New York General Business Law Article 29-F - GOING OUT OF BUSINESS SALES

• 580 - Purpose and Intent.
  It is hereby determined and declared that sales to be licensed and regulated pursuant to the provisions of this article have often been conducted and...
• 581 - Definitions.
  (a) The term "closing out sale" shall include, but not be limited to, all sales advertised, represented, or held forth under the designation of "quitting...
• 582 - Unlawful Advertisement.
  It shall be unlawful for any person to advertise or hold out by any means that the sale of any goods, wares or merchandise to...
• 583 - Application Requirements.
  (a) Any person desiring to conduct any sale as defined in section five hundred eighty-one shall make a written application under oath to the licensing...
• 584 - Exceptions.
  The provisions of this article shall not apply to any sale advertised as an "alteration sale," "remodeling sale," "clearance sale," "surplus stock liquidation sale," "floor...
• 585 - Branch Stores and Warehouses.
  If the applicant for a license hereunder owns, conducts or operates more than one store, or a warehouse in connection with such store or stores,...
• 586 - Substitution, Addition and Commingling of Goods; License Void; Certain Purchases Prohibited.
  (a) Any substitution for or addition to goods described in an inventory filed pursuant to this article, or any change in the time or place...
• 587 - Investigation of Application; Grounds for Denial; Revocation of License.
  (a) Upon receipt of the application, the licensing authority of the appropriate city, town or village in which such sale is to be held may...
• 588 - Appeal From Denial or Revocation of License.
  Any applicant for a license who is aggrieved by the denial or revocation of a license may apply to the supreme court in the judicial...
• 589 - Copy of Application; Inventory and License to Be Posted; License to Be Referred to in Advertisements.
  A copy of the application for a license to conduct a sale under this article, including the inventory filed therewith, shall be posted in a...
• 590 - Duration of Sale; License Fee.
  (a) A license to conduct a sale issued pursuant to this article shall be good for no more than a period of thirty consecutive calendar...
• 591 - Opening of a Similar Business.
  Opening of a business similar to the one for which the sale, licensed pursuant to this article, was conducted, except the licensed "sale of goods...
• 592 - Records.
  (a) Suitable books and records concerning any sale licensed pursuant to this article shall be kept by the licensee for the duration of the licensed...
• 593 - Injunctions.
  Upon application by the licensing authority of the appropriate city, town or village in which a "closing out sale," "a sale of goods damaged by...
• 594 - Penalties.
  Any person violating any provision of this article shall be guilty of an unclassified misdemeanor punishable by a fine of two hundred fifty dollars or...
• 595 - Application of Article.
  This article shall apply only to any city, town or village having a population of less than one million.
• 596 - Saving Clause.
  If any section or provision of this article shall at any time be declared to be unconstitutional, it is the expressed legislative intent that no...

Last modified: February 3, 2019