{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-22-3226.07","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 22-3226.07","heading":"Deceptive acts and practices prohibited.","body":"(a)\nIt is a deceptive telemarketing act or practice for any seller or telephone solicitor to misrepresent any of the following material information:\n(1)\nThe total purchase cost to the consumer of the goods or services to be received;\n(2)\nThe true name of the telephone solicitor; or\n(3)\nMaterial aspects of the quality or basic characteristics of the goods or services purchased.\n\n(b)\nIt 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.\n\n(c)\nNo person shall commit a deceptive telemarketing act or practice.","path":["Title 22. Criminal Offenses and Penalties.","Chapter 32. Theft; Fraud; Stolen Property; Forgery; and Extortion.","Subchapter III-B. Telephone Fraud."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/22-3226.07","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"dc9ba02ba520736b1e364da61e92e3aae356182b4405046ca65eae9d2c6c5ad9","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-22-3226.06","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-22-3226.08"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}