Section 399-D:13-a Prohibitions.
I. It is unlawful for any person, in connection with the solicitation, offer, or implementation of a debt adjustment service, directly or indirectly:
(a) To employ any device, scheme, or artifice to defraud;
(b) To make any untrue statement of a material fact or to omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading; or
(c) To engage in any act, practice, or course of business which operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon any person.
II. It is unlawful for any person to make or cause to be made in any document filed under this chapter or in any proceeding under this chapter any statement which is, at the time and in the light of the circumstances under which it is made, false or misleading in any material respect or, in connection with such statement, to omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading.
III. Any condition, stipulation, or provision binding any person to waive compliance with any provision of this chapter or any rule or order under this chapter is void.
Source. 2008, 205:44, eff. Aug. 15, 2008.