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8-19-5
Section 8-19-5 Unlawful trade practices. The following deceptive acts or practices in the conduct
of any trade or commerce are hereby declared to be unlawful: (1) Passing off goods or services
as those of another, provided that this section shall not prohibit the private labeling of
goods or services. (2) Causing confusion or misunderstanding as to the source, sponsorship,
approval, or certification of goods or services. (3) Causing confusion or misunderstanding
as to the affiliation, connection, or association with, or certification by another, provided
that this section shall not prohibit the private labeling of goods or services. (4) Using
deceptive representations or designations of geographic origin in connection with goods or
services. (5) Representing that goods or services have sponsorship, approval, characteristics,
ingredients, uses, benefits, or qualities that they do not have or that a person has sponsorship,
approval, status, affiliation, or connection that he or she does...
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13A-9-71
Section 13A-9-71 Registration of charitable organizations, professional fund raisers, and commercial
co-venturers, and professional solicitors; notification of changes; exempt persons; annual
report; prohibition against fund raising by unregistered person; contracts between professional
fund raisers and commercial co-venturers; appointment of Secretary of State as agent for service
of process; use of name of charitable organization without consent; disclosure by solicitors;
violations and penalties; injunctive relief. (a) Every charitable organization, except those
granted an exemption in subsection (f), which is physically located in this state, intends
to solicit contributions in or from this state, or to have contributions solicited in this
state, on its behalf, by other charitable organizations, paid solicitors, or commercial co-venturers
in or from this state shall, prior to any solicitation, file a registration statement with
the Attorney General upon a form prescribed by the...
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34-1A-7
Section 34-1A-7 Licenses - Required. (a) Effective January 1, 1998, it shall be unlawful for
any person or business entity to engage in a business regulated by this chapter in this state
without a current valid license or in violation of this chapter and applicable rules and regulations
of the board. (b) Effective January 1, 1998, it shall be unlawful for a person or business
entity not licensed under this chapter to advertise or hold out to the public that he or she
is a licensee of the board. (c) Any person or business entity who violates this chapter or
any order, rule, or regulation of the board shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor, and
for each offense for which he or she is convicted shall be punished as provided by law. (d)
Effective January 1, 1998, it shall constitute a Class A misdemeanor to willfully or intentionally
do any of the following: (1) Obliterate the serial number on an alarm system for the purpose
of falsifying service reports. (2) Knowingly and deliberately...
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13A-8-1
Section 13A-8-1 Definitions. The following definitions are applicable in this article unless
the context otherwise requires: (1) DECEPTION occurs when a person knowingly: a. Creates or
confirms another's impression which is false and which the defendant does not believe to be
true; or b. Fails to correct a false impression which the defendant previously has created
or confirmed; or c. Fails to correct a false impression when the defendant is under a duty
to do so; or d. Prevents another from acquiring information pertinent to the disposition of
the property involved; or e. Sells or otherwise transfers or encumbers property, failing to
disclose a lien, adverse claim, or other legal impediment to the enjoyment of the property
when the defendant is under a duty to do so, whether that impediment is or is not valid, or
is not a matter of official record; or f. Promises performance which the defendant does not
intend to perform or knows will not be performed. Failure to perform, standing...
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32-8-87
Section 32-8-87 Dismantling, destroying, changing identity of vehicle; certificate requirements;
insurance claims; "total loss"; removal of identification numbers, plates, etc.;
transfer of salvage vehicles; inspections; "component parts"; rebuilt vehicles;
flood vehicles; online verifications. (a) Each owner of a motor vehicle and each person mentioned
as owner in the last certificate of title who scraps, dismantles, destroys, or changes the
motor vehicle in such a manner that it is not the same motor vehicle described in the certificate
of origin or certificate of title shall as soon as practicable cause the certificate of origin
or certificate of title, if any, and any other documents or information required by the department
to be mailed or delivered to the department for processing. The department shall, with the
consent of any holder of liens noted on the surrendered certificate, enter a cancellation
upon its records. Upon cancellation of a certificate of origin or certificate of...
