Brinks Home: early termination fee
The monitoring contract sets the fee; financed equipment is still owed; Brinks Home Plus charges 100% of remaining payments if cancelled in its initial term.
What does this mean?
Grade A (high: almost everything comes from official pages read directly). 100% of 20 sources are the organization's own pages or government sites.
Collect
- monitoring contract
- equipment financing contract
- Brinks Home Plus enrollment
- bill with the fee
Steps
Ask Customer Support for the early termination fee in writing, with the calculation.
Check the amount against the termination clause in your monitoring contract and dispute any difference in writing.
MailBrinks Home mailing address Brinks Home, 1501 Lyndon B Johnson Fwy, Suite 700, Dallas, TX 75234If you have Brinks Home Plus, check whether you are in its initial term or a renewal term before cancelling it.
Facts you can cite
- Fee
The Brinks Home FAQ says "We may charge an early termination fee as set forth in the monitoring contract," and a customer who financed equipment is responsible for any remaining balance under the equipment financing contract.
Source: brinkshome.com, verified 2026-10-13
- Fee
Under the current Brinks Home Plus extended service plan terms, cancelling during the Initial Term costs "an amount equal to one hundred (100%) percent of the remaining payments owed"; there is no termination charge for cancelling during a Renewal Term. Plan fees and payments are non-refundable.
Source: brinkshome.com, verified 2026-10-13
- Process
After the Initial Term, Brinks Home Plus can be cancelled by "calling Brinks Home and completing Brinks Home's then-current cancellation procedures."
Source: brinkshome.com, verified 2026-10-13
If that fails, escalate
Go up one step at a time. Keep the reference numbers and dates from each contact.
Customer service
Retention team
Ask for the early termination amount under your monitoring contract and any remaining equipment financing balance, in writing.
Written complaint
MailBrinks Home mailing address Brinks Home, 1501 Lyndon B Johnson Fwy, Suite 700, Dallas, TX 75234Card or bank dispute
Fair Credit Billing Act billing-error and purchase-dispute rights (Regulation Z)
Electronic Fund Transfer Act error resolution and unauthorized-transfer liability (Regulation E)
State agency
Your state’s attorney general. Find it in the list of state agencies (also as JSON:
states/<code>.json, for example states/ny.json).Arbitration
The Brinks Home terms say binding arbitration is mandatory, with a class action waiver; small claims court is allowed for qualifying individual claims.
Watch out
- The monitoring contract is not published online; ask the person for their signed contract to find the term and early termination clause.
- Equipment returns need a Customer Portal sign-in.
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