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NY Gen Bus L § 395 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 26 - Miscellaneous 395 - Required Disclosure of Prior Use.

§ 395. Required disclosure of prior use. 1. Whenever any person, firm,   corporation   or  association  engaged  in  the  business  of  retailing   merchandise to the public, or agent, employee  or  sales  representative   thereof   shall   offer  used,  rebuilt,  reconditioned  or  repossessed   television or radio receiving  sets,  phonographs,  or  major  household   appliances,  for  sale  to  the  public,  the seller shall affix to such   merchandise offered for sale a tag  or  sticker  which  shall  state  as   appropriate that such merchandise has been used, rebuilt, reconditioned,   repossessed,  or rebranded and used.  If such merchandise is offered for   sale to the public by any means of  advertisement,  announcement,  card,   sign,   label,   tag   or   other   means  of  communication,  the  said   advertisement, announcement, card, sign, laber, tag or  other  means  of   communication  must  also contain in the description of such merchandise   the  appropriate  word  or  words  of  the  following:  used,   rebuilt,   reconditioned,  repossessed,  or  rebranded  and  used.  Nothing in this   section shall be construed to apply to merchandise sold as antique goods   and so advertised or described, jewelry, imported oriental  rugs,  floor   samples,  nor  to any merchandise returned by a retail customer the cash   sales price for which is canceled or refunded or fully credited.2.  A  violation  of  this  section  with  the  intent  to  deceive  a   prospective  or potential purchaser of such merchandise shall constitute   a misdemeanor.3. Proof that any person, firm, corporation or association engaged  in   the  business of retailing merchandise to the public, or agent, employee   or sales representative thereof who has  offered  such  merchandise  for   sale  to  the  public  has failed to comply with subdivision one of this   section shall be presumptive evidence of the intent to deceive mentioned   in subdivision two of this section.4. Upon a showing by the attorney general in  an  application  for  an   injunction  that any person, firm, corporation or association engaged in   the business of retailing merchandise to the public, or agent,  employee   or  sales  representative  thereof  who has offered such merchandise for   sale to the public has failed to comply with  subdivision  one  of  this   section,  the  supreme  court  after  a  hearing  may  issue a permanent   injunction enjoining and restraining such action or  violation,  without   requiring proof that any person has, in fact, been misled or deceived or   otherwise damaged thereby.
NY Gen Bus L § 395-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 26 - Miscellaneous 395-A - Maintenance Agreements.

§  395-a.  Maintenance agreements. 1. Definitions. For the purposes of   this section, a "maintenance agreement" shall refer to any  contract  or   representation whereby the seller or manufacturer of a retail sales item   or  the  seller  of  a  service contract shall offer the defined service   and/or parts for an additional fee. Said maintenance  agreement  can  be   offered at the time of purchase or at a later date.2.  No  maintenance  agreement  covering parts and/or service shall be   terminated at the election of the  party  providing  such  parts  and/or   service  during  the  term  of  the  agreement  unless  prior to or upon   delivery of a copy of the agreement the buyer  is  notified  in  writing   that the agreement may be cancelled for:a. non-payment; orb.  use  of  the  item  primarily  for commercial purposes, unless the   agreement so  provides.  When  a  maintenance  agreement  is  terminated   because  of use of the item primarily for commercial purposes, the party   providing the parts and/or service must reimburse the  buyer  on  a  pro   rata  basis  for  the remaining period of time or mileage for the unused   portion of the maintenance agreement less the cost of any  parts  and/or   service already provided from the date of termination; orc.  change in the buyer's residence beyond the disclosed service area,   except where the buyer provides transportation or shipping to  and  from   the  site of service. When a maintenance agreement is terminated because   of a change in the buyer's residence beyond the disclosed service  area,   either  the  buyer  or  the party providing the parts and/or service may   terminate the maintenance agreement. Reimbursement to the buyer shall be   made on a pro rata basis for the remaining period of time or mileage for   the unused portion of the maintenance agreement from the date of  notice   of change in the buyer's residence.3.  Pre-sale  availability of maintenance agreement. Sellers of retail   products purchased for personal, family  or  household  purposes,  which   offer maintenance agreements shall provide the buyer with an opportunity   to  review  the maintenance agreement before it is purchased and provide   the buyer with a copy of  the  maintenance  agreement  at  the  time  of   purchase.  The  provisions  of  this section shall not apply to sales by   mail order companies as defined in section three hundred ninety-six-m of   this chapter.4. A violation of the provisions of this section shall  be  punishable   by a civil penalty of not more than three hundred dollars recoverable in   an action by the attorney general in the name of the people of the state   or  by  the  corporation  counsel  for  any  city  or by the appropriate   attorney of any other political subdivision as shall  be  designated  by   the governing body of such political subdivision.
NY Gen Bus L § 396-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 26 - Miscellaneous 396-A - Representation by Savings and Loan Association of Insurance on Accounts.

