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title: O.C.G.A. § 10-1-425. Misrepresenting ownership in advertising liquidation, auction, or going-out-of-business sale prohibited.
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# O.C.G.A. § 10-1-425. Misrepresenting ownership in advertising liquidation, auction, or going-out-of-business sale prohibited.

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, association, or corporation to misrepresent the true ownership of a business for the purpose of carrying on a liquidation sale, auction sale, or other sale which represents that the firm is going out of business; and any person, firm, association, or corporation which advertises in any manner whatever a liquidation sale, auction sale, or going-out-of-business sale shall clearly state the true name and permanent address of the actual owner or owners of such business in any and all such advertising.

## History

Ga. L. 1962, p. 129, § 2.