Section 22-3226.07 - Deceptive acts and practices prohibited

Deceptive acts and practices prohibited

(a) It is a deceptive telemarketing act or practice for any seller or telephone solicitor to misrepresent any of the following material information:

(1) The total purchase cost to the consumer of the goods or services to be received;

(2) The true name of the telephone solicitor; or

(3) Material aspects of the quality or basic characteristics of the goods or services purchased.

(b) It is a deceptive telemarketing act or practice for any seller or telephone solicitor to misrepresent any material fact regarding the goods or services purchased that has a tendency to mislead.

(c) No person shall commit a deceptive telemarketing act or practice.

CREDIT(S)

(Dec. 1, 1982, D.C. Law 4-164, § 126g, as added June 8, 2001, D.C. Law 13-301, § 102, 47 DCR 7039.)

HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES

Legislative History of Laws
For Law 13-301, see notes following § 22-3226.01.

Current through September 13, 2012