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RI Gen L § 6-13.1-25 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6 - Commercial Law – General Regulatory Provisions|Chapter 6-13.1 - Deceptive Trade Practices|Section 6-13.1-25 - Penalties.

§ 6-13.1-25. Penalties.A violation of §§ 6-13.1-21, 6-13.1-22 or 6-13.1-23 shall constitute a deceptive trade practice for enforcement purposes. Any credit bureau that negligently fails to comply with the requirements imposed under this chapter with respect to any consumer and that does not achieve compliance within three (3) working days of being notified of its noncompliance by the consumer is liable to that consumer in an amount equal to the sum of ten dollars ($10.00) per day for each day of noncompliance, beginning on the fourth day following the date that the credit bureau is notified by the consumer of the noncompliance; provided that there is noncompliance as determined by the court, plus any actual damages sustained by the consumer as a result of the negligent failure; and in the case of any successful action to enforce any provision under this chapter, the costs of the action together with reasonable attorney's fees as determined by the court.History of Section.P.L. 1993, ch. 430, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 528, § 10.
RI Gen L § 6-13.1-26 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6 - Commercial Law – General Regulatory Provisions|Chapter 6-13.1 - Deceptive Trade Practices|Section 6-13.1-26 - Severability.

§ 6-13.1-26. Severability.If any one or more sections, clauses, sentences or parts of this chapter shall for any reason be adjudged unconstitutional or otherwise invalid in any court, that judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remaining provisions of this chapter but shall be confined in its operation to the specific provisions so held unconstitutional or invalid and the inapplicability or invalidity of any section, clause or provisions of this chapter in any one or more instances or circumstances shall not be taken to affect or prejudice in any way its applicability or validity in any other instance.History of Section.P.L. 1993, ch. 430, § 1.
RI Gen L § 6-13.1-27 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6 - Commercial Law – General Regulatory Provisions|Chapter 6-13.1 - Deceptive Trade Practices|Section 6-13.1-27 - Employment status information.

§ 6-13.1-27. Employment status information.A consumer may, at no charge, furnish a statement, sworn and notarized, of any lapse in employment to the credit bureau to become part of the record in the consumer file. This employment information is subject to the provisions of § 6-13.1-23.History of Section.P.L. 1995, ch. 59, § 1.
RI Gen L § 6-13.1-28 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6 - Commercial Law – General Regulatory Provisions|Chapter 6-13.1 - Deceptive Trade Practices|Section 6-13.1-28 - Financing of motor vehicles - Term and rate of interest prominently displayed.

§ 6-13.1-28. Financing of motor vehicles — Term and rate of interest prominently displayed.(a) Any contract to finance the sale of a motor vehicle shall prominently display the term and rate of interest.(b) The borrower's initials or signature shall appear immediately adjacent to the term and to the rate of interest on the loan agreement that shall only serve as an acknowledgement that the borrower has been informed of the terms and rate. The borrower shall also be required to separately sign the loan agreement to bind himself or herself to the contract.(c) Any agreement to finance a motor vehicle that does not comply with the provision of this section shall be voidable within thirty (30) days at the option of the borrower; provided, however, the borrower shall be responsible for any damage to the vehicle.History of Section.P.L. 2007, ch. 171, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 381, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 390, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 528, § 10.
RI Gen L § 6-13.1-29 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6 - Commercial Law – General Regulatory Provisions|Chapter 6-13.1 - Deceptive Trade Practices|Section 6-13.1-29 - Furnishing of credit reports.

§ 6-13.1-29. Furnishing of credit reports.No credit bureau doing business in this state shall use all or part of a consumer's social security number as the sole factor when determining whether a credit report in its files matches the identity of a person who is the subject of a credit inquiry from a user of credit reports. When a social security number is used as a factor, a credit bureau may disclose a credit report in its files to an inquiring user of credit reports only if the name and, at a minimum, at least one other identifier such as address; prior address; date of birth; mother's maiden name; place of employment; or prior place of employment; also match the identity of the person who is the subject of the inquiry.History of Section.P.L. 2012, ch. 404, § 1; P.L. 2012, ch. 412, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 528, § 10.
RI Gen L § 6-13.1-30 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6 - Commercial Law – General Regulatory Provisions|Chapter 6-13.1 - Deceptive Trade Practices|Section 6-13.1-30 - Cash payment for retail purchases.

§ 6-13.1-30. Cash payment for retail purchases.It shall be a deceptive trade practice in violation of this chapter for any retail establishment offering goods or services for sale to discriminate against a prospective customer by requiring the use of credit for purchase of goods or services. All retail establishments shall accept legal tender currency when offered as payment. Provided, the provisions of this section shall not apply to online purchases or sales made over the internet.History of Section.P.L. 2019, ch. 47, § 1; P.L. 2019, ch. 78, § 1.
RI Gen L § 6-13.2-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6 - Commercial Law – General Regulatory Provisions|Chapter 6-13.2 - Comparison Price Advertising for Precious Metal and Stones|Section 6-13.2-1 - Declaration of policy.

