N.Y. General Business Law § 460-c: Required notices

§ 460-c. Required notices. 1. Posting of signs. Every provider shall

post signs, at every location where such provider meets with customers,

setting forth information in English and in every other language in

which the person provides or offers to provide immigrant assistance

services. There shall be a separate sign for each language, and each

shall be posted in a location where it will be visible to customers.

(a) One sign shall be at least eleven inches by seventeen inches, and

shall contain the following in not less than sixty point type:

"THE INDIVIDUAL PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO YOU UNDER THIS CONTRACT IS NOT

AN ATTORNEY LICENSED TO PRACTICE LAW OR ACCREDITED BY THE BOARD OF

IMMIGRATION APPEALS TO PROVIDE REPRESENTATION TO YOU BEFORE THE UNITED

STATES CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES, THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND

SECURITY, THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR IMMIGRATION REVIEW, THE DEPARTMENT OF

LABOR, THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE OR ANY IMMIGRATION AUTHORITIES AND MAY

NOT GIVE LEGAL ADVICE OR ACCEPT FEES FOR LEGAL ADVICE. FOR A FREE LEGAL

REFERRAL CALL THE OFFICE FOR NEW AMERICANS HOTLINE AT (phone number of

the office for new Americans). TO FILE A COMPLAINT ABOUT AN IMMIGRANT

ASSISTANCE SERVICE PROVIDER CALL THE OFFICE FOR NEW AMERICANS HOTLINE AT

(phone number of the office for new Americans), THE NEW YORK STATE

OFFICE OF ATTORNEY GENERAL AT (phone number of the office of attorney

general), OR YOUR LOCAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY OR PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE AT

(phone number of the local district attorney)." The service provider

shall be responsible for providing the accurate and up-to-date phone

numbers required on such sign.

(b) A separate sign shall be posted in a location visible to customers

in conspicuous size type and which contains the schedule of fees for

services offered and the statement:

"YOU MAY CANCEL ANY CONTRACT WITHIN 3 BUSINESS DAYS AND GET BACK YOUR

DOCUMENTS AND ANY MONEY YOU PAID."

2. Notice in advertisements. Every provider who advertises immigrant

assistance services, whether by signs, pamphlets, newspapers, or any

other written communication shall post or otherwise include with such

advertisement a notice in the language in which the advertisement

appears. This notice shall be of a conspicuous size and shall state:

"THE INDIVIDUAL OFFERING TO PROVIDE IMMIGRANT ASSISTANCE SERVICES IS NOT

AN ATTORNEY LICENSED TO PRACTICE LAW OR ACCREDITED BY THE BOARD OF

IMMIGRATION APPEALS TO PROVIDE REPRESENTATION BEFORE THE UNITED STATES

CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES, THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND

SECURITY, THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR IMMIGRATION REVIEW, THE DEPARTMENT OF

LABOR, THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE OR ANY IMMIGRATION AUTHORITIES AND MAY

NOT GIVE LEGAL ADVICE OR ACCEPT FEES FOR LEGAL ADVICE."