§ 239. Definitions. As used in this article the term: 1. “Appraiser” shall mean any person or persons, firm, partnership, corporation or association or any officer, director, employee or agent thereof who purports to ascertain and state the true value of property. 2. “Property” shall mean jewelry, watches, and objects made from or containing precious […]
§ 239-a. Certain appraisals; penalty. Any appraiser who knowingly gives a written appraisal of property with intent to defraud, deceive, or injure another person, firm, partnership, corporation, or association or any officer, director, employee, or agent thereof shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
§ 239-b. Action to restrain and prevent. The attorney-general may bring an action in the name and in behalf of the people of the state against any appraiser, to restrain and prevent a violation of this article, wherever the same may have been made.
§ 239-c. Civil liability. Any person, firm, partnership, corporation, association or officer, director, employee, or agent thereof sustaining damages by reason of a knowingly misleading, deceptive or fraudulent appraisal may bring a civil action for actual damages together with costs, reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements or an action to restrain an appraiser from violating the […]
