{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-42-3671.10","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 42-3671.10","heading":"Advertising.","body":"(a)\nIf an advertisement for a lease-purchase agreement refers to, or states, the amount of any payment and the right to acquire ownership for any one specific item, the advertisement shall also clearly and conspicuously state the following items, as applicable:\n(1)\nThat the transaction advertised is a lease-purchase agreement;\n(2)\nThe total of payments necessary to acquire ownership; and\n(3)\nThat the consumer acquires no ownership rights if the total amount required to purchase is not paid.\n\n(b)\nAn owner or personnel of any medium in which an advertisement appears or through which it is disseminated shall not be liable under this section.\n\n(c)\nSubsection (a) of this section shall not apply to an advertisement which does not refer to or state the amount of any payment or which is published in the yellow pages of a telephone directory or in any similar directory of business.","path":["Title 42. Real Property.","Chapter 36B. Lease-Purchase Agreements."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/42-3671.10","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"46ae7f045dca92007ea05f19b2d91f2075c3d7f2fba866fc3db461aa8ca7f103","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-42-3671.09","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-42-3671.11"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}