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2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 29-B - Prohibited Credit Card Practices Involving Providers of Travel Services › 525 - Prohibited Practices.

§ 525. Prohibited practices. 1. It shall be unlawful for a provider of
  travel services to communicate with a credit card issuer for the purpose
  of  reserving  or  setting  aside  any  specified  amount of credit in a
  consumer's credit card account to ensure  payment  for  services  to  be
  rendered  unless  prior  to  such  communication  the provider of travel
  services informs the consumer of the amount  of  credit  which  will  be
  requested to be reserved or set aside and obtains the consumer's consent
  to the reservation or set aside of such amount.
2.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  a  provider  of  travel  services to
  communicate with a credit card issuer for the purpose  of  reserving  or
  setting aside an amount of credit in a consumer's credit card account in
  excess of the actual, agreed upon cost of the services contracted for by
  the  consumer  and  provider  of  travel  services unless, prior to such
  communication, the provider of travel services informs the  consumer  in
  writing  of  the amount of credit which will be requested to be reserved
  or  set  aside  and  obtains  the  consumer's  written  consent  to  the
  reservation or set aside of such amount.
3.  It shall be unlawful for any provider of travel services, after it
  has determined the final charges for the travel services furnished to  a
  consumer,  to  fail to promptly communicate with a credit card issuer to
  request the release of any amount of credit previously reserved  or  set
  aside  by it in the consumer's credit card account which is in excess by
  more than twenty-five dollars of the charges actually billed.
4. It shall be unlawful for any provider of travel services to impose,
  as a result of the use of a credit card, a surcharge on a  travel  agent
  acting  as an agent of such provider of travel services where, on behalf
  of a holder of a credit card, as defined in section five hundred  eleven
  of  this  chapter,  such  travel agent facilitates the holder's use of a
  credit card in lieu of payment by cash, check or similar means.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 29-BB - Prohibited Service Offer Practices › 527 - Definitions.

§  527.  Definitions.  For the purposes of this article, the following
  definitions shall apply:
1. "Automatic renewal" means a plan or arrangement  in  which  a  paid
  subscription or purchasing agreement is automatically renewed at the end
  of a definite term for a subsequent term.
2.  "Automatic  renewal  offer  terms"  means  the following clear and
  conspicuous disclosures:
a. that the subscription or purchasing agreement will  continue  until
  the consumer cancels;
b.  the  description  of  the  cancellation policy that applies to the
  offer;
c. the recurring charges that will be charged to the consumer's credit
  or debit card or payment account with a  third  party  as  part  of  the
  automatic renewal plan or arrangement, and that the amount of the charge
  may change, if that is the case, and the amount to which the charge will
  change, if known;
d.  the  length  of  the automatic renewal term or that the service is
  continuous, unless the length of the term is chosen by the consumer; and
e. the minimum purchase obligation, if any.
3. "Clear and conspicuous" means in larger type than  the  surrounding
  text,  or in contrasting type, font, or color to the surrounding text of
  the same size, or set off from the surrounding text of the same size  by
  symbols  or other marks, in a manner that clearly calls attention to the
  language. In the case of an audio disclosure,  "clear  and  conspicuous"
  means  in  a  volume  and  cadence  sufficient to be readily audible and
  understandable.
4. "Consumer" means any individual who seeks or acquires, by  purchase
  or lease, any goods, services, money, or credit for personal, family, or
  household purposes.
5.  "Continuous  service"  means  a  plan  or  arrangement  in which a
  subscription  or  purchasing  agreement  continues  until  the  consumer
  cancels the service.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 29-C - Radio and Television Tubes › 532 - Definitions.