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34-13-56
Section 34-13-56 Grounds for revocation, suspension, or refusal to issue or renew licenses,
etc.; hearing; fines. (a) The board may refuse to license any person or establishment for
violation of this chapter. If the board refuses to issue, grant, or renew a license based
on a violation of this chapter, including, but not limited to, violations listed in subsection
(c), the licensee or prospective licensee may request a public hearing before the board to
appeal the action of the board. The request for a public hearing shall be submitted to the
board in writing within 14 calendar days after the date of the refusal. Upon request, the
board shall provide the licensee or prospective licensee with 20 days' notice of the public
hearing by United States certified mail. The public hearing shall be conducted pursuant to
Section 34-13-26. (b) A public hearing conducted pursuant to Section 34-13-26 shall be provided
by the board to any licensee for whom the board is considering the probation,...
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11-45-9
Section 11-45-9 Penalties which may be imposed for violations of ordinances. (a) Municipal
ordinances may provide penalties of fines, imprisonment, hard labor, or one or more of such
penalties for violation of ordinances. (b) Except as otherwise provided in this section, no
fine shall exceed five hundred dollars ($500), and no sentence of imprisonment or hard labor
shall exceed six months. (c) In the enforcement of the penalties prescribed in Section 32-5A-191,
the fine shall not exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) and the sentence of imprisonment
or hard labor shall not exceed one year. (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
maximum fine for every person either convicted for violating any of the following misdemeanor
offenses adopted as a municipal ordinance violation or adjudicated as a youthful offender
shall be one thousand dollars ($1,000): (1) Criminal mischief in the second degree, Section
13A-7-22. (2) Criminal mischief in the third degree, Section 13A-7-23. (3)...
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27-17A-22
Section 27-17A-22 Violations and penalties. (a)(1) A person who knowingly receives payments
for a preneed contract without having a valid certificate of authority: a. Commits a Class
B felony, punishable as provided by law, as to each contract on which the payments collected
equal or exceed, in the aggregate, two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500). b. Commits
a Class C felony, punishable as provided by law, as to each contract on which the payments
collected are between, in the aggregate, five hundred dollars ($500) and two thousand five
hundred dollars ($2,500). c. Commits a Class A misdemeanor, punishable as provided by law,
as to each contract on which the payments collected do not exceed, in the aggregate, five
hundred dollars ($500). (2) In addition to the criminal penalty imposed under subdivision
(1), upon conviction of an offense under subdivision (1), a person may not thereafter obtain
a certificate of authority or register as a preneed sales agent. (b)(1) A person who...
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6-12A-6
Section 6-12A-6 Penalties; unlawful practices. (a) Revocation of stamping privileges and civil
penalty. In addition to or in lieu of any other civil or criminal remedy provided by law,
upon a determination that a wholesaler, distributor, or any person has violated subsection
(c) of Section 6-12A-3, or any regulation adopted pursuant thereto, the commissioner may revoke
or suspend the stamping privileges of any stamping agent in the manner provided by Section
40-2A-8. Each stamp affixed and each offer to sell cigarettes in violation of subsection (c)
of Section 6-12A-3 shall constitute a separate violation. For each violation thereof, the
commissioner may also impose a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed the greater of 500
percent of the retail value of the cigarettes sold or five thousand dollars ($5,000) upon
a determination of violation of subsection (c) of Section 6-12A-3 or any regulations adopted
pursuant thereto. (b) Contraband and seizure. Any cigarettes that have been...
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11-51-194
Section 11-51-194 Delivery license. (a)(1) Each municipality shall allow the purchase of a
delivery license by any business that has no other physical presence within the municipality
or its police jurisdiction for the privilege of delivering its merchandise therein. The amount
of the delivery license for the business shall not exceed one hundred dollars ($100). Nothing
herein shall prohibit a municipality from requiring by ordinance the purchase of a decal by
the taxpayer for each delivery vehicle making deliveries within the municipality or its police
jurisdiction. The charge for such decal shall not exceed the municipality's actual cost of
the decal. (2) Notwithstanding any other law, a municipality may charge a taxpayer an issuance
fee not to exceed ten dollars ($10) for a business delivery license. (b) As used in this section,
a delivery license shall mean a fixed rate business license issued by a municipality for the
limited privilege of delivering and requisite set-up and...
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