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LA Rev Stat § 51:4 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Trade and Commerce|§4. Fraud; penalty

RS 4 - Fraud; penalty  No person shall misstate the condition of farm products or other products enumerated in R.S. 51:1, or the condition of the market, or any sale made, with intent to defraud, and no commission merchant shall take to his own account, or sell to himself or to any firm, partnership, corporation or association, of which he is a part or is agent, or is in any way interested, any part of any consignment, if such taking to account or sale is made to deceive or defraud the consignor, or to reduce the grade, value, or market price of the consignment or any part of it, or for the purpose of holding the consignment or any part of it off the market temporarily in order to sell to his own advantage or that of such firm, partnership, corporation, or association.  Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, and imprisoned for not less than thirty days nor more than six months.
LA Rev Stat § 51:5 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Trade and Commerce|§5. Accounts of sales; contents; penalty

RS 5 - Accounts of sales; contents; penalty  Any factor, broker, commission merchant, middleman, or other person acting as a commission merchant who undertakes the sale for another of any goods, wares, merchandise, sugar, cotton, rice, or other agricultural produce, shall embody in all accounts of sales the address, dates and name of the person to whom sold, and shall render a correct account of sales within fifteen days of the date of sale of the whole or any portion of the goods.  Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars nor less than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not more than twelve months nor less than six months, or both.
LA Rev Stat § 51:6 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Trade and Commerce|§6. Inspection of records by state officers, etc.

RS 6 - Inspection of records by state officers, etc. All books, records, and other papers and documents of all persons, selling on commission any agricultural, horticultural, or other products of the farm, lake, gulf, ocean, or stream may be inspected at any time by the commissioner of agriculture and forestry, the attorney general, any district attorney of the state, or any assistant or representative designated by either of these authorities, for the purpose of: (1) Searching for evidence of any violation of law;  (2) Correcting any improper or illegal methods that may exist or be practiced in the conduct of the business;  (3) Determining the extent and character of any claim or complaint made by a shipper or consignor; or  (4) Providing for the welfare of the public and upholding the laws of the state. A written request shall be made to any of these authorities by the consignor or shipper, and such inspection may be made by the consignor, or shipper, in person, or through his authorized representative. Acts 2009, No. 24, §5, eff. June 12, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 51:7 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Trade and Commerce|§7. Refusal to permit inspection; penalty

RS 7 - Refusal to permit inspection; penalty  Whoever refuses to submit any books, records, other papers, or documents to inspection as required by R.S. 51:6 shall be imprisoned not less than thirty nor more than one hundred and twenty days, and if the offender refuses to submit the books, records, other papers, or documents at the instance of, or on the authority and direction of, any firm, partnership, corporation or association, such firm, partnership, corporation or association shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, notwithstanding the punishment imposed upon the individual.
LA Rev Stat § 51:8 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Trade and Commerce|§8. Use of inspection; misuse; penalty

RS 8 - Use of inspection; misuse; penalty  Any authority making the inspection provided for in R.S. 51:7 who discovers evidence of violation of law shall place such evidence before the grand jury of the parish in which the offense appears to have been committed.  Whoever uses the information obtained by such inspection for any purpose other than to serve the purposes of justice shall be imprisoned not less than thirty nor more than one hundred and twenty days.
LA Rev Stat § 51:9 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Trade and Commerce|§9. Price fixing; excessive commissions; fraud; penalty

RS 9 - Price fixing; excessive commissions; fraud; penalty  No person engaged in selling on commission agricultural, horticultural, or other products of the farm, forest, lake, gulf, ocean, or stream, shall enter into any combination, compact, agreement, or understanding to keep the market on such products below their proper limit indicated by supply and demand or charge excessive commission rates, or in any form, method, or manner, cheat, defraud or swindle the consignor of a lot or shipment of such products.  Whoever violates this Section shall be imprisoned not less than six nor more than twelve months.
LA Rev Stat § 51:31 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Trade and Commerce|§31. Definitions

RS 31 - Definitions As used in this Part: (1) A "fire", "bankruptcy", or "fiduciary" sale includes an insurance, mortgage, insolvent, assignee's, executor's, administrator's, receiver's, trustee's, removal or closing out sale, or a sale of damaged goods. (2) "Goods" includes goods, wares, and merchandise. Acts 1986, No. 806, §1; Acts 1995, No. 669, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 51:32 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Trade and Commerce|§32. Exemptions

