2023 Code of Alabama › Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection. › Chapter 13 - Going Out of Business or Distress Merchandise Sales. › Section 8-13-1 - Definitions.

Section 8-13-1
Definitions.
Unless otherwise provided, the following words and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section:
(1) APPLICANT. Any person applying for a license under this chapter, including the principal, if such person is the agent of another who is the true owner, notwithstanding whether that other is an individual, partnership, association, firm, or corporation and notwithstanding whether the name of the true owner appears on the application or not.
(2) DISTRESS MERCHANDISE SALE. Any offer to sell to the public or a sale to the public of goods, wares, or merchandise on the implied or direct representation that such sale is being held other than in the ordinary course of business and not otherwise defined herein. Without limiting the generality of the above, "distress merchandise sales" shall include, but not be limited to, any sale advertised either specifically or in substance to be any one of the following:
a. Fire sale;
b. Smoke and/or water damage sale;
c. Adjustment sale;
d. Insurance salvage sale;
e. Mortgage sale;
f. Adjuster's sale;
g. Reorganization sale; or
h. Other terminology of similar intent to any of the above.
(3) GOING OUT OF BUSINESS SALE. Any offer to sell to the public or a sale to the public of goods, wares, or merchandise on the implied or direct representation that such sale is in anticipation of the termination of a business at its present location or that the sale is being held other than in the ordinary course of business. Without limiting the generality of the above, "going out of business sales" shall include, but not be limited to, any sale advertised either specifically or in substance to be any one of the following:
a. A sale because the applicant is going out of business;
b. A sale because the applicant is liquidating;
c. A sale because the applicant is selling 50 percent or more of his stock, his entire stock or selling out to the bare walls;
d. A sale because the applicant has lost his lease;
e. A sale because the applicant is selling out his interest in the business establishment;
f. A sale because everything in the store or establishment must be sold;
g. Trustee's sale;
h. Bankrupt sale;
i. Save us from bankruptcy sale;
j. Insolvent sale;
k. Assignee's sale;
l. Must vacate sale;
m. Quitting business sale;
n. Receiver's sale;
o. Loss of lease sale;
p. Forced out of business sale;
q. Removal sale;
r. Liquidation sale;
s. Executor's sale;
t. Administrator's sale;
u. Warehouse removal sale;
v. Branch store discontinuance sale;
w. Creditor's committee sale;
x. Adjustment sale;
y. Defunct business sale;
z. Selling out interest sale; or
aa. Other terminology of similar intent to any of the above.
(4) GOODS, WARES and MERCHANDISE. Any goods, wares, merchandise, or other property capable of being the object of a sale regulated under this chapter.
(5) INVENTORY. A list of and the wholesale cost of goods, wares, and merchandise.
(6) PERSON. Any individual, partnership, association, firm, or corporation.
(Acts 1965, No. 553, p. 1027, §1.)