§  532.  Definitions. As used in this article: A "tube" is an electron
  receiving tube or cathode ray tube (commonly known as  a  picture  tube)
  designed  primarily for use in a home type television or radio receiver,
  phonograph, tape recorder, or any combination  thereof,  or  other  home
  type electronic device or appliance.
"Used tube" or a "second-hand tube" is a tube which has been subjected
  to consumer or demonstrator use as an entity.
A  "used  component"  is  any part or material salvaged from a used or
  second-hand tube.
A "tube utilizing used components" is a tube which has not  been  used
  as  an  entity  but which in the manufacture thereof has utilized one or
  more used components. Such a tube shall not be deemed to be  a  used  or
  second-hand tube within the meaning of this article.
A  "reactivated  tube" is a weak, worn-out or defective tube which has
  been temporarily reactivated by the administration of a charge  of  high
  voltage electric current to the elements thereof.
A  "reduction"  is the sale of a tube at a price that is less than the
  manufacturer's list price for that tube.
A "savings" is the sale of a tube at a price that  is  less  than  the
  list price for a tube by the same or another manufacturer when the tubes
  are identical.
"Person"  means  an  individual,  partnership,  firm,  association  or
  corporation.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 29-C - Radio and Television Tubes › 534 - Violation.

§  534.  Violation.  1.  A violation of any provision of the preceding
  section shall constitute a misdemeanor.
2. Proof that no person has  been  misled  or  deceived  or  otherwise
  damaged  by any violation of this article shall not constitute a defense
  in any prosecution under this article.
3. It shall not be necessary, in order to make out a prima facie case,
  for  the  prosecution  to  prove  that  the   defendant   knowingly   or
  intentionally  violated any provision of this article but proof that the
  defendant did not knowingly  or  intentionally  violate  such  provision
  shall  constitute  a  good  defense in any prosecution for a misdemeanor
  under this article.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 29-C - Radio and Television Tubes › 535 - Enforcement by Attorney-General.

§  535.  Enforcement  by  attorney-general. 1. Whenever any person has
  violated any provision of this article the attorney-general may bring  a
  special  proceeding  in  the  supreme court of the state of New York, on
  notice of not  less  than  five  days,  for  a  judgment  enjoining  the
  continuance   of  such  violations;  and  if  it  shall  appear  to  the
  satisfaction of the court or justice that the defendant has violated any
  provision of this article, no proof shall be required  that  any  person
  has  been  misled  or deceived or otherwise damaged thereby nor that the
  defendant knowingly or intentionally violated such provision.
2.  In  connection   with   any   such   proposed   application,   the
  attorney-general  is  authorized  to  take  proof,  issue  subpoenas and
  administer oaths in the manner provided in the civil  practice  law  and
  rules.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 29-C - Radio and Television Tubes › 537 - Separability.

§  537.  Separability.  If  any  section  of  this article or any part
  thereof shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction  to  be
  invalid,  such  judgment  shall  not  affect,  impair  or invalidate the
  remainder or any other section or part thereof.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 29-CC - Modem Hijacking Deterrence Act › 538 - In General.

§ 538. In general. (a) No person, firm, corporation, or other business
entity,  regardless of its form of organization, shall deceptively cause
computer software to be copied onto  the  computer  or  internet-capable
device  of  a  consumer  in  this  state and use the software to access,
hijack,  or  use  the  consumer's  modem,  internet-capable  device,  or
internet  service  for  the  purpose  of causing an authorized user or a
third party affected by such conduct to incur financial  charges  for  a
service that is not authorized by the owner or an authorized user of the
computer.
(b)  Any  provision  of  a  contract or an agreement entered into by a
consumer that deceives a consumer and that purports or may be  construed
to  authorize,  divert,  or  require  anything  that  would constitute a
violation of any of the provisions of this section is hereby declared to
be void as against public policy and shall not be enforceable.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 29-CC - Modem Hijacking Deterrence Act › 538-A - Enforcement.

§  538-a.  Enforcement.  (a)  The  attorney  general may bring a civil
action against any person, firm, corporation, or other business  entity,
regardless  of  its  form of organization, that violates this article to
enjoin the violation and may recover the following:
(1) a civil penalty of one thousand  dollars  per  violation  of  this
article  or,  for  a pattern or practice of such violations, up to three
thousand dollars per violation; and/or
(2) costs and reasonable attorneys' fees.
(c) Nothing in this section shall in any way limit rights or  remedies
which  are  otherwise available under law to the attorney general or any
other person authorized to bring an action under this section.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 29-CC - Modem Hijacking Deterrence Act › 538-B - Definitions.

