KRS 517.020: Deceptive business practices.
Where this section sits in the code
- KRS Chapter 517
(1) A person is guilty of deceptive business practices when, in the course of engaging in
a business, occupation or profession, he knowingly:
(a) Uses or possesses for use a false weight or measure or any other device for
falsely determining or recording any quality or quantity; or
(b) Sells, offers or exposes for sale, or delivers less than the represented quantity
of any commodity or service; or
(c) Takes or attempts to take more than the represented quantity of any
commodity, thing or service when as a bu yer, agency or receiver he furnishes
the weight, measure, or weighing or measuring device by means of which the
amount of the commodity, thing or service is determined; or
(d) Sells, offers or exposes for sale adulterated commodities; or
(e) Sells, offers or exposes for sale mislabeled commodities.
(2) Deceptive business practices is a Class A misdemeanor.
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