N.Y. Personal Property Law Section 505
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1.

An advertisement for a rental-purchase agreement that refers to or states the amount of a payment or the right to acquire ownership of any one particular item under the agreement shall clearly and conspicuously state:

(a)

that the transaction advertised is a rental-purchase agreement;

(b)

the total number of payments and the total amount to be paid to acquire ownership, which amount shall be explicitly labeled “total cost”;

(c)

the circumstances under which the consumer can acquire ownership rights; and

(d)

whether the advertised terms are for new or used merchandise.

2.

An advertisement for personal property available through rental-purchase agreements that refers to more than one appliance or particular item and includes information on periodic payment amounts shall include a representative item available at that amount and shall conspicuously state:

(a)

that the merchandise offered may be new or used;

(b)

that transaction advertised is a rental-purchase agreement; and

(c)

that the consumer does not acquire ownership rights unless the consumer complies with the ownership terms of the agreement.

3.

Every item displayed or offered under a rental-purchase agreement shall have clearly and conspicuously indicated in arabic numerals, so as to be readable and understandable by visual inspection, each of the following affixed to the item:

(a)

the cash price of the merchandise;

(b)

the amount of the periodic payment and the total number of periodic payments required for ownership; and

(c)

the total amount that must be paid to acquire ownership of merchandise, which amount shall be explicitly labeled total cost.

Source: Section 505 — Advertisement, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/PEP/505 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Mar. 23, 2024).

Accessed:
Mar. 23, 2024

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

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