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GA Code § 10-1-416 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 1 - Selling and Other Trade Practices|Article 15 - Deceptive or Unfair Practices|Part 3 - Multilevel Distribution Companies; Sale of Business Opportunities|§ 10-1-416. Appointment of Secretary of State as Agent for Service of Process

  Each seller numbering among its participants or purchasers any resident of this state, which has agreements made in this state, or which has its principal place of business in this state, shall irrevocably appoint the Secretary of State of this state as its agent for service of process for any alleged violation of this part and shall pay a $10.00 filing fee. Compliance with this Code section shall not in and of itself subject any seller to the provisions or consequences of any other statute of this state.   Any seller which numbers among its participants or purchasers any resident of this state, which has agreements made in this state, or which has its principal place of business in this state, and which fails to comply with subsection (a) of this Code section shall be deemed to have thereby irrevocably appointed the Secretary of State as its agent for service of process for any alleged violation of this part.   Service shall be made by delivering to and leaving with the Secretary of State duplicate copies of such process, notice, or demand, together with an affidavit giving the last known post office address of such seller; and such service shall be sufficient if notice thereof and a copy of the process, notice, or demand are forwarded by registered mail or certified mail or statutory overnight delivery addressed to such seller at the address given in such affidavit.     (Code 1981, §10-1-416, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 1868, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 2370, § 6; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1589, § 3; Ga. L. 2002, p. 989, § 1.)   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 1988, p. 1868, § 1, effective July 1, 1988, redesignated former Code Section 10-1-416 as present Code Section 10-1-417.   Ga. L. 2000, p. 1589, § 16, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the amendment to this Code section is applicable with respect to notices delivered on or after July 1, 2000.   Law reviews.   - For note, "The Georgia Sale of Business Opportunities Act," see 1 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 219 (1985).
GA Code § 10-1-422 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 1 - Selling and Other Trade Practices|Article 15 - Deceptive or Unfair Practices|Part 4 - False Advertising|§ 10-1-422. Degree to Be Designated in Advertisements Using "Doctor" or "dr."; Penalty for Violation

    Each individual who uses the term "Doctor" or "Dr." in conjunction with his name in any letter, business card, advertisement, sign, public listing, display, or circular of any nature shall designate:   The degree to which he is entitled by reason of his diploma of graduation from a school or other entity, professional or otherwise;   The degree as honorary when an honorary acknowledgment has been made;   "No degree" if he is not entitled to any such recognition.     The designation required by this subsection shall not be necessary:   If the term is a part of the person's legal name;   In the case of the use in a corporate charter of the name of a professional association or professional corporation organized in this state as provided by law.       Any person willfully violating, with intent to defraud, subsection (a) of this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.    (Ga. L. 1978, p. 2046, § 1; Ga. L. 1979, p. 628, § 1.)   Cross references.   - Unauthorized use of terms "M.D.," "Doctor," "Doctor of Osteopathy," §§ 43-34-26,43-34-44.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.    - Practice of medicine, dentistry, or law through radio broadcasting stations, newspapers, or magazines, 114 A.L.R. 1506.
GA Code § 10-1-423 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 1 - Selling and Other Trade Practices|Article 15 - Deceptive or Unfair Practices|Part 4 - False Advertising|§ 10-1-423. Enjoining Prohibited Advertising

 Any person, firm, or corporation offering through advertising merchandise, commodities, or services for sale in violation of Code Section 10-1-420, 10-1-421, or 10-1-422 may be enjoined from such advertising by the superior court having jurisdiction, upon the suit of any person aggrieved or about to be aggrieved thereby.   (Ga. L. 1958, p. 411, § 2; Ga. L. 1963, p. 507, § 2.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL    Section does not authorize a state suit.  1965-66 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 66-141.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.   - Validity and construction of regulations dealing with misrepresentation in the sale of Kosher food, 52 A.L.R.3d 959.   Right to private action under state consumer protection Act, 62 A.L.R.3d 169.
GA Code § 10-1-424 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 1 - Selling and Other Trade Practices|Article 15 - Deceptive or Unfair Practices|Part 4 - False Advertising|§ 10-1-424. Misrepresenting Nature of Business

