False Bidders, Etc., Prohibited

Ala. Code § 8-13-20, under Going Out of Business or Distress Merchandise Sales.

Ala. Code § 8-13-20

No person who is not a bona fide potential purchaser shall act at any going out of business sale or distress merchandise sale as bidder, or what is commonly known as a “capper,” “booster,” or “shiller,” or offer or make any false bid to buy any article sold or offered for sale at any going out of business sale or distress merchandise sale. (Acts 1965, No. 553, p. 1027, §19.)