RS 32 - Exemptions  The provisions of this Part shall not apply to sheriffs, constables, or other public or court officers, or to persons acting under the license, direction, or authority of any court, state or federal, selling goods in the course of their official duties.  Acts 1986, No. 806, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 51:33 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Trade and Commerce|§33. License required

RS 33 - License required Every person who advertises, represents, or holds out that any sale of goods is a fire, bankruptcy, or fiduciary sale shall first obtain a license to conduct the sale from the mayor of the municipality in which he proposes to conduct the sale. For sales conducted in unincorporated areas, the person shall obtain a license from the governing authority of the parish of location. Acts 1986, No. 806, §1; Acts 1995, No. 669, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 51:34 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Trade and Commerce|§34. Application for license; supplemental license

RS 34 - Application for license; supplemental license A. Every person who desires a license under R.S. 51:33 shall make an application to the mayor or to the governing authority of the parish of location, in writing and under oath, showing all the facts in regard to the insurance, bankruptcy, mortgage, insolvency, assignment, administration, receivership, trusteeship, or removal by reason of which the sale is to be conducted, or in regard to the closing out of his stock of goods or any particular line or part, with a statement as to the reason for the closing out, or in regard to the damage to the goods, and in regard to the sale which he proposes to conduct, the place and manner of conducting it, including an inventory of the goods to be sold, a statement, as far as possible, of the names of the persons from whom the goods were obtained, the date of the delivery of the goods to the person applying for the license, the place from which the goods were last taken, and all detail necessary to identify fully the goods to be sold. The application shall also specify whether the applicant proposes to advertise or conduct the sale as a fire, bankruptcy, or fiduciary sale with a statement of the fiduciary relationship. B. The application shall specify the proposed period of time over which the sale is to continue, which period shall not exceed three months. If it appears upon a sworn application to the mayor, or to the governing authority of the parish of location, at any time during the three-month period, that all of the goods, described and inventoried in the original application, have not been sold, and if the application is accompanied by an inventory of what remains, a supplemental license, granting authority to continue the sale for a further period of three months, shall be issued by the mayor or the governing authority of the parish of location upon the same terms and conditions as the original license. Acts 1986, No. 806, §1; Acts 1995, No. 669, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 51:35 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Trade and Commerce|§35. Issuance of license; fee

RS 35 - Issuance of license; fee  If the mayor or the governing authority of the parish of location is satisfied from the application required by R.S. 51:34 that the proposed sale is of the character which the applicant desires to conduct and advertise, he shall issue a license, upon the payment of the fee of twenty-five dollars, to the person applying, authorizing him to advertise and conduct a sale of the particular kind mentioned in the application according to the requirements of this Part.  Acts 1986, No. 806, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 51:36 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Trade and Commerce|§36. License; record of application; abstract

RS 36 - License; record of application; abstract  The mayor or the governing authority of the parish of location to whom application is made, as provided for in R.S. 51:34, shall endorse upon the application the date of its filing, preserve it as a record of his office, make an abstract of the facts set forth in the application in a book, properly indexed and kept for that purpose, which abstract shall contain the name of the person asking for a license, the nature of the proposed sale, the place where the sale is to be conducted, its duration, the inventory value of the goods to be sold, and a general statement as to where the goods came from, and make in the book a notation as to the issuance or refusal of the license applied for, together with the date of issuance or refusal and endorse on the application the date that the license, as applied for, is granted or refused. The application and abstract shall be prima facie evidence of all statements contained therein.  Acts 1986, No. 806, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 51:37 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Trade and Commerce|§37. License; removal of goods

RS 37 - License; removal of goods  The license required by R.S. 51:33 shall be valid only for a sale of the goods inventoried and described in the application for the license, in the manner and at the time and place mentioned and set forth in the application. Any removal of the goods so inventoried and described in the application from the place of sale mentioned in the application, shall cause the goods to lose their identity as an insurance, bankrupt, mortgaged, insolvent's, assignee's, executor's, administrator's, receiver's, or trustee's stock of goods, or a damaged stock of goods, and thereafter no license shall be issued for the conducting of a sale of any goods so removed from the place set forth and described in the application, under the provisions of this Part at any other place.  Acts 1986, No. 806, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 51:38 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Trade and Commerce|§38. Purchase of additional goods for resale