§ 538-b. Definitions. For the purposes of this article:
(a)  the  term  "hijack",  with respect to a modem or internet-capable
device, means taking control of the modem or  the  modem-function  of  a
user's  computer or internet-capable device to initiate a toll telephone
call via a telecommunications network, a voice over  internet  protocol,
or  other  internet  communication  for  which  the  authorized  user or
provider pays a monetary charge.
(b)  the  term  "authorized  user"  with  respect  to  a  computer  or
internet-capable  device,  means a person who is authorized by the owner
or lessee to use the computer or internet-capable device.
(c) the term "internet-capable device" means any  hardware  technology
including,  but not limited to, a cellular telephone, handheld computer,
or calendaring and messaging device with telephony  functions,  that  is
individually  or  collectively capable of providing wireless or wireline
internet access, in addition to origination and completion of  telephone
calls.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 29-D - Notes Given for Patent Rights and for a Speculative Consideration › 550 - Negotiable Notes Given for Patent Rights.

§  550.  Negotiable  notes  given  for  patent rights. Notwithstanding
  article three of the uniform commercial code,  a  negotiable  promissory
  note,  the consideration of which consists wholly or partly of the right
  to make, use or sell any invention claimed or represented by the  vendor
  at  the time of sale to be patented, must contain the words "given for a
  patent right" prominently and legibly written or printed on the face  of
  such note above the signature thereto; and such note in the hands of any
  purchaser  or  holder is subject to the same defenses as in the hands of
  the original holder; but this section does not  apply  to  a  negotiable
  note  given  solely  for  the  purchase  price  or the use of a patented
  article.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 29-D - Notes Given for Patent Rights and for a Speculative Consideration › 551 - Negotiable Notes Given for a Speculative Consideration.

§  551.  Negotiable  notes  given  for  a  speculative  consideration.
  Notwithstanding  article  three  of  the  uniform  commercial  code,   a
  negotiable promissory note, the consideration of which consists in whole
  or in part of the purchase price of any farm product, at a price greater
  by at least four times than the fair market value of the same product at
  the  time  in  the  locality,  or  of  the  membership  and rights in an
  association, company or combination to produce or sell any farm  product
  at  a  fictitious rate, or of a contract or bond to purchase or sell any
  farm product at a price greater by four times than the market  value  of
  the  same  product  at  the time in the locality, must contain the words
  "given for a speculative consideration" or other words  clearly  showing
  the  nature  of  the  consideration,  prominently and legibly written or
  printed on the face of such note above the signature thereof;  and  such
  note,  in  the  hands of any purchaser or holder, is subject to the same
  defenses as in the hands of the original owner or holder.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 29-D - Notes Given for Patent Rights and for a Speculative Consideration › 552 - Notes Given for Patent-Rights.

§  552.  Notes  given  for patent-rights. A person who takes, sells or
  transfers a negotiable promissory  note  within  article  three  of  the
  uniform  commercial  code,  knowing  the  consideration  of such note to
  consist in whole or in part, of the right to  make,  use  or  sell,  any
  patent  invention or inventions, or any invention claimed or represented
  to be patented, without having the  words  "given  for  a  patent-right"
  written  or  printed  legibly  and  prominently on the face of such note
  above the signature thereto, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 29-D - Notes Given for Patent Rights and for a Speculative Consideration › 553 - Notes Given for a Speculative Consideration.

§  553.  Notes  given  for  a  speculative consideration. A person who
  takes, sells or transfers a negotiable promissory  note  within  article
  three  of the uniform commercial code, knowing the consideration of such
  note to consist in whole or in part of the purchase price  of  any  farm
  product  at  a  price greater by four or more times than the fair market
  value of the same product at the time in the locality, or in  which  the
  consideration  shall be in whole or in part, membership of and rights in
  an association, company or combination  to  produce  or  sell  any  farm
  product  at  a  fictitious rate, or of a contract or bond to purchase or
  sell any farm product at such rate, without having the words "given  for
  a  speculative  consideration" or other words clearly showing the nature
  of the consideration prominently and legibly written or printed  on  the
  face  of  such  note  above  the  signature  thereof,  is  guilty  of  a
  misdemeanor.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 29-D - Notes Given for Patent Rights and for a Speculative Consideration › 554 - Retention of Forged, Counterfeit or Spurious Documents or Negotiable Instruments Permitted.

