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NY Gen Bus L § 590 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 29-F - Going Out of Business Sales 590 - Duration of Sale; License Fee.

§  590. Duration of sale; license fee. (a) A license to conduct a sale issued pursuant to this article shall be good for no more than a  period of  thirty  consecutive  calendar  days  and  may  be  renewed  for  one consecutive period not exceeding thirty consecutive calendar  days  upon the  affidavit  of  the  applicant that the goods, wares and merchandise listed in the inventory have not been disposed of and that no new goods, wares and merchandise have been  or  will  be  added  to  the  inventory previously  filed  pursuant to this article by purchase, acquisition, on consignment or otherwise. The application for renewal shall be made  not more  than  ten  days prior to the date of the expiration of the license and shall contain an inventory  of  the  goods,  wares  and  merchandise remaining on hand at the time the application for renewal is made, which inventory shall be prepared and furnished in the same manner and form as the  original  inventory.    The  licensing authority of the appropriate city, town or village in which  such  sale  is  to  be  conducted  shall receive  from  the  applicant  for  such  license, upon the filing of an application therefor, a fee  of  five  hundred  dollars,  and  upon  the renewal  thereof,  a  fee  of  fifty dollars. The applicant shall not be entitled to a refund of the fee paid if said application is revoked.  (b) Any person desiring to conduct any sale defined in subdivision (a) of section five hundred eighty-one of this article shall place the  fees prescribed  in  subdivision  (a)  of  this  section  with  the licensing authority, all except seventy-five dollars of which shall be returned to such person provided the store  is  closed  within  sixty  days  of  the receipt  of  such  a  license. In the event that the person going out of business and which is holding the closing out sale does  not  close  his doors  within sixty days of the receipt of such a license, the applicant shall not be entitled to a refund of such fees.
NY Gen Bus L § 591 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 29-F - Going Out of Business Sales 591 - Opening of a Similar Business.

§ 591. Opening of a similar business. Opening of a business similar to   the  one  for  which  the  sale,  licensed pursuant to this article, was   conducted, except the licensed "sale of goods damaged by fire, smoke  or   water," by the person, partnership, association, corporation, or partner   of  a partnership, officer of an association or principal stockholder of   a corporation, who or which conducted the sale upon  the  same  premises   within  a  period  of  one  year  of  the termination of the sale, shall   constitute a violation of this article, and every day in which  business   is conducted within such period shall constitute a separate violation of   this article.
NY Gen Bus L § 592 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 29-F - Going Out of Business Sales 592 - Records.

§  592.  Records.  (a)  Suitable books and records concerning any sale licensed pursuant to this article shall be kept by the licensee for  the duration of the licensed sale and one year thereafter, and shall be open for  inspection by the licensing authority of the appropriate city, town or village in which such sale was held.  (b) Upon the termination of a sale licensed  hereunder  the  applicant shall, within thirty days of such termination, file a statement with the licensing  authority  of  the appropriate city, town or village in which the sale was held stating the total retail value of the goods, wares  or merchandise not disposed of during the sale and the ultimate disposition thereof  and, if transferred to another, the name, address and business, if any, of the transferee.
NY Gen Bus L § 593 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 29-F - Going Out of Business Sales 593 - Injunctions.

§ 593. Injunctions. Upon application by the licensing authority of the   appropriate city, town or village in which a "closing out sale," "a sale   of  goods damaged by fire, smoke or water," or a "defunct business sale"   is being held, the supreme court of the county wherein  a  violation  of   this  act occurred may restrain and enjoin any act forbidden or declared   illegal by any provision of this article.
NY Gen Bus L § 594 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 29-F - Going Out of Business Sales 594 - Penalties.

§  594.  Penalties. Any person violating any provision of this article   shall be guilty of an unclassified misdemeanor punishable by a  fine  of   two hundred fifty dollars or imprisonment for one year or both, and each   day  upon which any sale is conducted in violation of this article shall   be a separate violation.
NY Gen Bus L § 595 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 29-F - Going Out of Business Sales 595 - Application of Article.

§  595.  Application  of article. This article shall apply only to any   city, town or village having a population of less than one million.
NY Gen Bus L § 596 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 29-F - Going Out of Business Sales 596 - Saving Clause.

§  596.  Saving  clause.  If  any section or provision of this article   shall at any  time  be  declared  to  be  unconstitutional,  it  is  the   expressed  legislative  intent that no other section or provision hereof   be thereby affected.
NY Gen Bus L § 597 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 29-G - Receipts for Personal Property 597 - Receipts for Personal Property Being Repaired, Rebuilt or Reconditioned.