RS 38 - Purchase of additional goods for resale No person intending to conduct a fire, bankruptcy, or fiduciary sale under the license required by R.S. 51:33 shall order any goods for the purpose of selling and disposing of the same at the sale, and any unusual purchase and additions to the stock of goods within sixty days prior to the filing of the application for license to conduct the sale mentioned in R.S. 51:34 shall be presumptive evidence that the purchases and additions to stock were made in contemplation of the sale and for the purpose of selling the purchases and additions at the sale. Acts 1986, No. 806, §1; Acts 1995, No. 669, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 51:39 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Trade and Commerce|§39. Additional goods not to be added during the sale

RS 39 - Additional goods not to be added during the sale A. No person carrying on or conducting a fire, bankruptcy, or fiduciary sale under the license required by R.S. 51:33 shall, during the continuance of the sale, add any goods to the stock of goods described and inventoried in his original application, and no goods shall be sold at or during the sale, except the goods described and inventoried in such original application. B. Each and every addition of goods to the stock of goods described and inventoried in the application, and each sale of the goods not inventoried and described in the application shall constitute a separate offense under this Part. Acts 1986, No. 806, §1; Acts 1995, No. 669, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 51:40 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Trade and Commerce|§40. False advertising; penalty

RS 40 - False advertising; penalty A. No person shall advertise, represent, or hold out any sale of goods to be a fire, bankruptcy, or fiduciary sale without having complied with the provisions of this Part. B. Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not less than thirty days nor more than six months, or both. Acts 1986, No. 806, §1; Acts 1995, No. 669, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 51:41 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Trade and Commerce|§41. Violations; penalty

RS 41 - Violations; penalty A. No person shall hold, conduct, or carry on any sale of goods as a fire, bankruptcy, or fiduciary sale contrary to the provisions of this Part. B. Whoever violates any of the provisions of this Part except as provided in R.S. 51:40 shall be fined not less than two hundred and fifty dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned for not less than three months nor more than six months, or both. Acts 1986, No. 806, §1; Acts 1995, No. 669, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 51:42 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Trade and Commerce|§42. Definitions

RS 42 - Definitions  For purposes of this Part, the following terms shall have the meanings specified in this Section:  (1) "Going-out-of-business sale" means any sale advertised, represented, or held forth as a sale to dispose of all goods as a means of ceasing to do business or changing business location. The term shall include a sale held under the designation of "going-out-of-business", "selling out", "liquidation", "lost our lease", "forced to vacate", "moving to a new location", "closing out sale", "store closing sale", or any other designation of like meaning. However, the term shall not include an end-of-the-season sale or a going-out-of-business sale limited to sale of a particular brand or line of goods.  (2) "Goods" means goods, wares, or merchandise.  (3) "Person" means an individual, partnership, voluntary association, or corporation.  (4) "Promoter" means a person who performs or offers to perform any service to facilitate or assist in a going-out-of-business sale, including but not limited to advertising and sales.  Acts 1995, No. 669, §1; Acts 2018, No. 374, §1, eff. July 1, 2018.
LA Rev Stat § 51:43 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Trade and Commerce|§43. Applicability

RS 43 - Applicability The provisions of this Part shall not apply to or otherwise affect the following: (1) A sale conducted pursuant to an order or process of a court of competent jurisdiction. (2) A sale conducted by a sheriff, constable, a public or court officer, or other person who sells goods in the course of his official duties while acting under the license, direction, or authority of a state or federal court. Acts 1995, No. 669, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 51:44 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Trade and Commerce|§44. Licensure required

RS 44 - Licensure required A. No person shall advertise, offer for sale, or sell a stock of goods at a going-out-of-business sale without a license issued pursuant to this Part for the conduct of such sale. A separate license shall be required for each location at which such a sale is to be conducted. B. No person shall act as a promoter for a going-out-of-business sale without having registered pursuant to this Part. Acts 1995, No. 669, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 51:45 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Trade and Commerce|§45. Administration

RS 45 - Administration A. The consumer protection section of the Department of Justice shall administer the provisions of this Part and shall have the authority to promulgate and adopt, pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act, such rules and regulations as may be necessary for such administration. B. All documents submitted to the consumer protection section pursuant to this Part shall be subject to the Public Records Act. Acts 1995, No. 669, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 51:46 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Trade and Commerce|§46. Registration of promoters