§  554.  Retention  of  forged,  counterfeit  or spurious documents or
  negotiable instruments permitted.  Any  bank,  banker,  transfer  agent,
  railroad,  warehouseman  or  any  other  person  charged with the issue,
  reissue, transfer  or  payment  of  any  of  the  documents  hereinafter
  described,  in  any  spurious,  counterfeit, forged, altered note, stock
  certificate, bond, debenture, check, draft, warrant,  traveler's  check,
  letter  of  credit,  money  order, warehouse receipt, negotiable bill of
  lading,  evidence  of   indebtedness,   certificate   of   interest   or
  participation   in   any   profit-sharing   agreement,  collateral-trust
  certificate, preorganization certificate or  subscription,  transferable
  share,  investment  contract,  voting-trust  certificate, certificate of
  interest in property, tangible or intangible; instrument or document  or
  writing  evidencing  ownership  of  goods,  wares,  and  merchandise; or
  transferring or assigning any right, title, or interest in or to  goods,
  wares, and merchandise, or, in general, any instrument commonly known as
  a  "security,"  or  any  certificate  of  interest  or participation in,
  temporary or interim certificate for, receipt for, warrant, or right  to
  subscribe  to or purchase any of the foregoing, is presented for payment
  or transfer or for the purpose of obtaining possession of goods  or  any
  property  under or pursuant to the terms of such instrument, whether the
  same is presented through any clearing house or otherwise,  and  whether
  or  not the owner, or purported owner or presentor of such instrument is
  within or without the state of New York,  may  without  civil  or  other
  liability,  retain  such  counterfeit,  forged or spurious instrument or
  document for the purpose of preserving the  same,  and  return  in  lieu
  thereof a photostatic copy with an affidavit setting forth the infirmity
  in the original, and the name and address of the person in whose custody
  such  original  remains;  provided,  however, that such act of retention
  shall not in any way vary the effect or  alter  the  property  or  civil
  rights  of any person in, to or by reason of such instrument or document
  or anything done with or pursuant to the  same;  and  provided  further,
  that  such  instrument  shall  be  delivered within fourteen days to the
  district attorney within whose jurisdiction the  same  is  retained  and
  upon  such  surrender a receipt therefor shall be given to the custodian
  thereof; and provided further, that such instrument  shall  be  produced
  for  use  in  any  court or by any public officer when required to do so
  under proper notice, demand  or  subpoena.  The  right  to  require  the
  production of such document is hereby extended to all officers or courts
  whether within the state of New York or elsewhere.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 29-E - Trading Stamps › 570 - Definitions as Used in This Article.

§  570.  Definitions as used in this article. 1. "Trading stamp" means
  any stamp or similar device issued in connection with the retail sale of
  merchandise or service, as a cash discount or for  any  other  marketing
  purpose, which entitles the rightful holder, on its due presentation for
  redemption,  to  receive  merchandise,  service or cash. "Trading stamp"
  shall not mean any redeemable device used by the manufacturer or  packer
  of  an  article  in  advertising or selling it, or any redeemable device
  issued and redeemed by  a  non-profit  membership  corporation  for  the
  benefit  of  its  members  only,  or  any  redeemable  device issued and
  redeemed by a newspaper, magazine or other publication.
2. "Trading stamp company" means any person  engaged  in  distributing
  trading  stamps  for  retail issuance by others, or in redeeming trading
  stamps for retailers, in any manner.
3.  "Person"   means   any   individual,   partnership,   corporation,
  association or other organization.
4. "Secretary" means the secretary of state.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 29-E - Trading Stamps › 571 - Declared Face Value; Cash Redemption.

§  571. Declared face value; cash redemption. No trading stamp company
  shall advertise, distribute or redeem trading stamps hereafter issued in
  this state unless:
1. Each  stamp  has  legibly  printed  upon  its  face  a  cash  value
  determined by the company in cents or any fraction thereof, and
2.  The  rightful  holders  may, at their option, redeem the stamps in
  cash when duly presented to the  company  for  redemption  in  a  number
  having an aggregate cash value of not less than one dollar.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 29-E - Trading Stamps › 572 - Registration Required.