§ 6-13.2-1. Declaration of policy.(a) Price comparison advertising is a form of advertising commonly used in the sale or offering for sale of precious metals and stones whereby current prices are compared with former or future prices or other stated values to demonstrate price reductions or cost savings. While price comparisons accurately reflecting market values in the trade area provide consumers with useful information in making value comparisons and market buying decisions, price comparisons based on arbitrary or inflated prices or values can only serve to deceive or mislead. Further abuse occurs when sellers fail to disclose material information essential to consumer understanding of the comparisons made.(b) The use of arbitrary or inflated price comparisons in violation of this rule as an inducement to the sale of precious metals and stones is injurious to both the consuming public and competitors, and is an unfair trade practice and unfair method of competition.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 408, § 1.
RI Gen L § 6-13.2-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6 - Commercial Law – General Regulatory Provisions|Chapter 6-13.2 - Comparison Price Advertising for Precious Metal and Stones|Section 6-13.2-3 - Records of fact.

§ 6-13.2-3. Records of fact.Any seller advertising products or services in Rhode Island for the purpose of soliciting a consumer in this state in which these advertisements contain representations of statements as to any type of saving claims, including reduced price claims and comparative value claims, shall maintain, for six (6) months, adequate records that disclose the factual basis for these representations or statements and from which the validity of any claims can be established.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 408, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 528, § 11.
RI Gen L § 6-13.2-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6 - Commercial Law – General Regulatory Provisions|Chapter 6-13.2 - Comparison Price Advertising for Precious Metal and Stones|Section 6-13.2-4 - Price comparison - General.

§ 6-13.2-4. Price comparison — General.(a) It shall be an unfair or deceptive act or practice for a seller to make any price comparison:(1) Based upon a price other than one at which the consumer property was either sold or offered for sale by the seller or a competitor, or will be sold or offered for sale by the seller in the future, in the regular course of business in the trade area in which the price comparison is made;(2) In which the consumer property materially differs in composition; grade or quality; style or design; model; name or brand; kind or variety; or service and performance characteristics; unless the general nature of the material differences is conspicuously disclosed in the advertisement with the price comparison, or the class of property being offered is similar to but is of superior quality grade, materials, or draftsmanship than the consumer property to which the seller is comparing its product; or(3) Unless all the material price terms and conditions of any offer that are based upon the purchase of other merchandise are conspicuously disclosed. Those types of offers shall include, but are not limited to "free"; "two for one"; "two-fer"; "half-price sale"; "one cent sale"; "fifty percent off "; or other similar type of offer.(b) No price comparison under this section may be made by a seller based on a price that exceeds his or her cost plus normal markup regularly used by him or her in the sale of that property, or consumer property or services of like kind.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 408, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 528, § 11.
RI Gen L § 6-13.2-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6 - Commercial Law – General Regulatory Provisions|Chapter 6-13.2 - Comparison Price Advertising for Precious Metal and Stones|Section 6-13.2-6 - Competitor's prices.

§ 6-13.2-6. Competitor's prices.It shall be an unfair or deceptive act or practice for a seller to make any price comparison:(1) Based upon a competitor's price unless:(i) The competitor's price is either a price at which the competitor sold or advertised consumer property for sale at any time within the ninety-day (90) period immediately preceding the date on which the price comparison is stated in the advertisement, or the date on which the completed advertising copy was submitted to the printer for final printing and publication, provided each submission date does not exceed eight (8) weeks from the date of actual publication or distribution;(ii) The competitor's price is a price that is representative of prices at which the consumer property is sold or advertised for sale in the trade area in which the price comparison is made and is not an isolated price; or(iii) Disclosure is made with the price comparison that the price used as a basis for the comparison was not the seller's own price.(2) Based upon a "manufacturer's suggested price"; "distributor's suggested price"; "list price"; "suggested retail", or any similar term implying a suggested or list price established by anyone other than the seller, unless either:(i) The seller has actually offered and sold the consumer property for sale at the suggested price as its regular price; or(ii) The seller can substantiate that it is the actual price at which the consumer property was being offered for sale by representative retailers in the trade area in which the claim is made at any time within the ninety-day (90) period immediately preceding either the date on which the price comparison is stated in the advertisement; the comparative price is for property of same composition, grade or quality, style or design, model, name or brand, kind or variety; or the date on which the completed advertising copy was submitted to the printer for final printing and publication, provided the submission date does not exceed eight (8) weeks from the date of actual publication or distribution.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 408, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 528, § 11.
RI Gen L § 6-13.2-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6 - Commercial Law – General Regulatory Provisions|Chapter 6-13.2 - Comparison Price Advertising for Precious Metal and Stones|Section 6-13.2-7 - Retail price labels.