§  396-a.  Representation by savings and loan association of insurance   on accounts. 1. No savings  and  loan  association,  building  and  loan   association, cooperative bank or homestead association organized in this   or  any  other  state,  other  than one whose accounts are insured by an   agency of the United States and  which  is  specifically  named  in  the   representation,  shall  in  or from this state, or to any person in this   state, make any representation, oral or written, that any of its shares,   certificates  or  accounts  are  insured  or  guaranteed   unless   such   representation also includes: (a) the name and address of the insurer or   guarantor,  (b)  the  name  of the state or country where the insurer or   guarantor is incorporated or organized, (c) the  phrase  "an  agency  of   (name  of  state)",  if  such  be  the case, or the phrase "a commercial   company", if such be the  case,  and  (d)  the  maximum  amount  of  the   insurance  or  guaranty  applicable  to  each  of  its  accounts. If the   representation of insurance is made in writing, the statements specified   in (a), (b), (c) and (d) above shall be  set  forth  in  not  less  than   ten-point type.2.  Whenever  the  superintendent of financial services shall report a   violation   of   this   section   to   the   attorney-general   or   the   attorney-general  shall believe from evidence satisfactory to him that a   violation of this section has occurred, the attorney-general  may  bring   an  action  in the name of the superintendent or in behalf of the people   of the state, as the case may be, to enjoin further  violation.  In  the   action preliminary relief may be granted as under article sixty-three of   the civil practice law and rules.3.  Before  seeking  to  enjoin  a  violation  of  this  section,  the   attorney-general shall give to the person, association,  corporation  or   other organization against whom a proceeding is contemplated appropriate   notice  and an opportunity to show orally and in writing why proceedings   should not be instituted against him or it.4. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to  limit  or  restrict   the application of article twenty-three-A of the general business law to   savings   and   loan   associations,  building  and  loan  associations,   cooperative banks or homestead associations.5. A violation of subdivision one shall constitute a misdemeanor.
NY Gen Bus L § 396-AA (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 26 - Miscellaneous 396-AA - Simulated Check.

* §  396-aa.  Simulated  check. 1. As used in this section, "simulated   check" means any document which is not currency or a check, draft, note,   bond,  or  other  negotiable  instrument  but  which,  because  of   its   appearance,  has  the  tendency to mislead or deceive any person viewing   such document into believing that it, in fact, represents currency or  a   negotiable  instrument  which  can  be  deposited  in a bank or used for   third-party   payments.   "Simulated   check"   does   not   include   a   non-negotiable  check, draft, note or other instrument which is used for   soliciting orders for the purchase of checks, drafts,  notes,  bonds  or   other  instruments  and which is clearly marked as a sample, specimen or   non-negotiable.2. No person, firm or corporation shall produce, advertise, offer  for   sale,  sell,  distribute or otherwise transfer for use in this state any   simulated check unless such document bears the phrase  "THIS  IS  NOT  A   CHECK"  diagonally printed in clear and conspicuous type on the front of   such document.3. Whenever there shall be a violation of this section, an application   may be made by the attorney general in the name of  the  people  of  the   state of New York to a court or justice having jurisdiction by a special   proceeding  to issue an injunction, and upon notice to the respondent of   not less than five days, to enjoin and restrain the continuance of  such   violations;  and  if it shall appear to the satisfaction of the court or   justice that the respondent has, in  fact,  violated  this  section,  an   injunction  may  be  issued  by  such  court  or  justice, enjoining and   restraining any further violation,  without  requiring  proof  that  any   person has, in fact, been injured or damaged thereby. Whenever the court   shall determine that a violation of this section has occurred, the court   may impose a civil penalty of not more than one hundred dollars for each   violation. In connection with any such application, the attorney general   is  authorized  to  take  proof and make a determination of the relevant   facts and to issue subpoenas in accordance with the civil  practice  law   and rules.* NB There are 2 § 396-aa's
NY Gen Bus L § 396-AA-2 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 26 - Miscellaneous 396-AA*2 - Unsolicited Telefacsimile Advertising.

