New York General Business Law Article 28-C - IMMIGRANT ASSISTANCE SERVICES

• 460-a - Definitions and Applicability.
  For the purpose of this article the following terms shall have the following meanings: 1. "Immigrant assistance service" means providing assistance, for a fee or...
• 460-b - Immigrant Assistance Service Contracts.
  1. No immigrant assistance service shall be provided until the customer has executed a written contract with the immigrant assistant service provider. The contract shall...
• 460-c - Required Notices.
  1. Posting of signs. Every provider shall post signs, at every location where such provider meets with customers, setting forth information in English and in...
• 460-d - Prohibited Acts.
  No provider shall: 1. Give legal advice, or otherwise engage in the practice of law. 2. Assume, use or advertise the title of lawyer or...
• 460-e - Retention of Documents.
  A provider shall retain copies of all documents prepared or obtained in connection with a customer's request for assistance for a period of three years...
• 460-f - Surety Requirement.
  Every provider shall maintain in full force and effect for the entire period during which the provider provides immigrant assistance services and for one year...
• 460-g - Action.
  An individual who is harmed by a provider as a result of a provider's violation of this article may bring an action in his or...
• 460-h - Enforcement.
  Upon any violation of this article, an application may be made by the attorney general in the name of the people of the state to...
• 460-i - Violations.
  Any violation of any provision of this article shall be a class A misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punishable by a fine of...
• 460-j - Other Remedies.
  The civil and criminal remedies set forth in this article shall not preclude any individual or entity or government authority from seeking relief under any...
• 460-k - Additional Civil Penalty for Consumer Frauds Committed Against Users of Immigrant Assistance Services.
  1. (a) In addition to any liability for damages or a civil penalty imposed pursuant to sections three hundred forty-nine, three hundred fifty-c and three...

Last modified: February 3, 2019