§ 572. Registration required. No trading stamp company shall advertise
  or  distribute  trading stamps issued in this state unless it shall have
  filed  with  the  secretary  of  state  a  statement   of   registration
  accompanied  by  representative  samples of its stamps, stamp collection
  books, stamp redemption catalogues and stamp distribution and redemption
  agreement forms,  currently  used  in  this  state.  Such  statement  of
  registration  shall  be  filed  for a one year period commencing on July
  first, nineteen hundred seventy-one and annually thereafter on or before
  July first of each  year;  provided  however,  that  any  trading  stamp
  company  advertising  or  distributing such trading stamps for the first
  time subsequent to July first, nineteen hundred seventy-one  shall  file
  its   initial   statement   of  registration  prior  to  advertising  or
  distributing such trading stamps and thereafter shall file  annually  on
  or before July first of each year as provided herein.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 29-E - Trading Stamps › 573 - Statement of Registration.

§  573.  Statement  of  registration.  Each  statement of registration
  hereinbefore required shall contain the following information:
1. The name and principal address of the company;
2. The state of its incorporation or origin;
3. The names and addresses of  its  principal  officers,  partners  or
  proprietors;
4. The address of its principal office in this state;
5.  The  name  and address of its principal officer, employee or agent
  therein;
6. The addresses  of  the  places  where  its  stamps  are  redeemable
  therein;
7.  A short form of its balance sheet as of the end of its last fiscal
  year prior to such filing, certified by an independent public accountant
  or certified under oath by one of its principal officers, a  partner  or
  the proprietor.
8.  A  statement of its total gross receipts from its business in this
  state as a trading stamp company during such last fiscal year, certified
  by an independent public accountant or certified under oath  by  one  of
  its  principal  officers,  a  partner  or  the  proprietor,  unless  the
  principal sum of the bond hereinafter required  is  the  maximum  amount
  required under this article.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 29-E - Trading Stamps › 575 - Bond Required.

§  575.  Bond  required.  1.  At  the time of filing each registration
  statement, the trading stamp company must also file with  the  secretary
  of  state a bond payable to the people of the state of New York and duly
  executed by the company and a corporate surety qualified to do  business
  in  this  state;  such bond shall be conditioned upon the performance by
  the trading stamp company of its obligation  to  redeem  trading  stamps
  issued  by  retailers  in  this  state  when they are duly presented for
  redemption by the rightful holders.
2. The principal sum of the bond required by this article shall be  as
  follows:  if  the  company has not previously done business as a trading
  stamp company in this state, or if the  company's  gross  receipts  from
  such  business  during  its  last  fiscal  year was not in excess of one
  hundred thousand  dollars  the  principal  sum  shall  be  ten  thousand
  dollars;  for  each additional one hundred thousand dollars, or fraction
  thereof, of  gross  receipts  from  such  business  in  this  state,  an
  additional  ten  thousand  dollars,  but  such bond shall not exceed one
  hundred fifty thousand dollars.
3. On the effective date of each new bond, any and  all  liability  on
  all  bonds  previously filed under this article shall terminate, and all
  rightful holders of trading stamps who prosecute their claims under this
  article shall prosecute such claims solely against the new bond and only
  by filing proofs of claim with the secretary  of  state  in  the  manner
  provided in this article.
4.  In  lieu  of  the bond required by this section, the trading stamp
  company may post with the secretary of state  (a)  money  equal  to  the
  amount  of  the  bond  otherwise required or (b) securities equal to one
  hundred twenty percent of the bond otherwise required.  Such  securities
  shall be of the same kinds and classes as those in which the comptroller
  may  invest  the  funds of the state pursuant to section ninety-eight of
  the state finance law, or in which a fiduciary may invest funds he holds
  for investment pursuant to subparagraphs A through I of subparagraph (1)
  of paragraph (a) of section 11-2.2 of the  Estates,  Powers  and  Trusts
  Law.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 29-E - Trading Stamps › 577 - Notice of Intention to Suspend or Cease Redemption of Stamps.

