Title 42 — Title 42: Business, Selling, Trading and Collection Practices

Sec. 42-103zz. Costs of delinquent assessment collection. Notice to purchaser. Notwithstanding any provision of section 42-103yy or 36a-805, any costs of collection, including reasonable collection agency fees and reasonable attorney's fees incurred in the collection of a delinqu…

Secs. 42-104 to 42-110. Fair Trade Act. Sections 42-104 to 42-110, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 6708–6714; 1971, P.A. 596; P.A. 75-31.)

Sec. 42-110a. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Consumer Protection; (2) “Documentary material” means the original or a copy of a book, record, report, memorandum, paper, communication, tabulation, map, chart, photograph, mechanica…

Sec. 42-110aa. Refund and exchange policies, generally. (a) Disclosure of refund or exchange policy. (1) Any person engaged in trade or commerce in this state shall disclose such person's refund or exchange policy, including whether or not such person, as a matter of policy, prov…

Sec. 42-110b. Unfair trade practices prohibited. Legislative intent. (a) No person shall engage in unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices in the conduct of any trade or commerce. (b) It is the intent of the legislature that in construing subsectio…

Secs. 42-110bb to 42-110kk. Reserved for future use.

Sec. 42-110c. Exceptions. (a) Nothing in this chapter shall apply to: (1) Transactions or actions otherwise permitted under law as administered by any regulatory board or officer acting under statutory authority of the state or of the United States; or (2) acts done by the publis…

Sec. 42-110d. Investigation. Hearing. Orders. Enforcement. Disclosure of information. (a) For the purposes of this chapter the commissioner shall have the power to order an investigation and examination to be made. In addition to other powers conferred upon the commissioner by th…

Sec. 42-110e. Appeals. Any person required by an order of the commissioner to cease and desist from using any method, act or practice declared unlawful by section 42-110b or to make restitution may appeal therefrom in accordance with the provisions of section 4-183. Appeals under…

Sec. 42-110f. Powers of receiver. Restitution. Judicial supervision. When a receiver is appointed by the court pursuant to this chapter, he shall have the power to sue for, collect, receive and take into his possession all the goods and chattels, rights and credits, moneys and ef…

Sec. 42-110g. Action for damages. Class actions. Costs and fees. Equitable relief. Jury trial. (a) Any person who suffers any ascertainable loss of money or property, real or personal, as a result of the use or employment of a method, act or practice prohibited by section 42-110b…

Sec. 42-110h. Class actions. As soon as practicable after the commencement of an action brought as a class action, the court shall determine by order whether it is to be so maintained. An order under this section may be conditional, and it may be amended before decision on the me…

Sec. 42-110i. Settlement of class actions. Section 42-110i is repealed. (P.A. 73-615, S. 9, 16; P.A. 75-618, S. 6, 11; P.A. 76-435, S. 60, 82; P.A. 79-210, S. 2; P.A. 84-468, S. 9, 10.)

Sec. 42-110j. Voluntary compliance. In the administration of this chapter, the commissioner may accept an assurance of voluntary compliance with respect to any method, act or practice deemed in violation of this chapter from any person alleged to be engaged or to have been engage…

Sec. 42-110k. Commissioner's enforcement powers. Court orders. If any person fails or refuses to file any statement or report, or obey any subpoena or investigative demand issued by the commissioner or his authorized representatives, the commissioner may, after notice, apply to t…

Sec. 42-110l. Assistance by court prosecutors. The various state's attorneys and prosecuting attorneys shall lend to the commissioner or Attorney General such assistance as either may request in the commencement and prosecution of actions pursuant to this chapter. (P.A. 73-615, S…

Sec. 42-110ll. Disclosure of retail discounts offered to senior citizens. Penalty. Any person, firm or corporation who offers goods or services to the public at retail and who offers a discount to senior citizens shall disclose the qualifying age and the percentage or dollar amou…

Sec. 42-110m. Restraining orders or injunctions. Relief. (a) Whenever the commissioner has reason to believe that any person has been engaged or is engaged in an alleged violation of any provision of this chapter said commissioner may proceed as provided in sections 42-110d and 4…

Sec. 42-110n. Consent orders. (a) In the administration of this chapter, the commissioner, any time after the issuance of a complaint provided for in subsection (d) of section 42-110d, may accept an agreement by any person charged with violating the provisions of section 42-110b …

Sec. 42-110o. Civil penalties. (a) Any person who violates the terms of a temporary restraining order or an injunction issued under subsection (d) of section 42-110d or subsection (a) of section 42-110m shall forfeit and pay to the state a civil penalty of not more than twenty-fi…

Sec. 42-110p. Dissolution, suspension or forfeiture of corporate franchise for violation of injunction. Upon petition by the Attorney General, the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford may, in its discretion, order the dissolution or suspension or forfeiture of the…

Sec. 42-110q. Service contract agreements. Fee disclosure required. (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Service contractor” means a person engaged in the business of repairing, overhauling, adjusting, assembling or disassembling consumer goods; (2) “person” means a natural…

Sec. 42-110r. Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter: (a) “Repairer” means any person engaged in the business of repairing, overhauling, adjusting, assembling or disassembling consumer goods; (b) “Person” means a natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trus…

Sec. 42-110s. Written estimates. Upon request of a customer, a repairer shall make an estimate in writing of the parts and labor charges necessary for a specific job and shall not charge for work done or parts supplied in excess of the estimate without the consent of such custome…

Sec. 42-110t. Invoices to show separate charges, used parts, component systems. Replaced parts to be available to customer. All work done by a repairer for which a separate charge is imposed upon a customer for such work, except for work represented by a charge to the customer in…

