Your Tenants May Already Be Looking. Are You Ready?
AB 628 lets tenants withhold rent immediately — no court order needed. The free guide shows you exactly where your exposure is and what to do about it.
Under AB 628, tenants can withhold rent the moment they identify a recalled appliance — no court order, no warning, no grace period. RecallProof monitors every appliance in your portfolio against the federal recall database in real time. You find out first.
Tenant advocacy groups are publishing step-by-step AB 628 guides, running workshops, and handing out recall lookup tools. Your renters already know their rights. The only question is whether you know yours.
The moment a tenant identifies a recalled appliance, they can stop paying rent — no court order, no warning, no grace period required. Under AB 628, the CPSC publish date is your legal notice date — not the day you personally found out.
Tenants can demand back every dollar paid since the recall was published — even years of rent. A Samsung range recalled in 2023 means 3+ years of retroactive exposure per unit, per month. Every check you’ve collected on a recalled appliance is potential liability.
One tenant finds a recalled stove. Their attorney checks your other buildings — and now 200 units across your portfolio are filing coordinated clawback claims. AB 628 was designed to make these cases cheap to bring and impossible to ignore.
California courts have awarded habitability damages for decades.
AB 628 didn’t create this liability — it eliminated your last defense.
Once a recall is published by the CPSC, you are legally on notice.
Upload your inventory, scan your appliances, and you’re covered. We monitor, alert, and document everything after that.
Import via CSV, manual entry, or sync from AppFolio, Buildium, or Yardi. Every appliance is checked against the CPSC recall database the moment it’s added.
Maintenance photographs each data plate on their normal rounds. Our AI reads the make, model, and serial number — no typing required, no errors, nothing missed.
RecallProof monitors the CPSC database against your live inventory around the clock. When a recall hits, you get an alert within the hour — before your tenants do.
One click produces your court-ready RecallCert™ — timestamped compliance proof, full remediation log, and inventory snapshot. Your documented legal defense, built in.
Purpose-built for AB 628 compliance.
Plugs directly into AppFolio, Buildium, and Yardi.
Not a replacement — a layer they don’t have.
In most cases, the manufacturer pays for remediation — not you. Whirlpool, GE, and Samsung are legally required to cover repair or replacement on recalled appliances. RecallProof coordinates the full OEM claim process — the fix typically costs you nothing.
AB 628 gives you exactly 30 days to act after notice. RecallProof runs countdown timers and automated escalation reminders on every open item. Miss that window and every day of inaction becomes documented exposure.
Maintenance photographs the data plate. Our AI extracts make, model, and serial number in seconds — no manual entry, no transcription errors. Every unit is on record. You can’t protect what hasn’t been identified and logged.
Every appliance, every unit, every building — one live dashboard. Filter by property, appliance type, or recall status in seconds. If a tenant claims you missed a recall, your timestamped inventory record proves otherwise.
We check the CPSC database continuously. The moment a recall matches your inventory, you’re notified — not next week, not after a withholding notice. You find out before your tenants do, and before any attorney does.
When a recall hits, every stakeholder is notified immediately — property manager, maintenance lead, and owner. No manual checking, no delays, no missed notices. Your whole team is informed before any tenant files a complaint.
One click generates your court-ready RecallCert™: full inventory, recall history, remediation log, and timestamped evidence trail. The document your attorney needs to shut down a claim before it reaches a judge.
When a recall hits, RecallProof manages the full remediation workflow —
coordination, documentation, and certification — inside the AB 628 window.
You make one decision. We close the loop.
Our ops team activates within hours to coordinate replacement, tenant communication, and OEM claims — fast, documented response so you stay protected and on record throughout.
We connect you with California habitability attorneys from our network — at no cost to you. You shouldn’t face a tenant lawsuit without legal support. With RecallProof, you won’t have to.
A dedicated incident manager is assigned within 4 hours of any verified platform failure. One person. Full accountability. No support tickets, no hold queues, no runaround of any kind.
California property managers protected from day one under AB 628.
Plain English. No attorney required to understand your exposure.
Effective January 1, 2026, California AB 628 classified recalled appliances as a statutory habitability violation under Civil Code §1941.1. This isn’t a grey area or a technicality. It is the law — and it fundamentally changed what California property managers are liable for from the moment a recall is published.
One flat rate per unit — drops as your portfolio grows.
No setup fees, no feature tiers, no long-term contracts.
For portfolios over 5,000 units: volume pricing, dedicated onboarding, and custom integrations. Let’s talk.
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AB 628 didn’t create new liability — it removed your defenses. The same legal standard that produced a $6.75M settlement now applies to every recalled appliance in your portfolio, by statute, starting day one.
AB 628 is in effect. The 30-day clock is already running on every recalled appliance in your portfolio. Get covered today — before a tenant finds it first and uses it against you.