The plaintiff Russel George filed a complaint alleging costco faces class action lawsuit over membership auto renewal notices after receiving an email notice 60 days before charging his card for renewal, as reported by TopClassAction.
The complaint says that sending notice 60 days ahead violates the 45 day window set by California's Automatic Renewal Law, which went into effect in July 2025 and establishes timing and cancellation notice requirements.
The suit quotes the filing, noting "Due to Costco's untimely and deficient auto-renewal notice, the plaintiff was deprived of information he was statutorily entitled to that would have notified him of the upcoming auto-renewal and provided him with methods of cancellation," according to the Costco class action lawsuit.
George is seeking a jury trial and damages for himself and other class members, and the complaint alleges additional violations of California's False Advertising Law, the Consumer Legal Remedies Act and the Unfair Competition Law.
Background And Potential Consequences
The complaint details that Costco notifies members of renewals by email, and that basic Gold Star memberships cost $65 while Executive memberships cost $130, according to the filing's description of membership tiers and fees.
Members can cancel memberships by calling a toll free number or by visiting a warehouse store, the complaint adds, and a preliminary hearing in the case is scheduled for June, the filing says.
The filing notes this dispute follows an earlier lawsuit filed against the warehouse club this year, which alleged contamination at a Nebraska chicken processing plant and claimed the plant failed safety standards set by the US Department of Agriculture.
The current complaint frames the renewal notice issue as a statutory procedures dispute rather than a single transaction complaint, and it seeks classwide relief that would cover other members who received similar notices and who may claim they were unable to cancel in a timely manner.