 It shall be unlawful:    For any person, firm, association, or corporation to misrepresent the true nature of its business by use of the words "manufacturer," "wholesaler," "retailer," or words of similar import; or   For any person, firm, association, or corporation to represent itself as selling at wholesale or use the word "wholesale" in any form of sale or advertising,  unless such person, firm, association, or corporation is actually selling at wholesale those items advertised for the purpose of resale. For the purpose of this Code section the term "wholesale" means a sale made for the purpose of resale and not one made to the consuming purchaser.     (Ga. L. 1962, p. 129, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 54A Am. Jur. 2d, Monopolies, Restraints of Trade, and Unfair Trade Practices, § 1157 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 87 C.J.S., Trade-Marks, Trade-Names, and Unfair Competition, §§ 309, 310.   ALR.    - Seller's advertisements as affecting rights of parties to sale of personal property, 28 A.L.R. 991; 158 A.L.R. 1413.
GA Code § 10-1-425 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 1 - Selling and Other Trade Practices|Article 15 - Deceptive or Unfair Practices|Part 4 - False Advertising|§ 10-1-425. Misrepresenting Ownership in Advertising Liquidation, Auction, or Going-Out-of-Business Sale Prohibited

 It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, association, or corporation to misrepresent the true ownership of a business for the purpose of carrying on a liquidation sale, auction sale, or other sale which represents that the firm is going out of business; and any person, firm, association, or corporation which advertises in any manner whatever a liquidation sale, auction sale, or going-out-of-business sale shall clearly state the true name and permanent address of the actual owner or owners of such business in any and all such advertising.   (Ga. L. 1962, p. 129, § 2.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 3 Am. Jur. 2d, Advertising, §§ 3, 4, 7.   C.J.S.   - 87 C.J.S., Trade-Marks, Trade-Names, and Unfair Competition, §§ 309, 310.   ALR.    - Regulations affecting auctions or auctioneers, 39 A.L.R. 773; 111 A.L.R. 473.
GA Code § 10-1-426 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 1 - Selling and Other Trade Practices|Article 15 - Deceptive or Unfair Practices|Part 4 - False Advertising|§ 10-1-426. Penalty for Violations of Code Sections 10-1-424 and 10-1-425; Good Faith Exceptions

 Any person, firm, association, or corporation violating any of the provisions of Code Sections 10-1-424 and 10-1-425 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Nothing in Code Section 10-1-424 or 10-1-425 or this Code section shall apply to any visual or sound broadcasting station or to any publisher or printer of a newspaper, magazine, or other form of printed advertising who broadcasts, telecasts, publishes, or prints such advertisement in good faith without knowledge of its false or fraudulent character.   (Ga. L. 1962, p. 129, § 3; Ga. L. 1993, p. 91, § 10.)
GA Code § 10-1-430 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 1 - Selling and Other Trade Practices|Article 15 - Deceptive or Unfair Practices|Part 5 - Limited Edition Art Reproductions|§ 10-1-430. Definitions