Sec. 42-110u. Signs to be posted advising customer of rights. A repairer shall post a sign twenty-four inches by twenty-six inches in a conspicuous area upon the premises in boldface type, or in such place or places and in such type and size as the Commissioner of Consumer Protec…

Sec. 42-110v. Violations of sections 42-110r to 42-110w. A violation of any provision of sections 42-110r to 42-110w, inclusive, is a violation of section 42-110b and such violation shall be subject to all of the provisions of chapter 735a notwithstanding the provisions of subdiv…

Sec. 42-110w. Warranties on receiving equipment, reimbursement for costs. Service information and replacement parts. Schematics and pictorials. (a) Any manufacturer who makes an express warranty, as that term is defined in section 42a-2-313, in a sale of receiving equipment, as d…

Secs. 42-110x to 42-110z. Reserved for future use.

Secs. 42-111 to 42-115d. Unfair or deceptive trade practices, generally. Sections 42-111 to 42-115d, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 6715–6717, 8703; 1955, S. 2869d, 2870d; 2871d; 1958 Rev., S. 53-365; 1959, P.A. 284, S. 1–4; 465; 1961, P.A. 308; 1963, P.A. 433; 466, S. 1…

Sec. 42-115e. Injunction. (a) A person likely to be damaged by a deceptive trade practice of another may be granted an injunction enjoining such practice under the principles of equity and on terms that the court considers reasonable. Proof of monetary damage, loss of profits, co…

Sec. 42-115f. Exceptions. Section 42-115f is repealed. (February, 1965, P.A. 350, S. 4; P.A. 73-615, S. 15, 16.)

Sec. 42-115g. Sales of commodities in package form. Definitions. As used in sections 42-115g to 42-115q, inclusive, “commodity in package form” means a commodity put up or packaged in any manner in advance of sale in units suitable for either wholesale or retail sale, exclusive o…

Sec. 42-115h. Inspection of packaged commodities. Off-sale orders. The commissioner shall, from time to time, weigh or measure and inspect packages or amounts of commodities kept, offered or exposed for sale, sold or in the process of delivery to determine whether the same contai…

Sec. 42-115i. Stop-use, stop-removal and removal orders. The commissioner may issue stop-use orders, stop-removal orders and removal orders with respect to packages or amounts of commodities kept, offered or exposed for sale, sold or in process of delivery, whenever in the course…

Sec. 42-115j. Sale of commodities to be by liquid measure, weight, length, area or count. Exceptions. Commodities in liquid form shall be sold only by liquid measure or by weight, and, except as otherwise provided in sections 42-115g to 42-115q, inclusive, commodities not in liqu…

Sec. 42-115k. Labeling of commodity package. Except as otherwise provided in sections 42-115g to 42-115q, inclusive, any commodity in package form introduced or delivered for introduction into or received in intrastate commerce, kept for the purpose of sale, or offered or exposed…

Sec. 42-115l. Label to show price per unit. In addition to the declarations required by section 42-115k, any commodity in package form, the package being one of a lot containing random weights, measures or counts of the same commodity and bearing the total selling price of the pa…

Sec. 42-115m. Wrapper or container not to mislead purchaser. Guarantee. Regulations. (a) No commodity in package form shall be so wrapped, nor shall it be in a container so made, formed or filled, as to mislead the purchaser as to the quantity or the quality of the contents of th…

Sec. 42-115n. Advertisement of price to show quantity. Whenever a commodity in package form is advertised in any manner and the retail price of the package is stated in the advertisement, there shall be closely and conspicuously associated with such statement of price a declarati…

Sec. 42-115o. Net weight to be used. Whenever any commodity is sold on the basis of weight, the net weight of the commodity shall be employed, and all contracts concerning commodities shall be so construed. (1967, P.A. 804, S. 9.) Cited. 158 C. 543.

Sec. 42-115p. Price not to be misrepresented or misleading. Whenever any commodity or service is sold, or is offered, exposed or advertised for sale, by weight, measure or count, the price shall not be misrepresented, nor shall the price be represented in any manner calculated or…

Sec. 42-115q. Injunctions against violations. The commissioner may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for, and such court upon hearing and for cause shown may grant, a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating any provision of sections 42-1…

Sec. 42-115r. Alteration of tire by addition of white or colored stripe. No person, firm, corporation or partnership shall sell, offer for sale, advertise, or represent as a new tire, a tire which has been altered or reprocessed by the addition of a white or colored stripe to the…

Sec. 42-115s. Advertising of artificial Christmas trees for sale. Whenever artificial Christmas trees are advertised for sale in a newspaper, magazine or other publication or in the form of a book, notice, circular, pamphlet, letter, handbill, poster, bill, sign, placard, card, l…

Sec. 42-115t. Cash register read-outs to be visible to consumer. Violations. Enforcement. (a) No person, partnership, association or corporation shall use in the ordinary course of business any cash register or machine or device of similar function which does not produce a read-o…

Sec. 42-115u. Violations. (a) Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a class C misdemeanor. (b) A violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed an unfair or deceptive practice under section 42-110b. (c) The Commissioner of Co…

Sec. 42-116. Prohibited practices. (a) As used in this section, (1) “industry member” means any person, firm, corporation or organization engaged in the business of taking and selling photographs which are industry products and (2) “industry products” means photographs of human b…

Secs. 42-116a to 42-116j. Reserved for future use.

Sec. 42-116aa. Performing and recording groups. Deceptive promotion of imposter groups. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Performing group” means a vocal or instrumental group seeking to use the name of another vocal or instrumental group that has previously released a commercial…