* §  396-aa.  Unsolicited  telefacsimile  advertising.  1. It shall be   unlawful for  a  person,  corporation,  partnership  or  association  to   initiate   the   unsolicited   transmission  of  telefacsimile  messages   promoting goods or services  for  purchase  by  the  recipient  of  such   messages. For purposes of this section, "telefacsimile" shall mean every   process  in  which electronic signals are transmitted by telephone lines   for conversion into written  text.  This  section  shall  not  apply  to   telefacsimile  messages  sent to a recipient with whom the initiator has   had a prior contractual or business  relationship.  Notwithstanding  the   above,  it  shall be unlawful to initiate any telefacsimile message to a   recipient who has previously clearly indicated to the initiator  by  any   verbal,  written or electronic means that the recipient does not want to   receive telefacsimile messages from the initiator.2. Every unsolicited telefacsimile message sent to a  recipient  shall   contain  a  notice that informs the recipient of the ability, granted by   subdivision one of this section, to prevent the transmission  of  future   unsolicited  telefacsimile  messages.  Such  notice  shall  be clear and   conspicuous and on the first  page  of  the  telefacsimile  message  and   include a domestic contact telephone number and facsimile machine number   for the recipient to transmit such a request to the initiator.If  neither  the required telephone number or facsimile machine number   is a toll-free  number,  a  separate  cost-free  mechanism  including  a   website  address or email address, for a recipient to transmit a request   pursuant to such notice to the sender  of  the  message  shall  also  be   provided.  A  local  telephone  number also shall constitute a cost-free   mechanism so long as recipients are local and will not  incur  any  long   distance  or  other  separate charges for calls made to such number. The   telephone and facsimile numbers and cost-free  mechanism  identified  in   the  notice  must  permit an individual or business to make a request to   prevent  the   transmission   of   future   unsolicited   advertisements   twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.3.  Any  person  who  has  received  a  telefacsimile  transmission in   violation of this section may bring an action in his own name to recover   his actual damages or one hundred dollars, whichever is greater.* NB There are 2 § 396-aa's
NY Gen Bus L § 396-AAA (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 26 - Miscellaneous 396-AAA - Public Display of Tobacco and Electronic Cigarette Advertisements and Smoking Paraphernalia Prohibited.