§  597.  Receipts  for  personal  property  being repaired, rebuilt or   reconditioned. An owner, employee or person  in  charge  of  a  personal   service  business  including but not limited to laundries, dry cleaners,   shoemakers, radio and  television  repair  shops,  electrical  appliance   repair  dealers,  and other appliance repair dealers must issue upon the   demand of the customer an itemized receipt for all articles left in  his   custody or possession.This  section  shall  only  apply  in  cases  where  such articles are   delivered by the customer to the place  of  business  of  such  personal   service business.
NY Gen Bus L § 598 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 29-G - Receipts for Personal Property 598 - Penalty for Violation.

§  598. Penalty for violation. A wilfull refusal to issue such receipt   when requested by said customer, shall constitute an offense  punishable   by a fine not to exceed twenty-five dollars.
NY Gen Bus L § 599 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 29-GG - Sale of Traffic Control Devices 599 - Definitions.

§  599.  Definitions. Traffic control devices mean all signs, signals,   markings and devices not inconsistent with the vehicle and  traffic  law   placed  or  erected  by  authority  of  a public body or official having   jurisdiction for the purpose of regulating, warning or guiding traffic.
NY Gen Bus L § 599-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 29-GG - Sale of Traffic Control Devices 599-A - Prohibition on Sale.

§  599-a.  Prohibition  on  sale. It shall be unlawful for any person,   firm, association or corporation to sell, lease, or offer  for  sale  or   hire for use in this state any traffic control device unless it conforms   to  the  current  manual  and  specifications  for  a  uniform system of   traffic-control devices maintained by the department  of  transportation   or  unless a certificate of approval has been issued by the commissioner   of transportation.
NY Gen Bus L § 599-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 29-GG - Sale of Traffic Control Devices 599-B - Certificate of Approval.

§  599-b.  Certificate  of  approval. Any person, firm, association or   corporation desiring a certificate of approval of  any  traffic  control   device  not  conforming  to  the current manual and specifications for a   uniform system of traffic-control devices shall submit to the department   of transportation one or more sets of each  type  of  device  for  which   approval is desired or such plans, specifications, design information or   data  that the commissioner may require, in accordance with and together   with the fee provided by the rules and regulations  promulgated  by  the   commissioner  of transportation pursuant to this article. Upon a finding   by the commissioner that the use of any such traffic-control  device  is   necessary,  because  there  are  no  equivalent  conforming devices, and   because such use is consistent with the safe regulation  of  traffic  on   highways  within  this state, he may issue a certificate of approval for   the sale, lease or offer for sale or hire of any such device.
NY Gen Bus L § 599-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 29-GG - Sale of Traffic Control Devices 599-C - Penalties.

§  599-c.  Penalties.  A  violation  of the provisions of section five   hundred ninety-nine-a of this chapter shall be punishable by a  fine  of   not  less  than  one  hundred  dollars  and  not  to exceed one thousand   dollars.
NY Gen Bus L § 599-D (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 29-GG - Sale of Traffic Control Devices 599-D - Application of Article.

§  599-d.  Application of article. This article shall not apply to the   sale, lease or offer for sale or hire to a city having a  population  in   excess of one million.
NY Gen Bus L § 599-E (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 29-GG - Sale of Traffic Control Devices 599-E - Rules and Regulations.

§  599-e.  Rules  and  regulations. The commissioner of transportation   shall have the power to establish such rules and  regulations  to  carry   into effect the provisions of this article as he may deem necessary, and   to modify or amend such rules and regulations from time to time.
NY Gen Bus L § 600 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 29-H - Debt Collection Procedures 600 - Definitions.

§  600.  Definitions.  As  used in this article, unless the context or   subject  matter  otherwise  requires:  1.  "Consumer  claim"  means  any   obligation  of  a  natural  person  for  the  payment  of  money  or its   equivalent which is or is alleged to be in default and which arises  out   of  a  transaction  wherein  credit  has  been  offered or extended to a   natural person, and the money, property or service which was the subject   of the transaction was  primarily  for  personal,  family  or  household   purposes.  The  term includes an obligation of a natural person who is a   co-maker, endorser, guarantor or surety as well as the natural person to   whom such credit was originally extended.2. "Debtor" means any natural person who owes or who  is  asserted  to   owe a consumer claim.3.  "Principal  creditor"  means  any  person,  firm,  corporation  or   organization to whom a consumer claim is owed, due or asserted to be due   or owed, or any assignee for value of said person, firm, corporation  or   organization.4.  "Debt  collection agency" shall mean a person, firm or corporation   engaged in business, the principal purpose  of  which  is  to  regularly   collect  or  attempt to collect debts: (a) owed or due or asserted to be   owed or due to another; or (b) obtained by, or assigned to, such person,   firm or corporation, that are in default when obtained  or  acquired  by   such person, firm or corporation.5. "Communication" shall mean the conveying of information regarding a   debt directly or indirectly to any person through any medium.6.  "Debt" means any obligation or alleged obligation of a consumer to   pay money arising out of a transaction in  which  the  money,  property,   insurance,  or  services  which  are  the subject of the transaction are   primarily for personal, family, or household purposes,  whether  or  not   such obligation has been reduced to judgment.7.  "Debt  collector"  means  an individual who, as part of his or her   job, regularly collects or attempts to collect debts: (a) owed or due or   asserted to be owed or due to another; or (b) obtained by,  or  assigned   to,  such person, firm or corporation, that are in default when obtained   or acquired by such person, firm or corporation.
NY Gen Bus L § 601-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 29-H - Debt Collection Procedures 601-A - Disclosure by Principal Creditors And/or Debt Collection Agencies.

