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Home » US Law » 2022 Georgia Code » Title 10 - Commerce and Trade » Chapter 1 - Selling and Other Trade Practices » Article 15 - Deceptive or Unfair Practices » Part 4 - False Advertising » § 10-1-425. Misrepresenting Ownership in Advertising Liquidation, Auction, or Going-Out-of-Business Sale Prohibited

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.