§  577.  Notice of intention to suspend or cease redemption of stamps.
  No trading stamp company  shall  cease  or  suspend  the  redemption  of
  trading  stamps in this state without filing with the secretary of state
  at least ninety days' prior written notice of its intention to do so and
  concurrently mailing a copy of such notice to each retailer within  this
  state  which  has at any time theretofore within one year issued trading
  stamps which the trading stamp company is obligated to redeem.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 29-E - Trading Stamps › 578 - Pre-Emption by State.

§ 578. Pre-emption by state. The regulation of trading stamp companies
  and  trading  stamps, including the advertising, issuance and redemption
  thereof, shall be governed solely by the provisions of this article  and
  no local laws or ordinances shall be promulgated with respect thereto.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 29-E - Trading Stamps › 579 - Violation a Misdemeanor; Injunction.

§  579.  Violation a misdemeanor; injunction. 1. Any person or trading
  stamp company violating any provision of this article shall be guilty of
  a misdemeanor punishable by  a  fine  of  not  more  than  five  hundred
  dollars.
2.  The  supreme court of this state shall have jurisdiction in equity
  on the complaint of the attorney general  to  restrain  and  enjoin  the
  violation of any provisions of this article.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 29-F - Going Out of Business Sales › 580 - Purpose and Intent.

§  580.  Purpose and intent. It is hereby determined and declared that
  sales to be licensed and regulated pursuant to the  provisions  of  this
  article  have often been conducted and advertised in such a manner as to
  mislead and defraud the public and otherwise to result in  harm  to  the
  public  interest.  Such fraud and imposition on the public has included,
  by way  of  partial  enumeration  only:  the  misrepresentation  of  the
  condition  or  necessity  which  is  the  occasion  of  such  sale;  the
  misrepresentation of the identity of the person  conducting  such  sale,
  and  the  name  and  style  in  which  such sale is to be conducted; the
  misrepresentation that the goods offered at such  sale  are  selling  at
  sacrifice prices; the misrepresentation that the operator of the sale is
  selling merchandise on hand at the time when the necessity, which is the
  occasion  of such sale, arose, when in fact he is replenishing his stock
  with additional merchandise both prior to the  commencement  and  during
  the  conduct  of  such  sale  so  as to foist upon the public such added
  merchandise as though it were  part  of  the  original  stock;  and  the
  excessive  valuation  and misrepresentation of the quality, former price
  and ownership of the goods to be sold at such sale. In order to  prevent
  such  fraud  and imposition, the public interest requires the regulation
  of such sales and the duration  and  conduct  thereof;  and  the  public
  interest,  therefore  requires  that  no  such  sale should be conducted
  without a license or otherwise than in accordance with this article.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 29-F - Going Out of Business Sales › 582 - Unlawful Advertisement.

§  582. Unlawful advertisement. It shall be unlawful for any person to
  advertise or hold out by any means that the sale of any goods, wares  or
  merchandise  to  the  public  is  a "closing out sale," "a sale of goods
  damaged by fire, smoke or water," or a "defunct business sale," unless a
  license is first obtained to conduct such  a  sale  from  the  licensing
  authority of the appropriate city, town or village in which such sale is
  to be held.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 29-F - Going Out of Business Sales › 584 - Exceptions.