 As used in this part, the term:    "Art dealer" means a person who is in the business of dealing exclusively or nonexclusively in fine art multiples, a person who by his occupation holds himself out as having knowledge or skill peculiar to fine art multiples or persons to whom that knowledge or skill may be attributed by his employment of an agent or other intermediary who by his occupation holds himself out as having that knowledge or skill, or an auctioneer who sells fine art multiples at public auction. The term shall not include consignors or principals of auctioneers unless such consignors or principals are otherwise specifically defined as art dealers by this paragraph.   "Artist" means the person who created the image which is contained in or constitutes the master or who conceived of and approved the image which is contained in or constitutes the master.   "Fine art multiple" or "multiple" means any print, positive or negative photograph, or similar art object produced in more than one copy. The term includes pages or sheets taken from books or magazines but shall not include books or magazines.   "Limited edition" means fine art multiples produced from a master all of which are the same image and which bear numbers or other markings to denote the limited production thereof to a stated maximum number of multiples or which are otherwise held out as limited to a maximum number of multiples.   "Master" means a printing plate, stone, block, screen, photographic negative, or other device which contains an image and is used to produce fine art objects in multiples.   "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, or other entity.   "Print" means a multiple produced by, but not limited to, engraving, etching, woodcutting, lithography, and serigraphy and a multiple produced or developed from photographic negatives.   "Proofs" means multiples which are the same as and which are produced in a limited edition from the same master as the multiples but which, whether so designated or not, are set aside from and are in addition to the limited edition to which they relate.   "Signed" means autographed by the artist's own hand, and not by mechanical means of reproduction, after the multiple is produced.   "Written instrument" means a written or printed agreement, bill of sale, invoice, certificate of authenticity, catalogue, note, memorandum, or label describing a multiple which is to be sold, exchanged, or consigned by an art dealer.     (Code 1981, §10-1-430, enacted by Ga. L. 1986, p. 635, § 1.)
GA Code § 10-1-433 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 1 - Selling and Other Trade Practices|Article 15 - Deceptive or Unfair Practices|Part 5 - Limited Edition Art Reproductions|§ 10-1-433. Warranties

    Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, whenever an art dealer furnishes information as required by Code Section 10-1-432, such information shall be a part of the basis of the bargain and shall create express warranties as to the information provided. Such warranties shall not be negated or limited because the art dealer in the written instrument did not use formal words such as "warrant" or "guarantee" or because the art dealer did not have a specific intention or authorization to make a warranty or because any required statement is or purports to be the art dealer's opinion. The existence of a basis in fact for information warranted by virtue of this subsection shall not be a defense in an action to enforce such warranty.   With respect to photographic multiples produced prior to 1950 and other multiples produced prior to 1900, the information required by paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of Code Section 10-1-432 shall be deemed to be correct if a reasonable basis in fact exists for the information provided.     When information is not supplied, this shall constitute the express warrant that such information is not required to be disclosed.   Whenever an art dealer disclaims knowledge as to a particular item about which information is required, such disclaimer shall be ineffective unless clearly, specifically, and categorically stated as to the particular item and contained in the physical context of other language setting forth the required information as to a specific multiple.     (Code 1981, §10-1-433, enacted by Ga. L. 1986, p. 635, § 1.)
GA Code § 10-1-434 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 1 - Selling and Other Trade Practices|Article 15 - Deceptive or Unfair Practices|Part 5 - Limited Edition Art Reproductions|§ 10-1-434. Remedies Not Exclusive

  The rights, liabilities, and remedies created by this part shall be construed to be in addition to and not in substitution, exclusion, or displacement of other rights, liabilities, and remedies provided by law.   Whenever an artist sells or consigns a multiple of his own creation, the artist shall incur the obligations prescribed by this part for an art dealer.   An artist or merchant who consigns a multiple to an art dealer for the purpose of effecting a sale of the multiple shall have no liability to a purchaser under this part if such consignor, as to the consignee, has complied with the provisions of this part.   When an art dealer has agreed to sell a multiple on behalf of a consignor who is not an art dealer or when an artist has not consigned a multiple to an art dealer, but the art dealer has agreed to act as the agent for an artist for the purpose of supplying the information required by this part, such art dealer shall incur the liabilities of other art dealers prescribed by this part as to a purchaser.   When an art dealer is liable to a purchaser pursuant to the provisions of this part, as a result of providing information in the situations referred to in this Code section, as well as when such an art dealer purchased such a multiple from another art dealer, if the art dealer can establish that his liability results from incorrect information which was provided by the consignor, artist, or art dealer to him in writing, and the art dealer who is liable in good faith relied on such information, the consignor, artist, or art dealer shall similarly incur such liabilities as to the purchaser and such art dealer.     (Code 1981, §10-1-434, enacted by Ga. L. 1986, p. 635, § 1.)
GA Code § 10-1-435 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 1 - Selling and Other Trade Practices|Article 15 - Deceptive or Unfair Practices|Part 5 - Limited Edition Art Reproductions|§ 10-1-435. Civil Remedies for Violations

