{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-15-15-753","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 15, § 15-753","heading":"Unlawful practices","body":"A person engages in a practice which is declared to be unlawful\n\nand deemed a Class D1 felony offense under the Oklahoma Consumer\n\nProtection Act when, in the course of the person's business, the\n\nperson:\n\n1. Represents, knowingly or with reason to know, that the\n\nsubject of a consumer transaction is of a particular make or brand,\n\nwhen it is of another;\n\n2. Makes a false or misleading representation, knowingly or\n\nwith reason to know, as to the source, sponsorship, approval, or\n\ncertification of the subject of a consumer transaction;\n\n3. Makes a false or misleading representation, knowingly or\n\nwith reason to know, as to affiliation, connection, association\n\nwith, or certification by another;\n\n4. Makes a false or misleading representation or designation,\n\nknowingly or with reason to know, of the geographic origin of the\n\nsubject of a consumer transaction;\n\n5. Makes a false representation, knowingly or with reason to\n\nknow, as to the characteristics, ingredients, uses, benefits,\n\nalterations, or quantities of the subject of a consumer transaction\n\nor a false representation as to the sponsorship, approval, status,\n\naffiliation or connection of a person therewith;\n\n6. Knowingly or with reason to know, makes a false or\n\nmisleading representation or gives the false or misleading\n\nimpression of being affiliated with a state agency or an affiliate\n\nof a state agency through advertisement or publication;\n\n7. Represents, knowingly or with reason to know, that the\n\nsubject of a consumer transaction is original or new if the person\n\nknows that it is reconditioned, reclaimed, used, or secondhand;\n\n8. Represents, knowingly or with reason to know, that the\n\nsubject of a consumer transaction is of a particular standard, style\n\nor model, if it is of another;\n\n9. Advertises, knowingly or with reason to know, the subject of\n\na consumer transaction with intent not to sell it as advertised;\n\n10. Advertises, knowingly or with reason to know, the subject\n\nof a consumer transaction with intent not to supply reasonably\n\nexpected public demand, unless the advertisement discloses a\n\nlimitation of quantity;\n\n11. Advertises under the guise of obtaining sales personnel\n\nwhen in fact the purpose is to sell the subject of a consumer\n\ntransaction to the sales personnel applicants;\n\n12. Makes false or misleading statements of fact, knowingly or\n\nwith reason to know, concerning the price of the subject of a\n\nconsumer transaction or the reason for, existence of, or amounts of\n\nprice reduction;\n\n13. Employs \"bait and switch\" advertising, which consists of an\n\noffer to sell the subject of a consumer transaction which the seller\n\ndoes not intend to sell, which advertising is accompanied by one or\n\nmore of the following practices:\n\na. refusal to show the subject of a consumer transaction\n\nadvertised,\n\nb. disparagement of the advertised subject of a consumer\n\ntransaction or the terms of sale,\n\nc. requiring undisclosed tie-in sales or other\n\nundisclosed conditions to be met prior to selling the\n\nadvertised subject of a consumer transaction,\n\nd. refusal to take orders for the subject of a consumer\n\ntransaction advertised for delivery within a\n\nreasonable time,\n\ne. showing or demonstrating defective subject of a\n\nconsumer transaction which the seller knows is\n\nunusable or impracticable for the purpose set forth in\n\nthe advertisement,\n\nf. accepting a deposit for the subject of a consumer\n\ntransaction and subsequently charging the buyer for a\n\nhigher priced item, or\n\ng. willful failure to make deliveries of the subject of a\n\nconsumer transaction within a reasonable time or to\n\nmake a refund therefor upon the request of the\n\npurchaser;\n\n14. Conducts a closing out sale without having first obtained a\n\nlicense as required in the Oklahoma Consumer Protection Act;\n\n15. Resumes the business for which the closing out sale was\nthe buyer for a\n\nhigher priced item, or\n\ng. willful failure to make deliveries of the subject of a\n\nconsumer transaction within a reasonable time or to\n\nmake a refund therefor upon the request of the\n\npurchaser;\n\n14. Conducts a closing out sale without having first obtained a\n\nlicense as required in the Oklahoma Consumer Protection Act;\n\n15. Resumes the business for which the closing out sale was\n\nconducted within thirty-six (36) months from the expiration date of\n\nthe closing out sale license;\n\n16. Falsely states, knowingly or with reason to know, that\n\nservices, replacements or repairs are needed;\n\n17. Violates any provision of the Oklahoma Health Spa Act;\n\n18. Violates any provision of the Home Repair Fraud Act;\n\n19. Violates any provision of the Consumer Disclosure of Prizes\n\nand Gifts Act;\n\n20. Violates any provision of Section 755.1 of this title or\n\nSection 1847a of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;\n\n21. Commits an unfair or deceptive trade practice as defined in\n\nSection 752 of this title;\n\n22. Violates any provision of Section 169.1 of Title 8 of the\n\nOklahoma Statutes in fraudulently or intentionally failing or\n\nrefusing to honor the contract to provide certain cemetery services\n\nspecified in the contract entered into pursuant to the Perpetual\n\nCare Fund Act;\n\n23. Misrepresents a mail solicitation as an invoice or as a\n\nbilling statement;\n\n24. Offers to purchase a mineral or royalty interest through an\n\noffer that resembles an oil and gas lease and that the consumer\n\nbelieved was an oil and gas lease;\n\n25. Refuses to honor gift certificates, warranties, or any\n\nother merchandise offered by a person in a consumer transaction\n\nexecuted prior to the closing of the business of the person without\n\nproviding a purchaser a means of redeeming such merchandise or\n\nensuring the warranties offered will be honored by another person;\n\n26. Knowingly causes a charge to be made by any billing method\n\nto a consumer for services which the person knows was not authorized\n\nin advance by the consumer;\n\n27. Knowingly causes a charge to be made by any billing method\n\nto a consumer for a product or products which the person knows was\n\nnot authorized in advance by the consumer;\n\n28. Violates Section 752A of this title;\n\n29. Makes deceptive use of another's name in notification or\n\nsolicitation, as defined in Section 752 of this title;\n\n30. Falsely states or implies that any person, product or\n\nservice is recommended or endorsed by a named third person;\n\n31. Falsely states that information about the consumer,\n\nincluding but not limited to, the name, address or phone number of\n\nthe consumer has been provided by a third person, whether that\n\nperson is named or unnamed;\n\n32. Acting as a debt collector, contacts a debtor and threatens\n\nto file a suit against the debtor over a debt barred by the statute\n\nof limitations which has passed for filing suit for such debt; or\n\n33. Acting as a debt collector, contacts a debtor and uses\n\nobscene or profane language to collect a debt.","path":["OK Code","Title 15"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os15.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"e81b4507a29555a84ab1b6ca98f66729af7bb3bdc51d374e480eeb7aa8cfd0dd","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-15-15-752a","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-15-15-754"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}