New York General Business Law Article 35-B - AUTOMOBILE BROKER BUSINESS

  • 736 - Definitions.
    As used in this article: * 1. "Automobile broker business" means any person who, for a fee, commission or other valuable consideration paid by a...
  • 736-a - Registration Required.
    * 1. No person shall engage in business as an automobile broker business, as defined in section seven hundred thirty-six of this article, without first...
  • 737 - Advance Fees Prohibited.
    No automobile broker business shall solicit, receive or collect from a consumer any fee, or commission, in advance of the performance of those services specified...
  • 738 - Contracts; Requirements and Contents.
    1. Every contract between a consumer and an automobile broker business shall be in writing, shall be dated, shall contain the street address of the...
  • 739 - Contracts Void and Unenforceable.
    1. Any contract for services which does not comply with the applicable provisions of this article shall be void and unenforceable as contrary to public...
  • 740 - Escrow Required for Advance Payments.
    All monies paid by a consumer to an automobile broker business in connection with a transaction covered by this article shall be trust funds in...
  • 740-a - Automobile Broker Business Surety Bond.
    * 1. Automobile broker businesses shall obtain and continue in effect a surety bond in an amount of seventy-five thousand dollars executed by a surety...
  • 741 - Deceptive Acts Prohibited.
    It is hereby declared to be a deceptive trade practice and unlawful for an automobile broker business to misrepresent directly or indirectly in its advertising,...
  • 741-a - Advertising.
    * Automobile broker businesses shall clearly and conspicuously disclose the following in all advertisements in any medium, and in any print advertisement such disclosures shall...
  • 742 - Action for Recovery of Damages by Consumer.
    Any consumer injured by a violation of this article or by the breach by an automobile broker business of a contract which has been entered...
  • 743 - Enforcement by Attorney General.
    In addition to the other remedies provided, whenever there shall be a violation of this article, application may be made by the attorney general in...
  • 744 - Severability.
    If any provision of this article or if any application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of this article and...

Last modified: February 3, 2019