§  601-a.  Disclosure  by  principal  creditors and/or debt collection   agencies. No principal creditors and/or debt collection  agencies  shall   make  any  representation that a person is required to pay the debt of a   family member in a way that contravenes with the  Fair  Debt  Collection   Practices  Act  (15  USC  §  1692  et  seq.). In addition, the principal   creditors  and/or  debt  collection  agencies   shall   not   make   any   misrepresentation  about  the  family  member's  obligation  to pay such   debts.
NY Gen Bus L § 601-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 29-H - Debt Collection Procedures 601-B - Large Print Notices.

§  601-b. Large print notices. 1. Each and every principal creditor or debt  collector  shall,  in  each  initial  communication,  clearly  and conspicuously  disclose  to  the  debtor  that each communication can be provided in an  alternative,  reasonably  accommodatable,  format.  Such disclosure shall substantively contain the following:  (a)  A  statement  that  the  consumer  may  request  the letter in an alternative, reasonably accommodatable format selected by the  principal creditor  or  debt collector such as large print, braille, audio compact disc, or other means; and  (b) A business phone number that the consumer may call to make such  a request.   2.  For  the  purposes  of  this section, a principal creditor or debt collector providing reasonable  accommodation  in  compliance  with  the Americans  with  Disabilities  Act  of  1990 shall not be deemed to have violated any provision herein.
NY Gen Bus L § 602 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 29-H - Debt Collection Procedures 602 - Violations and Penalties.

§  602.  Violations  and penalties. 1. Except as otherwise provided by   law, any person who violates the terms of section  six  hundred  one  of   this  article  is guilty of a misdemeanor, and each such violation shall   be deemed a separate offense. A violation by any person of  section  six   hundred  one-a  of this article, if such violation constitutes the first   such offense by such person, is punishable by a  civil  penalty  not  to   exceed  two  hundred  fifty  dollars. The second offense and any offense   committed thereafter is punishable by a civil penalty not to exceed five   hundred dollars.2. The attorney general or the district attorney  of  any  county  may   bring  an  action  in the name of the people of the state to restrain or   prevent any violation of this article or any  continuance  of  any  such   violation.3.  Any  aggrieved  person  or  entity  served  with  more  than fifty   information subpoenas per month by a principal creditor or  his  or  her   agent  shall  also  have  a cause of action to challenge compliance with   subdivision ten of section six hundred one of this  article  and/or  the   certification  requirements of rule fifty-two hundred twenty-four of the   civil practice law and rules. In such  action,  a  successful  plaintiff   shall  be  awarded ten dollars for each information subpoena served upon   such plaintiff where it is shown that  the  required  certification  for   such  information  subpoena  was  not  made  pursuant  to rule fifty-two   hundred twenty-four of the  civil  practice  law  and  rules,  that  the   required  record  for  such  information  subpoena  was  not  maintained   pursuant to subdivision ten of section six hundred one of this  article,   or that the specific grounds for the certification required to accompany   such information subpoena pursuant to rule fifty-two hundred twenty-four   of  the  civil  practice law and rules were not reasonable. A successful   plaintiff may also be awarded court costs and attorney fees.
NY Gen Bus L § 603 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 29-H - Debt Collection Procedures 603 - Severability.

§  603.  Severability.  If  any  provision  of  this  article  or  the   application thereof to any person or circumstances is held  invalid  the   invalidity  thereof shall not affect other provisions or applications of   the article which can be given effect without the invalid  provision  or   application,  and  to  this  and  the  provisions  of  this  article are   severable.
NY Gen Bus L § 604 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 29-HH - Debt Collection Procedures Related to Identity Theft 604 - Definitions.

