You Can Sign It and Still Walk Away
August 18, 2026 · 0:46
You can sign a continuing care retirement community contract in North Carolina and still change your mind for thirty days, and you do not have to move in first.
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Your kids are doing math about your house in a group text you are not in. They mean well. They are also guessing.
So here is something the brochure will not lead with. North Carolina rewrote its Continuing Care Retirement Communities Act. On contracts signed or renewed since December 1, you get thirty days to rescind. And you are not required to move in before those thirty days run out.
That is your time. Use it on four pages most people skip. What happens to your entrance fee if you pass away. How much your monthly fee can go up. Whether you have to apply for Medicaid. And what they do if you cannot pay.
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- Source: North Carolina Session Law 2025-58, the Continuing Care Retirement Communities Act, G.S. 58-64A-175 (30-day rescission and the four required contract terms) and G.S. 58-64A-2 (licensing by the NC Department of Insurance).
- Effective for contracts issued, renewed or amended on or after December 1, 2025 (ncleg.gov).
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