New York General Business Law Article 33 - FRANCHISES

• 680 - Legislative Findings and Declaration of Policy.
  1. The legislature hereby finds and declares that the widespread sale of franchises is a relatively new form of business which has created numerous problems...
• 681 - Definitions.
  1. "Advertisement" includes any written or printed communication, or any communication by means of recorded telephone messages or spoken on radio, television, or similar communications...
• 682 - Scope.
  The disclosure requirements mandated by this article apply to all written or oral arrangements between a franchisor and franchisee in connection with the offer or...
• 683 - Disclosure Requirements.
  1. It shall be unlawful and prohibited for any person to offer to sell or sell in this state any franchise unless and until there...
• 684 - Exemptions.
  1. The department of law is hereby authorized and empowered to exempt by rule or regulation any person, franchise, or transaction from any provision of...
• 685 - Escrows and Impoundments.
  If the department of law finds that the applicant for registration has failed to demonstrate that adequate financial arrangements have been made to fulfill obligations...
• 686 - Designation of Secretary of State As Agent for Service of Process; Service of Process.
  Any person who shall offer to sell or sell a franchise in this state as a franchisor, subfranchisor or franchise sales agent shall be deemed...
• 687 - Fraudulent and Unlawful Practices.
  1. It is unlawful for any person to make any untrue statement of a material fact in any application, notice, statement, prospectus or report filed...
• 688 - Investigations.
  1. Whenever it shall appear to the department of law, either upon complaint or otherwise, that any person has violated any provision of this article,...
• 689 - Action by the Department of Law.
  1. Whenever the department shall believe from evidence satisfactory to it that any person has engaged in or is engaged in or is about to...
• 690 - Violations and Penalties.
  Any person who knowingly violates any of the provisions of this article or any rule or regulation issued thereunder shall be guilty of a class...
• 691 - Civil Remedies.
  1. A person who offers or sells a franchise in violation of section six hundred eighty-three, six hundred eighty-four or six hundred eighty-seven of this...
• 692 - Enforcement by Attorney General.
  1. The department may prosecute every person charged with a criminal offense in violation of this article and regulations issued thereunder. In all such proceedings,...
• 693 - Immunity.
  Upon any investigation or proceeding before the department, or in any criminal proceeding before any court or grand jury, pursuant to or for a violation...
• 694 - Administration.
  1. The department shall charge and collect the fees fixed by this section. (a) The fee for filing an application for registration of an offering...
• 695 - Separability Clause; Construction.
  1. If any part or provision of this article or the application thereof to any person or circumstances be adjudged invalid by any court of...

Last modified: February 3, 2019