Title GBS, General Business

§ 599-b. Certificate of approval. Any person, firm, association or\ncorporation desiring a certificate of approval of any traffic control\ndevice not conforming to the current manual and specifications for a\nuniform system of traffic-control devices shall submit to the departme…

§ 599-c. Penalties. A violation of the provisions of section five\nhundred ninety-nine-a of this chapter shall be punishable by a fine of\nnot less than one hundred dollars and not to exceed one thousand\ndollars.\n

§ 599-d. Application of article. This article shall not apply to the\nsale, lease or offer for sale or hire to a city having a population in\nexcess of one million.\n

§ 599-e. Rules and regulations. The commissioner of transportation\nshall have the power to establish such rules and regulations to carry\ninto effect the provisions of this article as he may deem necessary, and\nto modify or amend such rules and regulations from time to time.\n…

§ 6. Persons observing another day as a Sabbath. It is a sufficient\ndefense to a prosecution for work or labor on the first day of the week\nthat the defendant uniformly keeps another day of the week as holy time,\nand does not labor on that day, and that the labor complained o…

§ 60. Definitions. As used in this article:\n 1. "Junk metal" means any product made of steel, copper, copper alloy,\nbrass, aluminum, or aluminum alloy that is readily used or useable by a\npublic utility, railroad, county, city or state highway department,\npublic or private s…

§ 60-a. Licenses. It shall be unlawful for any person, association,\npartnership or corporation to engage in the business of buying or\nselling old metal, which business is herein designated junk business,\nand which person, association, partnership or corporation is herein\ndes…

§ 600. Definitions. As used in this article, unless the context or\nsubject matter otherwise requires:\n 1. "Consumer claim" means any obligation of a natural person for the\npayment of money or its equivalent which is or is alleged to be in\ndefault and which arises out of a tr…

§ 601. Prohibited practices. No principal creditor, as defined by this\narticle, or his agent shall:\n 1. Simulate in any manner a law enforcement officer, or a\nrepresentative of any governmental agency of the state of New York or\nany of its political subdivisions; or\n 2. Kno…

§ 601-a. Disclosure by principal creditors and/or debt collection\nagencies. No principal creditors and/or debt collection agencies shall\nmake any representation that a person is required to pay the debt of a\nfamily member in a way that contravenes with the Fair Debt Collectio…

§ 601-b. Large print notices. 1. Each and every principal creditor or\ndebt collector shall, in each initial communication, clearly and\nconspicuously disclose to the debtor that each communication can be\nprovided in an alternative, reasonably accommodatable, format. Such\ndisc…

§ 602. Violations and penalties. 1. Except as otherwise provided by\nlaw, any person who violates the terms of section six hundred one of\nthis article is guilty of a misdemeanor, and each such violation shall\nbe deemed a separate offense. A violation by any person of section s…

§ 603. Severability. If any provision of this article or the\napplication thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid the\ninvalidity thereof shall not affect other provisions or applications of\nthe article which can be given effect without the invalid provision or\n…

§ 604. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall\nhave the following meanings:\n 1. "Consumer claim" means any obligation of a natural person for the\npayment of money or its equivalent which is or is alleged to be in\ndefault and which arises out of a tran…

§ 604-a. Prohibited practices. 1. Upon receipt from a debtor of the\nfollowing, a principal creditor shall cease collection activities until\ncompletion of the review provided in subdivision five of this section:\n (a) a copy of a valid police report filed by the debtor alleging…

§ 604-aa. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms\nshall have the following meanings:\n 1. "Action" means any civil judicial proceeding as defined in section\none hundred five of the civil practice law and rules.\n 2. "Adequate documentation of coerced debt" me…

§ 604-b. Penalties. (a) Whenever there shall be a violation of this\narticle, an application may be made by the attorney general in the name\nof the people of the state of New York to a court or justice having\njurisdiction by a special proceeding to issue an injunction, and upo…

§ 604-bb. Notice of coerced debt. 1. Within ten business days of\nreceipt of the following, a creditor shall cease collection activities\nuntil completion of the review under subdivision three of this section:\n (a) adequate documentation of coerced debt; and\n (b) the debtor's …

§ 604-cc. Coerced debt cause of action and affirmative defense. 1. A\ndebtor shall have a cause of action against a creditor in any court\nhaving jurisdiction to issue a declaratory judgment establishing that a\ndebt or portion of a debt asserted to be owed to such creditor is a…

§ 604-dd. Application to secured debt. 1. Except with respect to\nsection six hundred four-ee of this article, this article shall not\napply to debts secured by real property.\n 2. Section six hundred four-bb of this article and the cause of action\nauthorized by subdivision one…

§ 604-ee. Right of action against person who causes another to incur\ncoerced debt. A person shall not cause another person to incur a coerced\ndebt. 1. A person who causes another person to incur a coerced debt in\nviolation of this section shall be civilly liable to the credit…

§ 604-ff. Attorney general enforcement. Whenever there shall be a\nviolation of this article, an application may be made by the attorney\ngeneral in the name of the people of the state of New York to a court or\njustice having jurisdiction to issue an injunction, and upon notice…

§ 604-gg. Scope. 1. The provisions of this article shall apply only to\na creditor to whom a debt is owed, due, or asserted to be due or owed,\nwhere such debt is asserted to be coerced debt.\n 2. The provisions of this article shall not be construed to impose any\nduty or liabi…

§ 605. Short title. This article should be known and may be cited as\nthe "truth-in-storage" act.\n

§ 606. Definitions. Whenever used in this article:\n (a) Warehouseman means a person engaged in the business of storing\ngoods for hire.\n (b) Storage of household goods means goods stored by a consumer bailor\nwhich are used or bought for use primarily for personal, family or\n…

