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D.C. Code § 22-3226.07: Deceptive acts and practices prohibited.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 22. Criminal Offenses and Penalties.
- Chapter 32. Theft; Fraud; Stolen Property; Forgery; and Extortion.
- Subchapter III-B. Telephone Fraud.
(a)
It is a deceptive telemarketing act or practice for any seller or telephone solicitor to misrepresent any of the following material information:
(1)
The total purchase cost to the consumer of the goods or services to be received;
(2)
The true name of the telephone solicitor; or
(3)
Material aspects of the quality or basic characteristics of the goods or services purchased.
(b)
It is a deceptive telemarketing act or practice for any seller or telephone solicitor to misrepresent any material fact regarding the goods or services purchased that has a tendency to mislead.
(c)
No person shall commit a deceptive telemarketing act or practice.
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