Prohibited deceptive business practice

Act 164 of 2006, § 3, under FLORAL TRANSACTION AND CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT.

Act 164 of 2006, § 3

Section 3. Prohibited deceptive business practice.

It shall be considered a deceptive business practice and unlawful for a supplier to misrepresent its geographic location by listing a fictitious or assumed business name in a local telephone directory if all of the following apply:

(1) The listing fails to identify the locality and state

of the supplier's business.

(2) The calls to the local telephone number are

routinely forwarded or otherwise transferred to a supplier's

business location that is outside the calling area covered by

the local telephone directory.

(3) The supplier's business location is located in a

county that is not contiguous to a county in the calling area

covered by the local telephone directory.