{"data":{"id":"us-in/ic-24-5-0.5-9","jurisdiction":"us-in","citation":"IC 24-5-0.5-9","heading":"Cooperative purchase supplier contracts; maximum duration; civil penalty","body":"Sec. 9. A supplier which is organized primarily to provide benefits to persons from the cooperative purchase of the subject of a consumer transaction shall not offer a contract for that purpose that is to be effective for more than five (5) years. A supplier that violates this section is subject to a civil penalty of a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) for each violation. The attorney general, acting in the name of the state, has the exclusive right to petition for recovery of such a fine, and this fine may be recovered only in an action brought under section 4(c) of this chapter.","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#24-5-0.5-9","current_through":"2026","vintage":"2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T18:50:41Z","sha256":"f837b0515d255933dff0deb51883b0e5f3e2ab89b914a99568500d61b4352845","source_id":"us-in","stale":false,"prev":"us-in/ic-24-5-0.5-8","next":"us-in/ic-24-5-0.5-10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}