§   396-aaa.  Public  display  of  tobacco  and  electronic  cigarette advertisements and smoking paraphernalia prohibited. 1. For purposes  of this section:  (a)  "Advertisement"  means  words,  pictures,  photographs,  symbols, graphics or visual images of any kind, or any combination thereof, which bear a health warning required by federal statute, the purpose or effect of which is to  identify  a  brand  of  a  tobacco  product,  electronic cigarette,  or  vapor product intended or reasonably expected to be used with or for the consumption  of  nicotine,  a  trademark  of  a  tobacco product,  electronic  cigarette, or vapor product intended or reasonably expected to be used with or for the consumption of nicotine or  a  trade name   associated   exclusively   with  a  tobacco  product,  electronic cigarette, or vapor product intended or reasonably expected to  be  used with  or  for the consumption of nicotine, or to promote the use or sale of a tobacco product, electronic cigarette, or vapor product intended or reasonably expected to be used with or for the consumption of nicotine.  (b) "Smoking  paraphernalia"  means  any  pipe,  water  pipe,  hookah, rolling  papers,  electronic  cigarette,  vaporizer or any other device, equipment or  apparatus  designed  for  the  inhalation  of  tobacco  or nicotine.  (c)  "Vapor  product"  means  any vapor product, as defined by section thirteen hundred ninety-nine-aa of the public health  law,  intended  or reasonably expected to be used with or for the consumption of nicotine.  (d)  "Tobacco  products" shall have the same meaning as in subdivision five of section thirteen hundred ninety-nine-aa  of  the  public  health law.  (e)   "Electronic  cigarette"  shall  have  the  same  meaning  as  in subdivision thirteen of section thirteen hundred ninety-nine-aa  of  the public health law.   2.  (a)  No person, corporation, partnership, sole proprietor, limited partnership, association or any other business entity may  place,  cause to   be   placed,  maintain  or  to  cause  to  be  maintained,  smoking paraphernalia or tobacco product, electronic cigarette, or vapor product intended or reasonably expected to be used with or for  the  consumption of  nicotine,  advertisements in a store front or any exterior window or any door which is used for entry or egress by the public to the building or structure containing a place of business  within  one  thousand  five hundred  feet  of  a  school,  provided  that  within New York city such prohibitions shall only apply within five hundred feet of a school.  (b) Any person, corporation,  partnership,  sole  proprietor,  limited partnership,  association  or  any other business entity in violation of this section shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more  than  five hundred  dollars  for  a  first violation and not more than one thousand dollars for a second or subsequent violation.
NY Gen Bus L § 396-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 26 - Miscellaneous 396-B - Advertisements.

§   396-b.   Advertisements.      Any  person,  firm,  corporation  or   association, or agent or employee thereof,  hereinafter  called  person,   who,  being  engaged  in the business of dealing in any property, makes,   publishes, disseminates, circulates  or  places  before  the  public  or   causes,  directly  or  indirectly,  to be made, published, disseminated,   circulated or placed before the public, in this state, any advertisement   respecting any such property,  in  any  newspaper,  magazine,  or  other   publication,  or over any radio station or television station, unless it   is stated in any such advertisement that the advertiser is a  dealer  in   such  property or from the context of any such advertisement, it plainly   appears that such person is a dealer in such  property  so  offered  for   sale  in  any  such  advertisement;  or when placing or causing any such   advertisement to appear in any newspaper, magazine or other  publication   or  radio  or  television  station  as  described  in  this  section, if   requested by the publisher of any  such  newspaper,  magazine  or  other   publication  or owner or operator of such radio or television station or   any agent or representative thereof to file with such owner or operator,   publisher, agent or representative thereof his true name, or where he is   transacting business under a name other than the true name  pursuant  to   law,  then  the  name  under which such business is transacted, and each   business address wherein any business is transacted by him, in the class   of  property  advertised  or  to  be  advertised  for   sale   in   such   advertisement, shall make any false statement in relation to any of such   items;  or if requested by the publisher of any such newspaper, magazine   or other publication or owner or operator of such  radio  or  television   station  or any agent or representative thereof to file with such owner,   operator, publisher, agent or representative thereof a statement showing   whether he is causing such advertisement to appear  or  is  offering  to   make  such  sale  or disposition or transaction, as herein set forth, as   principal or agent, and if as agent, to set forth such information as is   specified in this section, in relation to his principal as  well  as  in   relation  to  himself, shall make any false statement in relation to any   of such items; is guilty of a misdemeanor.
NY Gen Bus L § 396-BB (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 26 - Miscellaneous 396-BB - Sale of Motor Fuels to Disabled Persons.

