What information is required along with the signature of the Franchisee or their authorized representative for the Chatime franchise agreement?
Chatime Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
Name:
Please remove this page, sign and date this page, and keep if for your records.
RECEIPT
This Franchise Disclosure Document summarizes certain provisions of the franchise agreement and other information in plain language. Read this Franchise Disclosure Document and all agreements carefully.
If Chatime Franchise, LLC offers you a franchise, it must provide this Franchise Disclosure Document to you: (a) 14 calendar days before you sign a binding agreement with, or make a payment to, the franchisor or an affiliate in connection with the proposed franchise sale or at your reasonable request, or (b) under New York and Rhode Island law, if applicable, at the earlier of (i) your first personal meeting to discuss the franchise, or (ii) ten business days before you sign a binding agreement with, or make payment to the franchisor or an affiliate in connection with the proposed franchise sale, or (c) under Michigan, if applicable, at least ten business days before you sign any binding franchise or other agreement or pay any consideration to the franchisor or an affiliate, whichever occurs first.
If Chatime Franchise, LLC does not deliver this Franchise Disclosure Document on time or if it contains a false or misleading statement, or a material omission, a violation of federal law and state law may have occurred and should be reported to the Federal Trade Commission, Washington, D.C. 20580 and the state agency listed in Exhibit C to this Franchise Disclosure Document.
The name, address and telephone number of the franchise seller offering the franchise are listed below: This Franchise Disclosure Document was issued: April 21, 2025 (see Exhibit I for state effective dates).
Chatime Franchise, LLC, authorizes the respective state agencies identified in Exhibit D to receive service of process for it in the particular state. For all other states, the franchisor's agent for service of process is A Registered Agent, Inc., 8 The Green, Suite A, Dover, Delaware 19901.
I received a Franchise Disclosure Document issued April 21, 2025. Included are the following:
Source: Item 23 — Receipts (FDD pages 58–262)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Chatime Franchise Disclosure Document, the document summarizes certain provisions of the franchise agreement and other information in plain language. It emphasizes the importance of carefully reading the Franchise Disclosure Document and all agreements. The receipt page itself requires the franchisee to remove the page, sign and date it, and keep it for their records. The FDD also includes the name of the franchisee.
Chatime must provide the Franchise Disclosure Document to you 14 calendar days before you sign a binding agreement with, or make a payment to, the franchisor or an affiliate in connection with the proposed franchise sale or at your reasonable request. Under New York and Rhode Island law, if applicable, at the earlier of (i) your first personal meeting to discuss the franchise, or (ii) ten business days before you sign a binding agreement with, or make payment to the franchisor or an affiliate in connection with the proposed franchise sale, or (c) under Michigan, if applicable, at least ten business days before you sign any binding franchise or other agreement or pay any consideration to the franchisor or an affiliate, whichever occurs first.
If Chatime does not deliver this Franchise Disclosure Document on time or if it contains a false or misleading statement, or a material omission, a violation of federal law and state law may have occurred and should be reported to the Federal Trade Commission, Washington, D.C. 20580 and the state agency listed in Exhibit C to this Franchise Disclosure Document. The name, address and telephone number of the franchise seller offering the franchise are listed below: This Franchise Disclosure Document was issued: April 21, 2025 (see Exhibit I for state effective dates).
Chatime Franchise, LLC, authorizes the respective state agencies identified in Exhibit D to receive service of process for it in the particular state. For all other states, the franchisor's agent for service of process is A Registered Agent, Inc., 8 The Green, Suite A, Dover, Delaware 19901. The franchisee must acknowledge that they received a Franchise Disclosure Document issued April 21, 2025.