§ 6-13.2-7. Retail price labels.A price label or tag permanently imprinted on or affixed to consumer property or its container by the manufacturer or supplier ("preticketed price") and not under control of the retail seller or instigated by him or her or that is required to be attached to consumer property under federal law, need not be covered, obliterated, or removed for purposes of compliance with this statute, unless that item was actually sold at that labeled price in not insubstantial quantities on a substantial basis:(1) When the retail seller's current offering price is attached to, printed on, or placed on a label, tag, or sign accompanying the consumer property, provided no price comparison is made by the retail seller based solely on the manufacturer's price thereon unless the comparison would be valid based on past sales records; or(2) When the retail seller's original offering price attached to, printed on, or placed on a label, tag, or sign accompanying the consumer property, is identical to the preticketed price.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 408, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 528, § 11.
RI Gen L § 6-13.2-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6 - Commercial Law – General Regulatory Provisions|Chapter 6-13.2 - Comparison Price Advertising for Precious Metal and Stones|Section 6-13.2-8 - Penalty - Enforcement.

§ 6-13.2-8. Penalty — Enforcement.Whoever violates the provisions of this chapter may be enjoined from doing so by an action brought by the attorney general, or any aggrieved party, and shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) for each separate advertised infraction.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 408, § 1.
RI Gen L § 6-13.3-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6 - Commercial Law – General Regulatory Provisions|Chapter 6-13.3 - Environmental Marketing Act|Section 6-13.3-1 - Declaration of policy.

§ 6-13.3-1. Declaration of policy.(1) It is the public policy of the state that environmental marketing claims, whether explicit or implied, must be substantiated by competent and reliable evidence so as not to deceive or mislead consumers about the environmental impact of products and packages.(2) Accurate and useful information about the environmental impact of products and packages must be made available to consumers. The uniform standards for environmental marketing claims, as contained in the Federal Trade Commission guidelines for environmental marketing claims are hereby adopted by the state of Rhode Island.History of Section.P.L. 1995, ch. 326, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 528, § 12.
RI Gen L § 6-13.3-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6 - Commercial Law – General Regulatory Provisions|Chapter 6-13.3 - Environmental Marketing Act|Section 6-13.3-2 - Deceptive environmental marketing claims.

§ 6-13.3-2. Deceptive environmental marketing claims.It is unlawful for any person, in the course of that person's business, vocation or occupation, to make any untruthful, deceptive, or misleading environmental marketing claims about a product or package sold or offered for sale in this state. For the purposes of this chapter, "person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, or other legal entity.History of Section.P.L. 1995, ch. 326, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 528, § 12.
RI Gen L § 6-13.3-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6 - Commercial Law – General Regulatory Provisions|Chapter 6-13.3 - Environmental Marketing Act|Section 6-13.3-3 - Remedies.

§ 6-13.3-3. Remedies.(a) If the attorney general has probable cause to believe that a person is violating or has violated § 6-13.3-2, the attorney general may bring suit in the name of Rhode Island in the appropriate court to restrain that person from further violations of that section.(b) Before filing a suit under subsection (a) of this section, the attorney general shall, in writing, notify the person charged with the alleged violation of the alleged unlawful conduct and the relief to be sought. No suit shall be brought by the attorney general until thirty (30) days after that notice.(c) The court may award reasonable attorney fees at trial and on appeal to a prevailing party in a suit brought under this section.History of Section.P.L. 1995, ch. 326, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 528, § 12.
RI Gen L § 6-13.3-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6 - Commercial Law – General Regulatory Provisions|Chapter 6-13.3 - Environmental Marketing Act|Section 6-13.3-4 - Defenses.

§ 6-13.3-4. Defenses.It shall be a defense to any suit brought under this chapter that the person's environmental marketing claims conform to the standards or are consistent with the examples contained in the guides for use of environmental marketing claims published by the Federal Trade Commission July 27, 1992.History of Section.P.L. 1995, ch. 326, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 528, § 12.
RI Gen L § 6-14-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6 - Commercial Law – General Regulatory Provisions|Chapter 6-14 - Closing Out Sales|Section 6-14-1 - "Person" defined.

§ 6-14-1. "Person" defined.As used in this chapter, "person" includes individuals, partnerships, voluntary associations, and corporations.History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3762, § 11; G.L. 1956, § 6-14-1.
RI Gen L § 6-14-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6 - Commercial Law – General Regulatory Provisions|Chapter 6-14 - Closing Out Sales|Section 6-14-2 - Repealed.

§ 6-14-2. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3762, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 6-14-2; Repealed by P.L. 1966, ch. 137, § 2.
RI Gen L § 6-14-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6 - Commercial Law – General Regulatory Provisions|Chapter 6-14 - Closing Out Sales|Section 6-14-3 - License required for sale.