§ 607. Required disclosures. 1. No warehouseman shall accept household\ngoods for storage from a consumer bailor unless prior to accepting the\ngoods, the consumer bailor is furnished with a written storage agreement\nwhich shall be dated and signed by the consumer bailor and th…

§ 607-a. Storage of furs. In addition to any other provision of this\narticle, a fur storage operator shall be subject to the following:\n 1. If there is any statement of limitation in damages in an agreement\nfor the storage of furs, such agreement shall contain on its face\nim…

§ 608. Unlawful detention of goods. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions\nof section 7-209 of the uniform commercial code, no warehouseman shall\nhave a lien on any household goods stored by him in a particular case\nwhere the charges demanded for storage are in excess of the charg…

§ 609. Private right of action. 1. Any consumer bailor damaged by an\nunlawful detention of his goods or any other violation of this article\nmay bring an action for recovery of damages and the return of his goods.\nJudgment may be entered in an amount not to exceed three times …

§ 61. Persons not entitled to license. No person, association,\npartnership or corporation shall be entitled to or receive such license\nwho or which, and in case of a partnership or association any member of\nwhich, has been since January first, nineteen hundred and three, or w…

§ 610. Violation and penalties. Whenever there shall be a violation of\nthis article, an application may be made by the attorney general in the\nname of the people of the state of New York to a court or justice having\njurisdiction by a special proceeding to issue an injunction,…

§ 611. Definitions. As used in this article:\n 1. "Film" means any videotape, video cassette or other reproduction of\na motion picture, concert, musical production or other video event.\n 1-a. "Video game" means electronic or computerized game software that\nusers manipulate th…

§ 612. Sale and rental of video games and films. 1. No person,\npartnership or corporation shall sell or rent at retail or attempt to\nsell or rent at retail a video game or film unless a video game rating\nor the rating of the motion picture from which the film was copied is\nc…

§ 616. Definitions. Whenever used in this article, unless the context\nclearly requires otherwise, the following words or terms shall have the\nfollowing meanings:\n 1. "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, association\nor other legal entity.\n 2. "Motor vehicl…

§ 617. Express written warranty required; contents. 1. (a) An initial\nseller shall provide the consumer with an express written warranty which\ncomplies with the following requirements: the parts are warranted to be\nfit for the ordinary purposes for which such parts are used d…

§ 618. Additional remedies of consumers. Nothing in this article shall\nin any way contravene or limit the rights, remedies or privileges which\nare otherwise available to a consumer under any other law.\n

§ 619. Prohibition against waiver of rights. Waiver of any rights by\nthe consumer under this article shall be deemed contrary to public\npolicy and shall be unenforceable and void.\n

§ 62. Statement required from persons selling certain property. On\npurchasing any pig or pigs of metal, bronze or brass castings or parts\nthereof, sprues or gates or parts thereof, copper wire or brass car\njournals, or metal beer kegs, such junk dealer shall cause to be\nsubs…

§ 620. Legislative intent. 1. The legislature finds that there exists\nin connection with a number of contracts for health club services, sales\npractices and business and financing methods which may have resulted in\ndeception and financial hardship upon the people of this stat…

§ 621. Definitions. 1. "Contract for services." As used in this\narticle, a contract for services means a contract for consumer services\nfor instruction, training or assistance in bodybuilding, exercising,\nweight reducing, figure development, the martial arts to include, judo,…

§ 622. Escrow required. All moneys received by a seller pursuant to a\ncontract for services for use by a buyer of a health club prior to the\nfull operation of such health club shall be placed in escrow.\n 1. Such funds shall be kept and maintained in an account separate and\na…

§ 622-a. Bond, letter of credit or certificate of deposit required. 1.\nEvery health club, except as provided in subdivision ten of this\nsection, before it enters into any contract for services for use by a\nbuyer of a health club, shall file and at all times maintain with the\…

§ 623. Contract restrictions. 1. No contract for services shall\nrequire payment by the person receiving service or the use of the\nfacilities of a total amount in excess of three thousand six hundred\ndollars per annum, provided, however, that this subdivision shall not\napply …

§ 624. Rights of cancellation of contracts for services. 1. Every\ncontract for services at a planned health club or a health club under\nconstruction shall, at the option of the buyer, be voidable in the event\nthat the health club and the services to be provided pursuant to su…

§ 625. Assignment of contracts for services. 1. No assignee who takes\na note or other obligation as consideration for a contract containing\nthe disclosure requirements of section six hundred twenty-four of this\narticle shall fail to honor the consumer's right of cancellation …

§ 626. Deceptive acts prohibited. It is hereby declared to be an\nunfair and deceptive trade practice and unlawful for a seller to:\n 1. Misrepresent directly or indirectly in its advertising, promotional\nmaterials, or in any manner the size, location, facilities or equipment\n…

§ 627. Contracts void and unenforceable. 1. Any contract for services\nwhich does not comply with the applicable provisions of this article\nshall be void and unenforceable as contrary to public policy.\n 2. Any waiver by the buyer of the provisions of this article shall be\ndee…

§ 627-a. Automated external defibrillator requirements. 1. Every\nhealth club as defined under paragraph b of subdivision one of section\nthree thousand-d of the public health law whose membership is fifty\npersons or more shall have available on the premises in a manner that\np…

§ 628. Private right of action. 1. Any buyer damaged by a violation of\nthis article may bring an action for recovery of damages. Judgment may\nbe entered in an amount not to exceed three times the actual damages\nplus reasonable attorney fees.\n 2. Nothing in this article shall…

§ 629. Violations. 1. Any seller or his assignees who violate any\nprovision of this article, or who shall counsel, aid or abet such\nviolation shall be liable for a civil fine of not more than twenty-five\nhundred dollars for each violation. The provisions of this article are\n…