How long is the right to complain in a Swedish consumer sale?
The buyer may complain about a defect for up to three years from receiving the goods, and the complaint must be made within a reasonable time after the defect was noticed. A notice within two months always counts as timely. If the defect appears within two years of delivery it is presumed to have existed at delivery unless the seller shows otherwise; after that the burden of proof lies with the buyer.
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- Reference
- Consumer Sales Act (2022:260) chapter 5 section 2 and chapter 4 section 8
- Acts
- Konsumentköplagen
- Area
- Customers, marketing and competition
- Read date
- 2026-09-09
Acts the answer rests on
- Konsumentköplagen · SFS 2022:260
- Swedish Consumer Agency
Other acts in the same area
- Distansavtalslagen · SFS 2005:59
- Konsumentkreditlagen · SFS 2010:1846
- Marknadsföringslagen · SFS 2008:486
- Konkurrenslagen · SFS 2008:579
- FDI-lagen · SFS 2023:560
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