N.Y. General Business Law § 399-ii: Furniture tip restraint device

* § 399-ii. Furniture tip restraint device. 1. As used in this

section:

(a) "furniture" shall mean a clothing storage unit that is

freestanding and at least twenty-seven inches in height including but

not limited to chests, dressers, armoires, and bureaus; and

(b) "tip restraint device" shall mean a mechanism that is designed to

reduce the risk of furniture tipping over. Such mechanism may include

straps, wall brackets, steel cables, or plug and screw sets.

2. No person, firm, partnership, association, limited liability

company, corporation, or other entity shall sell or offer to sell new

furniture to a consumer at retail unless the furniture conforms to

standards endorsed or established by the federal Consumer Product Safety

Commission or, if no such standard exists, a standard established by

ASTM International which requires furniture to contain a tip restraint

device and carry a permanent warning label, including but not limited

to, ASTM F2057.

3. A person, firm, partnership, association, limited liability

company, corporation, or other entity may sell or offer to sell new

furniture that does not meet the requirements in subdivision two of this

section if the furniture sold is outside the scope of the standards

prescribed in subdivision two of this section and contains a compatible

tip restraint device and carries a permanent warning label, or if the

furniture is outside the scope of the standards prescribed in

subdivision two of this section and the retailer: (a) maintains in stock

and prominently displays within the store tip restraint devices

available for sale that are compatible with such furniture; and (b)

posts a notice, in a conspicuous location which may be easily seen or

reached by customers, that, in legible format, states: "Certain

furniture may become unstable and tip over, leading to possible injury

or death. Tip restraint devices may prevent tipping of furniture when

properly installed."

4. Any person, firm, partnership, association, limited liability

company, corporation, or other entity that sells or offers to sell new

furniture to a consumer at retail in violation of the provisions of this

section shall be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed five hundred

dollars for each violation.

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