N.Y. General Business Law Section 582
Unlawful advertisement

It shall be unlawful for any person to advertise or hold out by any means that the sale of any goods, wares or merchandise to the public is a “closing out sale,” “a sale of goods damaged by fire, smoke or water,” or a “defunct business sale,” unless a license is first obtained to conduct such a sale from the licensing authority of the appropriate city, town or village in which such sale is to be held.

Source: Section 582 — Unlawful advertisement, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/GBS/582 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Feb. 7, 2026).

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