§ 604. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall   have the following meanings:1.  "Consumer  claim" means any obligation of a natural person for the   payment of money or its equivalent which is  or  is  alleged  to  be  in   default  and  which  arises out of a transaction wherein credit has been   offered or extended to a natural person,  and  the  money,  property  or   service  which  was  the  subject  of  the transaction was primarily for   personal, family or household purposes. Such term includes an obligation   of a natural person who is a co-maker, endorser, guarantor or surety  as   well as the natural person to whom such credit was originally extended.2.  "Debtor"  means  any natural person who owes or who is asserted to   owe a consumer claim.3.  "Principal  creditor"  means  any  person,  firm,  corporation  or   organization to whom a consumer claim is owed, due or asserted to be due   or  owed, or any assignee for value of such person, firm, corporation or   organization. Such term shall include any person,  firm  or  corporation   engaged  in  business,  the  principal  purpose of which is to regularly   collect or attempt to collect debts obtained  by  or  assigned  to  such   person,  firm  or  corporation,  that  are  in  default when obtained or   acquired by such person, firm or corporation.
NY Gen Bus L § 604-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 29-HH - Debt Collection Procedures Related to Identity Theft 604-B - Penalties.

§  604-b.  Penalties.  (a) Whenever there shall be a violation of this article, 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  defendant  of  not  less  than  five days, to enjoin or restrain the continuance of such violation; and if it  shall  appear  to the  satisfaction  of  the  court  or justice that the defendant has, in fact, violated this article, 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.  In  any  such proceeding, the court may make allowances to the attorney general as provided in paragraph  six  of  subdivision  (a)  of section  eighty-three hundred three of the civil practice law and rules, and direct restitution.  Whenever  the  court  shall  determine  that  a violation  of  this  section  has occurred, the court may impose a civil penalty of not less than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars for  each  violation.  In  connection  with  any  such  proposed 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.  (b)  A  principal  creditor  shall  have no civil liability under this article if, within fifteen days either  after  discovering  a  violation which  is  able to be cured, or after the receipt of a written notice of such violation, the  principal  creditor  notifies  the  debtor  of  the violation,  and  makes whatever adjustments or corrections are necessary to cure the violation with respect to the debtor.  (c) No principal  creditor  shall  be  deemed  to  have  violated  the provisions   of   this  article,  if  such  person,  firm,  partnership, association or corporation shows by a preponderance of the evidence that the violation was not intentional and resulted from a  bona  fide  error made notwithstanding the maintenance of procedures reasonably adopted to avoid such error.
NY Gen Bus L § 605 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 29-I - The Storage of Household Goods 605 - Short Title.

§  605.  Short title. This article should be known and may be cited as   the "truth-in-storage" act.
NY Gen Bus L § 606 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 29-I - The Storage of Household Goods 606 - Definitions.

§ 606. Definitions. Whenever used in this article:  (a)  Warehouseman  means  a  person engaged in the business of storing goods for hire.  (b) Storage of household goods means goods stored by a consumer bailor which are used or bought for  use  primarily  for  personal,  family  or household purposes.  (c) Consumer bailor means a natural person.
NY Gen Bus L § 607-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 29-I - The Storage of Household Goods 607-A - Storage of Furs.

§  607-a.  Storage of furs. In addition to any other provision of this   article, a fur storage operator shall be subject to the following:1. If there is any statement of limitation in damages in an  agreement   for  the  storage  of  furs,  such  agreement  shall contain on its face   immediately above the consumer bailor's signature the  following  notice   "DO NOT SIGN THIS AGREEMENT UNLESS THE DECLARED VALUE OF EACH ARTICLE TO   BE STORED OR SERVICED IS STATED."2.  Where  the  consumer  bailor  does not personally deliver furs for   storage and the fur storage  operator,  in  the  normal  course  of  his   business,  makes  an  appraisal  of  such furs before accepting them for   storage, the fur storage operator, for purposes of compliance  with  the   disclosure  provisions of this article, shall be deemed to have complied   if he supplies a consumer bailor with a written storage agreement within   thirty days of receipt of such furs.  Provided,  however,  that  nothing   contained  in  this subdivision shall diminish any existing duty of care   which the fur storage operator owes to the consumer bailor.3. For the purposes of this section, a fur storage  operator  means  a   warehouseman  whose  storage business is limited to furs and other items   of valuable clothing and furs means articles of wearing apparel intended   to be worn by individuals and consisting in whole or in part  of  animal   fur.
NY Gen Bus L § 608 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 29-I - The Storage of Household Goods 608 - Unlawful Detention of Goods.

§  608. Unlawful detention of goods. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions   of section 7-209 of the uniform commercial code, no  warehouseman  shall   have  a  lien  on any household goods stored by him in a particular case   where the charges demanded for storage are  in  excess  of  the  charges   permitted by this article.2.   It  shall  constitute  an  unlawful  detention  of  goods  for  a   warehouseman to refuse to surrender household goods stored by him for  a   consumer  bailor  upon  payment  by  the  consumer bailor of the storage   charges permitted by this article.