Forced Arbitration — a service of Madgett Law, LLC, a Minnesota law firm. It is not a government agency, is not affiliated with the Minnesota Attorney General or any other government office, and is not a legal aid or public interest legal services organization.

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Sector
Marketplaces, gig, travel, and auto
Source
https://www.chewy.com/app/content/terms
Captured from
the company’s own page, fetched live
Captured (UTC)
SHA-256 of the bytes as served
21d7941e6b957231e21ad104cc6ef4c034a827db02f99f7b7f94053727c45e23
Date the document states
July 1, 2026

Reviewed fields

For each field: the reviewer's category, then the words of the captured document. Where the category is silent, no provision on that field was extracted from the captured text, and nothing is quoted. Every category, with its count, is listed on the data page.

Delegation clause (who decides whether the clause is enforceable)

Reviewed category: to-arbitrator-full

including disputes about the validity, scope or enforceability of this arbitration provision (collectively, "Covered Disputes") will be resolved by binding arbitration

Consumer’s share of arbitration fees

Reviewed category: filing-fee-paid-or-reimbursed

Except for a demand determined by an arbitrator or court to be frivolous, brought in bad faith, or where the initiating party has failed to follow the pre-arbitration dispute resolution process below, Chewy will pay the filing fees for both parties. The AAA consumer rules will otherwise apply to determine the costs and expenses due from each party.

Company’s fee promise

Reviewed category: pays-filing-fees-plus-capped-attorney-contribution

Except for a demand determined by an arbitrator or court to be frivolous, brought in bad faith, or where the initiating party has failed to follow the pre-arbitration dispute resolution process below, Chewy will pay the filing fees for both parties. ... if you are able to demonstrate that the costs of arbitration will be prohibitive as compared to the costs of litigation, Chewy will pay up to USD $1,000 of your attorneys’ fees and costs and expenses in connection with the arbitration if the arbitrator deems the payment of such amount is necessary to prevent the arbitration from being cost-prohibitive.

Fee or cost shifting against the consumer

Reviewed category: provider-fee-rules-apply-if-claim-found-improper

Except for a demand determined by an arbitrator or court to be frivolous, brought in bad faith, or where the initiating party has failed to follow the pre-arbitration dispute resolution process below, Chewy will pay the filing fees for both parties.

Pre-filing requirement

Reviewed category: mandatory-condition-precedent

Prior to initiating any arbitration, the initiating party will give the other party at least 60-days' advanced written notice, along with any supporting documents and information, of its intent to file for arbitration. ... This provision is a precondition to any arbitration demand, and any party making an arbitration demand must certify that it has complied with the requirement when filing an arbitration demand and AAA may not accept any demand without this certification.

Mass-arbitration terms

Reviewed category: batching

in the event 100 or more similar individual arbitration demands presented by or with the assistance or coordination of the same law firm or organization are submitted to AAA or another arbitration provider (if AAA is unavailable) against Chewy within a 90-day period (or in otherwise close proximity), the arbitration provider shall (i) administer the arbitration demands in batches of 100 demands per batch

Small-claims carve-out

Reviewed category: available-standard-carve-out

you or Chewy can bring any individual claim in small claims court consistent with the jurisdictional limitations of such court

Opt-out

Reviewed category: silent

No provision on this field was extracted from the captured text.

Unilateral modification

Reviewed category: continued-use-is-acceptance

If we update these Terms, we will provide you with notice by updating the “Last Updated” date at the top. If you do not agree to changes to the Terms, you must close your account and stop using the Site. Your continued use of the Site will confirm your acceptance of any revised or updated terms.

Scope

Reviewed category: broad-plus-survives-termination

This arbitration agreement applies to any and all disputes occurring before or after this agreement and supersedes our previous arbitration agreements.

Confidentiality of the arbitration

Reviewed category: silent

No provision on this field was extracted from the captured text.

Shortened limitations period

Reviewed category: shortened-to-2-years

ANY CLAIM BETWEEN US MUST BE BROUGHT WITHIN TWO (2) YEARS OF THE EVENT(S) GIVING RISE TO SUCH CLAIM OR THE DATE OF THE RELEVANT PURCHASE, WHICHEVER IS EARLIER.

Severability if the class waiver is struck

Reviewed category: narrow-severance

If any provision of the agreement to arbitrate in this section is found unenforceable, the unenforceable provision will be severed and the remaining arbitration terms will be enforced (but in no case will there be a class, representative or private attorney general arbitration).

Counsel or representation restrictions

Reviewed category: silent

No provision on this field was extracted from the captured text.

Mass-arbitration numeric trigger

Reviewed category: batching-trigger

Stated term: “100 or more” similar individual arbitration demands — recorded as 100

Window, as reviewed: within a 90-day period (or in otherwise close proximity)

The trigger is conditioned on the claimants sharing, or coordinating, counsel.

in the event 100 or more similar individual arbitration demands presented by or with the assistance or coordination of the same law firm or organization are submitted to AAA or another arbitration provider (if AAA is unavailable) against Chewy within a 90-day period

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