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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(1) A person is guilty of deceptive business practices when, in the course of engaging in a business, occupation or profession, he knowingly:
(a) Uses or possesses for use a false weight or measure or any other device for falsely determining or recording any quality or quantity; or
(b) Sells, offers or exposes for sale, or delivers less than the represented quantity of any commodity or service; or
(c) Takes or attempts to take more than the represented quantity of any commodity, thing or service when as a buyer, agency or receiver he furnishes the weight, measure, or weighing or measuring device by means of which the amount of the commodity, thing or service is determined; or
(d) Sells, offers or exposes for sale adulterated commodities; or
(e) Sells, offers or exposes for sale mislabeled commodities.
(2) Deceptive business practices is a Class A misdemeanor.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Kentucky Revised Statutes Title L. Kentucky Penal Code § 517.020.Deceptive business practices - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ky/title-l-kentucky-penal-code/ky-rev-st-sect-517-020/
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