vehicles, including motorcycles, sold or leased in state and under 10,000 lbs, excluding house trailers. Maximum four repair attempts or 20 days out of service during a 12-month period, valid until soonest of two years or 24,000 miles or express warranty.

North Dakota: Personal use passenger motor vehicles and trucks under 10,000 lbs, excluding house cars and motorcycles. Maximum three repair attempts or 30 business days out of service during one year or express warranty term, whichever is less, runs out at earliest of express warranty period or one year.

Ohio: Passenger vehicles and non-commercial motor vehicles, motor homes, excluding cooking and sleeping facilities, manufactured homes, and recreational vehicles. Repair attempts given dependent on fault, ends at first of one year or 18,000 miles.

Oklahoma: Vehicles under 10,000 lbs registered in the state, excluding living facilities of motor homes. Maximum four repair attempts or 45 days out of service, ends at soonest of express warranty period or one year.

Oregon: Passenger motor vehicles for personal used, including leased vehicles and motorcycles. Four repair attempts given, ends after earliest of one year or 12,000 miles.

Pennsylvania: Vehicles purchased or leased and registered in the state for personal use, excluding motor homes, motorcycles and off-road vehicles. Three repairs allowed, runs out at soonest of one year or 12,000 miles.

Rhode Island: Automobiles, trucks and vans under 10,000 lbs sold, leased or replaced by a dealer or manufacturer, excluding motorised campers. Maximum four repair attempts given, runs out at one year or 15,000 miles, whichever is reached first.

South Carolina: Passenger motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailer, sold and registered in the state for transporting people. Maximum three repairs allowed, lasts for earliest of one year or 12,000 miles.

South Dakota: New car, light pickup or motorcycle excluding vehicles over 10,000 lbs. Allowed four repairs plus one final attempt. Runs out at soonest of one year or 12,000 miles.

Tennessee: Class “C” vehicles sold and registered in the state for personal use, excluding motor homes, motor and garden tractors, RVs, off-road vehicles and motorcycles. Four repair attempts allowed, lasts until soonest of express warranty period or one year.

Texas: Motor vehicles with two or more wheels used to transport people and with a maximum weight of 18,000 lbs. Repair attempts dependent on fault, lasts for express warranty period or one year, whichever is reached first.

Utah: New vehicles sold, purchased, transferred, or leased in the state, excluding motorcycles, tractors, and parts of a motor home used as a dwelling or office. Manufacturer allowed four repair attempts, law ends at soonest of express warranty period or one year.

Vermont: Passenger motor vehicles purchased or registered in the state, excluding tractors, snowmobiles, motorcycles, mopeds, trucks over 10,000 lbs and the living portion of RVs. Three repairs given, lasts for express warranty period.

Virginia: Passenger cars, pickups, panel trucks, motorcycles, self-propelled motorised chassis of motor homes, mopeds, demonstrators and lease-purchased vehicles used mostly for personal journeys. Repair attempts vary according to fault, applicable for 18 months.

Washington: Vehicles leased or purchased new and registered in the state, including motorcycles and excluding buses, vehicles in fleets of 10 or more, living portions of motor homes, or trucks over 19,000 lbs. Repair attempts vary according to severity of fault, runs out at soonest of two years or 24,000 miles.

Washington DC: Vehicles sold and registered in DC for transporting persons, except buses, motorcycles, motor homes and recreational vehicles. Four repair attempts allowed and law runs out at first of two years or 18,000 miles.

West Virginia: Passenger motor vehicles, pickup trucks, vans and motor vehicle chassis of motor homes purchased in the state after January 1984 and used for personal trips. Repair attempts dependent on nature of fault, lasts for soonest of express warranty period or one year.

Wisconsin: Vehicles registered or transferred in the state, including demonstrators, non-resident or foreign-registered vehicles purchased, leased or transferred in this state, except mopeds, semi-trailers or trailers designed for use with a truck. Manufacturers given four repair attempts, law runs out at soonest of express warranty period or one year.

Wyoming: Vehicles under 10,000 lbs sold or registered in the state. Three repairs allowed, lasts for one year.