O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 10-1-425 (2019)

Misrepresenting ownership in advertising liquidation, auction, or going-out-of-business sale prohibited

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It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, association, or corporation to misrepresent the true ownership of a business for the purpose of carrying on a liquidation sale, auction sale, or other sale which represents that the firm is going out of business; and any person, firm, association, or corporation which advertises in any manner whatever a liquidation sale, auction sale, or going-out-of-business sale shall clearly state the true name and permanent address of the actual owner or owners of such business in any and all such advertising.

History

Ga. L. 1962, p. 129, § 2.

SELLING/OTHER TRADE PRACTICES

Annotations

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. 3 Am. Jur. 2d, Advertising, § 9 et seq. C.J.S. 87 C.J.S., Trade-Marks, Trade-Names, and Unfair Competition, § 108 et seq.

ALR. Regulations affecting auctions or auctioneers, 39 A.L.R. 773; 111 A.L.R. 473.