§  396-bb.  Sale  of  motor fuels to disabled persons.  1. Any person,   firm or corporation owning or operating a premises or facility  for  the   retail  sale  of motor fuels for use in motor vehicles and offering self   service and full service at the same time, shall, between the  hours  of   seven  o'clock  in the morning and seven o'clock in the evening, provide   full service of such motor fuels to disabled persons with  a  valid  New   York  state  disabled person license plate or a valid parking permit for   handicapped persons issued pursuant to section twelve hundred three-a of   the vehicle and traffic law at the same price  charged  for  such  motor   fuels  at  the  self service islands and shall post a notice in a manner   and in at least one location which is conspicuous to  a  person  seeking   refueling  service, including a depiction of the international symbol of   access and stating as follows:Full service at self service prices7 a.m. to 7 p.m.Such notice may also further state,For persons with a valid New York state disabled  licenseplate or a valid parking permit for handicapped persons.2.  For  purposes  of  this  section  "disabled  person"  shall mean a   registered owner or authorized operator of a motor vehicle who has  been   issued  special  license tags by the state or a valid parking permit for   handicapped persons issued pursuant to section twelve hundred three-a of   the vehicle and traffic law.3. Any violation of this section shall result in a civil fine  of  not   more than one hundred dollars to be collected by the corporation counsel   for any city or by the appropriate attorney of any political subdivision   as  shall  be  designated  by  the  governing  body  of  such  political   subdivision.
NY Gen Bus L § 396-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 26 - Miscellaneous 396-C - Advertisements by Persons Engaged in Dental Business Relating to Dentures and Bridges.

§ 396-c. Advertisements by persons engaged in dental business relating to  dentures  and  bridges.  Any  person  engaged  in  the  business  of supplying, constructing, reproducing,  relining,  repairing,  adding  or directing  the  application  of  any  substance of a permanent nature to dentures,  bridges,  appliances  or  other  structures  to  be  worn  as substitutes for natural teeth:  (a)  who  shall  advertise his services, technique or materials to the general  public  by  means  of  advertisements  in  public   newspapers, magazines  or  by  radio or television display advertisements, excepting advertisements in professional or trade papers,  trade  journals,  trade directories,  trade  periodicals,  trade  magazines,  and  in the public telephone directories other than displaying advertising in  the  latter, or  (b) who shall in any way directly solicit the patronage of the general public  for  any dental services, dental materials or dental appliances; shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
NY Gen Bus L § 396-D (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 26 - Miscellaneous 396-D - Advertisement and Description of Real Property.

§  396-d. Advertisement and description of real property. Whenever any   person or persons, firm or corporation, shall use in connection with the   designation, description, advertisement,  lease  or  sale  of  any  real   property,  any  name  which  shall  include the name of any political or   territorial  subdivision  situated  in  the  county  or  in  any  county   immediately  adjoining  the  county  in which such property is situated,   other than the name of the  political  and  territorial  subdivision  in   which  the  particular  property  referred to is located, such person or   persons, firm or corporation shall, as part of every  such  designation,   description,  advertisement, lease or sale, and with the same prominence   given to any such name or part of such name, state and display the  name   of  the town, village, city or other political subdivision in which such   property is actually located.
NY Gen Bus L § 396-DD (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 26 - Miscellaneous 396-DD - Renting of Horses; Helmets and Safety Information.

§  396-dd.  Renting  of horses; helmets and safety information. 1. For   the purposes of  this  section,  the  following  terms  shall  have  the   following meanings:a. "Horse" includes a horse, pony, mule or hinny.b.  "Horse  provider"  includes any person, firm, corporation or other   legal entity hiring or  renting  out  horses  for  riding  or  providing   training in the riding of horses for consideration.2.  Every horse provider shall provide protective helmets to beginning   riders and to riders less than eighteen years of age at no  cost  beyond   the  rental  fee;  offer  all  riders the use of such protective helmets   regardless of their age or experience; and  provide  appropriate  helmet   safety information to all riders.3.  Such  helmets shall comply with the requirements of section twelve   hundred sixty-five of the vehicle and traffic law.4. A knowing violation of this section shall be  subject  to  a  civil   penalty not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars for each such violation.