Section 6-14-1. – “Person” defined.

§ 6-14-1. “Person” defined. As used in this chapter, “person” includes individuals, partnerships, voluntary associations, and corporations. History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3762, § 11; G.L. 1956, § 6-14-1.

Section 6-14-10. – Additions during sale.

§ 6-14-10. Additions during sale. No person carrying on or conducting a “closing-out sale”; “going-out-of-business sale”; “discontinuance-of-business sale”; “selling out”; “liquidation”; “lost our lease”; “must vacate”; “forced out”; “removal”; or a sale of other designation of like meaning; or a sale of goods, wares, and merchandise damaged by fire, smoke, water, or otherwise, under a […]

Section 6-14-11. – Continuance of business after expiration of license.

§ 6-14-11. Continuance of business after expiration of license. Any person who, under the provisions of this chapter, conducts a “closing-out sale”; “going-out-of-business sale”; “discontinuance-of-business sale”; “selling out”; “liquidation”; “lost our lease”; “must vacate”; “forced out”; “removal”; or a sale of other designation of like meaning; or a sale of goods, wares, and merchandise damaged […]

Section 6-14-11.1. – Purchase of stock or inventory following a sale.

§ 6-14-11.1. Purchase of stock or inventory following a sale. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person who purchases from another the remaining stock or inventory or a portion of the stock or inventory remaining from a “closing-out sale”; “going-out-of-business sale”; “discontinuance-of-business sale”; “selling out”; “liquidation”; “lost our lease”; “must vacate”; “forced out”; “removal”; […]

Section 6-14-12. – Unlicensed sales.

§ 6-14-12. Unlicensed sales. Any person who shall advertise, represent, or hold out for sale a stock of goods, wares, and merchandise under the description of “closing-out sale”; “going-out-of-business sale”; “discontinuance-of-business sale”; “selling out”; “liquidation”; “lost our lease”; “must vacate”; “forced out”; “removal”; or other designation of like meaning; or a sale of goods, wares, […]

Section 6-14-13. – Penalty for violations generally.

§ 6-14-13. Penalty for violations generally. Any person who shall hold, conduct, or carry on any sale of goods, wares, or merchandise under the description of “closing-out sale”; “going-out-of-business sale”; “discontinuance-of-business sale”; “selling out”; “liquidation”; “lost our lease”; “must vacate”; “forced out”; “removal”; or other designation of like meaning; or a sale of goods, wares, […]

Section 6-14-14. – Enforcement in equity.

§ 6-14-14. Enforcement in equity. Upon complaint of any person, the superior court shall have jurisdiction in equity to restrain and enjoin any act forbidden or declared illegal by any provisions of §§ 6-14-3 — 6-14-13. In addition the court may award the complainant reasonable attorneys’ fees and may impose a civil penalty of one […]

Section 6-14-15. – Exemption of public officers and acts under judicial authority.

§ 6-14-15. Exemption of public officers and acts under judicial authority. The provisions of this chapter with the exception of §§ 6-14-9 and 6-14-10 shall not apply to sheriffs, constables, or other public or court officers, or to any other person or persons acting under the license, direction, or authority of any court, state or […]

Section 6-14-16. – Failure to comply.

§ 6-14-16. Failure to comply. Failure to comply with the provisions of this chapter shall constitute an unfair method of competition and an unfair or deceptive act or practice under chapter 13.1 of this title, entitled “Deceptive Trade Practices”, and the penalties and remedies provided in that chapter shall apply against any individual, corporation, or […]

Section 6-14-2. – Repealed.

§ 6-14-2. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3762, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 6-14-2; Repealed by P.L. 1966, ch. 137, § 2.

Section 6-14-3. – License required for sale.

§ 6-14-3. License required for sale. No person shall offer for sale a stock of goods, wares, and merchandise under the description of “closing-out sale”; “going-out-of-business sale”; “discontinuance-of-business sale”; “selling-out”; “liquidation”; “lost our lease”; “must vacate”; “forced out”; “removal”; or other designation of like meaning, or a sale of goods, wares, and merchandise damaged by […]

Section 6-14-4. – Application for license.

§ 6-14-4. Application for license. The applicant for a license shall make an application to the clerk, in writing and under oath, at least fourteen (14) days prior to the opening date of the sale, showing all the facts in regard to the “closing out sale”; “going-out-of-business sale”; “discontinuance-of-business sale”; “selling out”; “liquidation”; “lost our […]

Section 6-14-5. – False statements as perjury.

§ 6-14-5. False statements as perjury. Any person making a false statement in the application provided for in § 6-14-4 shall, upon conviction, be deemed guilty of perjury. History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3762, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 6-14-5.

Section 6-14-6. – Issuance of license — Bond — Change of ownership.

§ 6-14-6. Issuance of license — Bond — Change of ownership. If the clerk shall be satisfied from the application that the proposed sale is of the character that the applicant desires to conduct and advertise, the clerk shall issue a license, upon the payment of the fee of one hundred dollars ($100), together with […]

Section 6-14-7. – Record of license application.

§ 6-14-7. Record of license application. Every city or town clerk to whom application is made as provided for in § 6-14-4 shall endorse upon the application the date of its filing; shall preserve the application as a record of this office; and shall make an abstract of the facts stated in the application in […]

Section 6-14-8. – Acts authorized by license.

§ 6-14-8. Acts authorized by license. The license as provided for in §§ 6-14-3 — 6-14-6 shall be valid only for a sale of the goods, wares, and merchandise inventoried and described in the application for the license, in the manner and at the time and place mentioned and presented in the application, and any […]

Section 6-14-9. – Additions to stock in contemplation of sale.

§ 6-14-9. Additions to stock in contemplation of sale. No person, in contemplation of conducting a “closing-out-sale”; “going-out-of-business sale”; “discontinuance-of-business sale”; “selling out”; “liquidation”; “lost our lease”; “must vacate”; “forced out”; “removal”; or a sale of other designation of like meaning; or a sale of goods, wares, and merchandise damaged by fire, smoke, water, or […]