  An art dealer, including a dealer consignee, who offers or sells a multiple in, into, or from this state without providing the information required in Code Sections 10-1-431 and 10-1-432 or who provides information which is mistaken, erroneous, or untrue, except for harmless errors such as typographical errors, shall be liable to the purchaser of the multiple. The art dealer's liability shall consist of the consideration paid by the purchaser for the multiple, with interest at the legal rate thereon, upon the return of the multiple in the condition in which received by the purchaser.   In any case in which an art dealer, including a dealer consignee, willfully offers or sells a multiple in violation of this part, the person purchasing such multiple may recover from the art dealer, including a dealer consignee, who offers or sells such multiple an amount equal to three times the amount required under subsection (a) of this Code section.   No action shall be maintained to enforce any liability under this Code section unless brought within one year after discovery of the violation upon which it is based and in no event more than three years after the multiple was sold.   In any action to enforce any provision of this part, the court may allow the prevailing purchaser the costs of the action together with reasonable attorneys' and expert witnesses' fees. In the event, however, the court determines that an action to enforce was brought in bad faith, it may allow such expenses to the seller as it deems appropriate.   These remedies shall not bar or be deemed inconsistent with a claim for damages or with the exercise of additional remedies otherwise available to the purchaser.   In any proceeding in which an art dealer relies upon a disclaimer of knowledge as to any relevant information set forth in Code Section 10-1-432 for any time period, such disclaimer shall be effective unless the claimant is able to establish that the art dealer failed to make reasonable inquiries, according to the custom and usage of the trade, to ascertain the relevant information or that such relevant information would have been ascertained as a result of such reasonable inquiries.     (Code 1981, §10-1-435, enacted by Ga. L. 1986, p. 635, § 1.)
GA Code § 10-1-436 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 1 - Selling and Other Trade Practices|Article 15 - Deceptive or Unfair Practices|Part 5 - Limited Edition Art Reproductions|§ 10-1-436. Civil Penalties; Injunctions

  Whenever the Attorney General or any district attorney has reason to believe that any person is violating any provision of this part, he may bring an action against such person to restrain or enjoin continued violations. With the exception of consent judgments entered before any testimony is taken, a final judgment under this Code section is admissible as prima-facie evidence of such specific findings of fact as may be made by the court which enters the judgment in subsequent proceedings by or against the same person or his successors or assigns.   Any person who violates any provision of this part may be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed $500.00 for each violation. Such penalty may be assessed and recovered in a civil action brought by the Attorney General or any district attorney.     (Code 1981, §10-1-436, enacted by Ga. L. 1986, p. 635, § 1.)
GA Code § 10-1-437 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 1 - Selling and Other Trade Practices|Article 15 - Deceptive or Unfair Practices|Part 5 - Limited Edition Art Reproductions|§ 10-1-437. Exemptions