§  584.  Exceptions. The provisions of this article shall not apply to
any  sale  advertised  as  an  "alteration  sale,"  "remodeling   sale,"
"clearance sale," "surplus stock liquidation sale," "floor sample sale,"
"inventory  reduction  sale,"  "special  purchase  sale,"  or  any other
advertising or designation by any other expression  or  characterization
similar  to  any  of  the foregoing giving notice to the public that the
sale will not precede the abandonment of a business location, nor  shall
this article apply to the following persons:
(a)  Persons  acting  pursuant  to  an  order or process of a court of
competent jurisdiction;
(b) Persons who are required to file an accounting  with  a  court  of
competent jurisdiction;
(c)  Persons  acting  in  accordance  with  their powers and duties as
public officers;
(d) Any publisher  or  employee  of  a  newspaper,  magazine,  or  any
operator  or employee of a radio or television broadcasting station, who
publishes or broadcasts any such advertisement  in  good  faith  without
knowledge  of  its false, deceptive and misleading character, or without
knowledge that the provisions of this article  have  not  been  complied
with;
(e) Any duly licensed auctioneer, selling at auction;
(f)   Any   insurance   corporation,   or  any  association,  firm  or
corporation, the controlling interest in which is owned by any insurance
corporation or corporations, which, pursuant to the terms of a policy or
policies of insurance, acquires title in  or  to  any  goods,  wares  or
merchandise  damaged  by  fire,  smoke,  water  or  otherwise, and which
advertises and sells such goods, wares and merchandise as salvage.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 29-F - Going Out of Business Sales › 585 - Branch Stores and Warehouses.

§  585.  Branch  stores and warehouses. If the applicant for a license
  hereunder owns, conducts or operates more than one store, or a warehouse
  in connection with such store or stores, the license issued  will  apply
  only to the one store or warehouse for which it was issued, and no other
  store, branch or warehouse may advertise or represent in any way that it
  is  cooperating  with  or participating in any way in the licensed sale,
  nor shall a store licensed  pursuant  to  this  article  or  any  person
  advertise  or represent that any other store or warehouse is cooperating
  with or participating in the licensed sale. The licensed sale  conducted
  by  any store of a chain or group of stores shall be conducted solely at
  the location of the store for which the license was issued and no goods,
  wares or merchandise shall be brought from any other store and placed on
  sale at the store licensed pursuant to this article.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 29-F - Going Out of Business Sales › 586 - Substitution, Addition and Commingling of Goods; License Void; Certain Purchases Prohibited.

§  586. Substitution, addition and commingling of goods; license void;
certain purchases prohibited. (a) Any substitution for  or  addition  to
goods  described  in an inventory filed pursuant to this article, or any
change in the time or place of a sale conducted pursuant thereto,  shall
be  unlawful and any license issued for such sale shall thereupon become
void.
(b) Where an applicant, conducting a sale licensed under this article,
also conducts a business of selling other goods,  wares  or  merchandise
not  included  in the inventory accompanying the application, the goods,
wares and merchandise to be sold at  such  sale  shall  be  clearly  and
distinctly  segregated, marked or identified, and advertised, if at all,
so that, both on display and  in  advertising,  such  goods,  wares  and
merchandise  may  be  readily  distinguished from other goods, wares and
merchandise and their identity readily ascertained. Any  commingling  of
such   goods,   wares  and  merchandise  with  other  goods,  wares  and
merchandise of the licensee in such a manner as to cause  them  to  lose
their  separate  identity, either on display or in advertising, shall be
unlawful and any license issued pursuant for such sale  shall  thereupon
become void.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 29-F - Going Out of Business Sales › 588 - Appeal From Denial or Revocation of License.

§  588. Appeal from denial or revocation of license. Any applicant for
  a license who is aggrieved by the denial or revocation of a license  may
  apply  to  the supreme court in the judicial district in which the place
  of the proposed  sale  is  located  for  a  review  of  such  denial  or
  revocation  by  a  proceeding  under  article seventy-eight of the civil
  practice law and rules.  Such  proceeding  shall  be  instituted  within
  thirty days of the date of the receipt of such denial or revocation.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 29-F - Going Out of Business Sales › 589 - Copy of Application; Inventory and License to Be Posted; License to Be Referred to in Advertisements.

§  589.  Copy  of  application;  inventory  and  license to be posted;
  license to be referred to in advertisements. A copy of  the  application
  for  a  license  to  conduct  a  sale  under this article, including the
  inventory filed therewith, shall be posted in a conspicuous place in the
  sales room or place where the inventoried goods,  wares  or  merchandise
  are to be sold, so that the public may be informed of the facts relating
  to  such  goods,  wares  and  merchandise  before  purchasing  them. Any
  advertisement or announcement published  in  connection  with  the  sale
  shall conspicuously show on its face the number of the license, the date
  of its expiration, and if applicable, the location where the business is
  to be resumed.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.