RS 46 - Registration of promoters A. Any person desiring to act as a promoter for a going-out-of-business sale shall apply to the consumer protection section for registration as a promoter. Application for such registration shall be in writing, under oath, in the form prescribed by the consumer protection section and shall contain such information as that section requires. B. Each application shall be accompanied by such documentation as required by the consumer protection section, including a copy of a written agreement between the promoter and the person licensed to conduct the going-out-of-business sale. The agreement shall contain the date that it was entered into by the parties, all terms agreed to by the parties, and the name and address of the promoter, and shall be signed by both parties. C. Upon receipt of the application and documentation required and payment of a registration fee of one hundred dollars, the consumer protection section shall register the applicant as a promoter. Each registration shall be valid for one year from the date of issuance and may be annually renewed upon application and payment of a renewal fee of one hundred dollars. Acts 1995, No. 669, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 51:47 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Trade and Commerce|§47. Application for going-out-of-business sale license; deposit; fee

RS 47 - Application for going-out-of-business sale license; deposit; fee A. Each person desiring to conduct a going-out-of-business sale shall make application to the consumer protection section at least five days prior to the opening date of such sale. Application for such licensure shall be in writing, under oath, in the form prescribed by the consumer protection section, and shall contain all information pertaining to the reasons and character of the sale, including the following: (1) The opening and termination dates of the sale. (2) A complete inventory of the goods actually on hand in the place where such sale is to be conducted, including all details necessary to locate exactly and identify fully the goods to be sold. (3) The names and residences of owners or partners in whose interest the sale is to be conducted. B. Any applicant who uses the services of a promoter for a going-out-of-business sale shall include a signed and dated copy of his agreement with the promoter as part of his application. C. The consumer protection section may request that an applicant submit such other information as deemed necessary by that section. D. Each application shall be accompanied by a deposit of either five hundred dollars or a dollar amount equal to one percent of the wholesale cost of the inventory specified in Paragraph (2) of Subsection A of this Section, whichever amount is greater. However, no such deposit shall exceed five thousand dollars. E. Each application shall be accompanied by a license fee of one hundred dollars. Acts 1995, No. 669, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 51:48 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Trade and Commerce|§48. Issuance of license; term

RS 48 - Issuance of license; term A. Upon application and payment of the deposit and license fee specified in R.S. 51:47, the consumer protection section shall issue a going-out-of-business sale license to an applicant. Such license shall authorize the licensee to advertise and conduct the going-out-of-business sale specified in the application. Such license shall expire ninety days from its date of issuance or on the termination date specified in the application for such license, whichever date occurs first. B. The licensee shall make all documentation concerning the goods to be included in such going-out-of-business sale available for inspection by representatives of the consumer protection section. Such documentation shall include but not be limited to purchase orders and delivery statements. C. Each licensee shall include the number of its license to conduct a going-out-of-business sale and the expiration date of that license in any advertisement for such sale. Each licensee shall also post such license in a conspicuous location at each point of sale. D. Each licensee shall file a monthly report with the consumer protection section, commencing one month from the opening date of the sale, on a form required by such section. Such report shall enumerate all goods sold, transferred, or otherwise disposed of by the licensee or his agents, servants, or employees during that month pursuant to the going-out-of-business sale. Acts 1995, No. 669, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 51:49 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Trade and Commerce|§49. Restrictions and prohibitions

RS 49 - Restrictions and prohibitions A. No person shall, in contemplation of conducting a going-out-of-business sale, order any goods for the purpose of selling or disposing of such goods at such sale. Any unusual purchases or additions to the stock of goods within sixty days prior to the filing of an application for a license to conduct a going-out-of-business sale shall be presumptive evidence that such purchases or additions to stock were made in contemplation of such sale. B.(1) No goods other than those listed in the inventory specified in a license application for a going-out-of-business sale shall be included in a going-out-of-business sale. (2) No going-out-of-business sale shall continue beyond the expiration date of the license to conduct such sale. However, the consumer protection section may authorize a licensee to extend a sale past the expiration date of the license upon proper showing of need. In order to qualify for such an extension, a licensee shall, at a minimum, submit a revised inventory to the consumer protection section. Such inventory shall list only those goods which were included in the inventory specified in the license application for that going-out-of-business sale and which remain unsold. Such listing shall not include any goods not so included. C. No person shall, upon conclusion of a going-out-of-business sale, continue that business which has been represented as terminal under the same or a different name at the same location. Acts 1995, No. 669, §1.