§ 6-14-3. License required for sale.No person shall offer for sale a stock of goods, wares, and merchandise under the description of "closing-out sale"; "going-out-of-business sale"; "discontinuance-of-business sale"; "selling-out"; "liquidation"; "lost our lease"; "must vacate"; "forced out"; "removal"; or other designation of like meaning, or a sale of goods, wares, and merchandise damaged by fire, smoke, water, or otherwise, unless he or she shall have first obtained a license to conduct a sale from the clerk of the city or town in which he or she proposes to conduct a sale.History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3762, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 6-14-3; P.L. 2014, ch. 528, § 13.
RI Gen L § 6-14-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6 - Commercial Law – General Regulatory Provisions|Chapter 6-14 - Closing Out Sales|Section 6-14-4 - Application for license.

§ 6-14-4. Application for license.The applicant for a license shall make an application to the clerk, in writing and under oath, at least fourteen (14) days prior to the opening date of the sale, showing all the facts in regard to the "closing out sale"; "going-out-of-business sale"; "discontinuance-of-business sale"; "selling out"; "liquidation"; "lost our lease"; "must vacate"; "forced out"; "removal"; or other designation of like meaning, or in regard to the damage caused to the goods, wares, and merchandise by fire, smoke, water, or otherwise, and showing all the facts in regard to the sale that the applicant proposes to conduct and the place and manner of conducting the sale including an inventory of the goods, wares, and merchandise to be sold at the sale, which inventory shall contain only goods, wares, and merchandise actually in the place of business in or at which the sale is to be conducted at the time of the application together with the established retail price of the goods, wares, and merchandise, and a statement, as far as possible, of the names of the persons from whom the goods, wares, and merchandise to be sold were obtained; the date of the delivery of the goods, wares and merchandise to the person applying for the license; and the place from which the goods, wares, and merchandise were last taken; and all details to fully identify the goods, wares, and merchandise to be sold. The application shall specify the proposed period of time over which the sale shall continue, which period shall not exceed sixty (60) days; provided, that if it shall be made to appear upon sworn application to the city or town clerk, at any time during the period of sixty (60) days, that all of the goods, wares, and merchandise described and inventoried in the original application have not been sold and if upon the application it is accompanied by a statement of inventory of what remains, a license supplemental to the one provided for in § 6-14-6 shall be issued by the clerk upon the same terms and conditions as the original license granting authority to continue the sale for a period of only thirty (30) days. The original application shall also specify whether the applicant proposes to advertise or conduct the sale as a "closing out sale"; "going-out-of-business sale"; "discontinuance-of-business sale"; "selling out"; "liquidation"; "lost our lease"; "must vacate"; "forced out"; "removal"; or other designation of like meaning, or a sale of goods, wares, and merchandise damaged by fire, smoke, water, or otherwise.History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3762, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 6-14-4; P.L. 2014, ch. 528, § 13.
RI Gen L § 6-14-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6 - Commercial Law – General Regulatory Provisions|Chapter 6-14 - Closing Out Sales|Section 6-14-5 - False statements as perjury.

§ 6-14-5. False statements as perjury.Any person making a false statement in the application provided for in § 6-14-4 shall, upon conviction, be deemed guilty of perjury.History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3762, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 6-14-5.
RI Gen L § 6-14-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6 - Commercial Law – General Regulatory Provisions|Chapter 6-14 - Closing Out Sales|Section 6-14-6 - Issuance of license - Bond - Change of ownership.

§ 6-14-6. Issuance of license — Bond — Change of ownership.If the clerk shall be satisfied from the application that the proposed sale is of the character that the applicant desires to conduct and advertise, the clerk shall issue a license, upon the payment of the fee of one hundred dollars ($100), together with a good and sufficient bond payable to the city or town in the penal sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) with sureties approved by a justice of the district court whose judicial district is situated in the city or town in which the sale is to be conducted, conditioned upon compliance with §§ 6-14-3 and 6-14-4 and other pertinent sections of this chapter, to the person applying for the license, authorizing him or her to advertise and conduct a sale of the particular kind mentioned in the application, according to the requirements of this chapter; provided, that, after a change in the ownership of the whole of the goods, wares, and merchandise, or of the entire balance in case a portion has already been sold, no person shall carry on the sale until the new owner of the goods, wares, and merchandise or balance of the goods, wares, and merchandise shall have obtained from the city or town clerk the license required by § 6-14-3 in the manner previously provided; provided further, however, that any merchant who shall have been conducting a business in the same location where the sale is to be held for a period of at least one full year, prior to the holding of the sale, shall be exempted from the payment of the fee and the filing of the bond provided for in this section.History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3762, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 6-14-6; P.L. 2014, ch. 528, § 13.