  This part shall not apply to any fine art multiple when offered for sale or sold at wholesale or retail for $100.00 or less, exclusive of any frame.   Any charitable organization which conducts a sale or auction of fine art multiples shall be exempt from the disclosure requirements of this part if it posts in a conspicuous place, at the site of the sale or auction, a disclaimer of any knowledge of the information specified in Code Section 10-1-432 and includes such a disclaimer in a catalogue, if any, distributed by the organization with respect to the sale or auction of fine art multiples. If a charitable organization uses or employs an art dealer to conduct a sale or auction of fine art multiples, the art dealer shall be subject to all disclosure requirements otherwise required of an art dealer under this part.     (Code 1981, §10-1-437, enacted by Ga. L. 1986, p. 635, § 1.)
GA Code § 10-1-438 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 1 - Selling and Other Trade Practices|Article 15 - Deceptive or Unfair Practices|Part 6 - Disaster Related Violations|§ 10-1-438. Disaster Related Violations of Part 1, 2, or 4 of This Article; Definitions; Civil Penalties; Cause of Action for Damages and Attorney's Fees

  As used in this part, the term:   "Attorney General" means the Attorney General or his or her designee.   "Disaster related violation" means any violation of Part 1, 2, or 4 of this article, which violation involves:   The sale or offer for sale of supplies for use in the salvage, repair, or rebuilding of a structure damaged as a result of a natural disaster; or   The performance of or offer to perform services for the salvage, repair, or rebuilding of a structure damaged as a result of a natural disaster.     "Natural disaster" means any natural disaster for which a state of emergency is proclaimed by the Governor.     Whenever the Attorney General or any court is imposing a penalty for any violations of Part 1, 2, or 4 of this article and the violation is a disaster related violation, in addition to any other applicable penalty there may be imposed an additional civil penalty not to exceed $10,000.00 for each transaction.   Any person who suffers damage or injury as a result of a disaster related violation shall have a cause of action to recover actual damages, punitive damages, if appropriate, and reasonable attorney's fees. Amounts recovered in such an action shall have priority over a civil penalty imposed under this Code section.     (Code 1981, §10-1-438, enacted by Ga. L. 1995, p. 697, § 1; Ga. L. 2015, p. 1088, § 5/SB 148.)    The 2015 amendment,  effective July 1, 2015, substituted the present provisions of paragraph (a)(1) for the former provisions, which read: "'Administrator' means the administrator appointed pursuant to Code Section 10-1-395."; and substituted "Attorney General" for "administrator" at the beginning of subsection (b).
GA Code § 10-1-439 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 1 - Selling and Other Trade Practices|Article 15 - Deceptive or Unfair Practices|Part 7 - Firearms Industry Nondiscrimination|§ 10-1-439. Short Title

 This part shall be known and may be cited as the "Georgia Firearms Industry Nondiscrimination Act."    (Code 1981, §10-1-439, enacted by Ga. L. 2017, p. 555, § 2/HB 292.)
GA Code § 10-1-439.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 1 - Selling and Other Trade Practices|Article 15 - Deceptive or Unfair Practices|Part 7 - Firearms Industry Nondiscrimination|§ 10-1-439.1. Definitions

 As used in this part, the term:    "Financial services" means any service or product offered to the consumer or business market by a bank, trust company, building and loan association, credit union as defined by Code Section 7-1-4, any merchant acquirer limited purpose bank as defined in paragraph (7) of Code Section 7-9-2, or a federally chartered banking institution that accepts state deposits.   "Person" means one or more individuals, partnerships, associations, limited liability companies, corporations, unincorporated organizations, mutual companies, joint stock companies, trusts, agents, legal representatives, trustees, trustees in bankruptcy, receivers, labor organizations, public bodies, and public corporations and the State of Georgia and all political subdivisions and agencies thereof. Such term shall include federally chartered banking institutions that accept state deposits.   "Trade association" means any corporation, unincorporated association, federation, business league, or professional or business organization not organized or operated for profit and no part of the net earnings of which inures to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual; that is an organization described in Section 501(c) (6) of Title 26 of the United States Code and exempt from tax under Section 501(a) of such title; and two or more members of which are manufacturers or sellers of a qualified product as defined by Section 7903(4) of Title 15 of the United States Code.     (Code 1981, §10-1-439.1, enacted by Ga. L. 2017, p. 555, § 2/HB 292.)