Section 429. Restoration of down payment  


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  • 1.  Within  ten days after a
      door-to-door sale has been cancelled or an offer  to  purchase  revoked,
      the  seller shall tender to the buyer all payments made by the buyer and
      any note or other evidence of indebtedness.
        2. If the down payment includes goods traded in, the  goods  shall  be
      tendered  in  substantially  as  good  condition as when received by the
      seller. If the seller fails to tender the  goods  as  provided  by  this
      section,  the buyer may elect to recover an amount equal to the trade-in
      allowance stated in the agreement.
        3. If the seller refuses within the period prescribed  by  subdivision
      one  to return all payments made by the buyer, he shall be liable to the
      buyer for the said payments and if the buyer is successful in his action
      therefor or appeal thereon,  the  court  shall  award  him  one  hundred
      dollars  plus  reasonable attorney's fees and costs, in addition to such
      payments.
        4. Until the seller has complied with  this  section,  the  buyer  may
      retain possession of goods delivered to him by the seller and shall have
      a  lien  on  the  goods in his possession or control for any recovery to
      which he may be entitled.