{"data":{"id":"us-in/ic-24-5-0.5-1","jurisdiction":"us-in","citation":"IC 24-5-0.5-1","heading":"Construction and purposes","body":"Sec. 1. (a) This chapter shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its purposes and policies.\n(b) The purposes and policies of this chapter are to:\n(1) simplify, clarify, and modernize the law governing deceptive and unconscionable consumer sales practices;\n(2) protect consumers from suppliers who commit deceptive and unconscionable sales acts; and\n(3) encourage the development of fair consumer sales practices.","path":["TITLE 24. TRADE REGULATION","ARTICLE 5. CONSUMER SALES","Chapter 0.5. Deceptive Consumer Sales"],"source_url":"https://iga.in.gov/ic/2026/Title_24.html#24-5-0.5-1","current_through":"2026","vintage":"2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T18:50:41Z","sha256":"773332a9380559444b3e314660ec5eede325c56f6b16866fafd4a21cf00f594e","source_id":"us-in","stale":false,"prev":"us-in/ic-24-5-0.5-0.1","next":"us-in/ic-24-5-0.5-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}