Nebraska False Advertising
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-1476 - § 28-1478
Chapter 28 CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
28-1476 Advertisement; untrue, deceptive, or misleading; unlawful.
28-1477 Deceptive or misleading advertising; unlawful acts; enumerated.
28-1478 Deceptive or misleading advertising; violation; penalty.
28-1476. Advertisement; untrue, deceptive, or misleading; unlawful.
After July 19, 1980, it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, or association, with intent to sell or in any way dispose of merchandise, securities, service, or anything offered by such person, firm, corporation, or association, directly or indirectly, to the public for sale or distribution, or with intent to increase the consumption thereof, or to induce the public in any manner to enter into any obligation relating thereto, or to acquire title thereto, or an interest therein, to make, publish, disseminate, circulate or place before the public, or cause, directly or indirectly, to be made, published, disseminated, circulated or placed before the public, in this state, in a newspaper or other publication, or in the form of a book, notice, handbill, poster, bill, circular, pamphlet or letter, or in any other way, an advertisement of any sort regarding merchandise, securities, service, or anything so offered to the public, containing any assertion, representation, or statement of fact which is known to be untrue, deceptive, or misleading.
Source
Laws 1980, LB 185, § 1.
28-1477. Deceptive or misleading advertising; unlawful acts; enumerated.
For the purpose of section 28-1476 any person, firm, corporation, or association shall be deemed guilty of deceptive or misleading advertising that makes, publishes, disseminates, circulates, or places before the public, or causes, directly or indirectly, to be made, published, disseminated, circulated, or placed before the public in this state, in a newspaper or other publication, or in the form of a book, notice, handbill, poster, bill, circular, pamphlet, or letter, or in any other way, an advertisement of any merchandise for sale at retail at less than original actual cost or less than original replacement cost, whichever is lower, if the merchant does not have a sufficient quantity of merchandise to meet the reasonable expected demand, or the advertisement either (1) fails to state in such advertisement the quantity of merchandise available for sale, or (2) fails to state that the advertiser is discontinuing the item.
Source
Laws 1980, LB 185, § 2.
28-1478. Deceptive or misleading advertising; violation; penalty.
Any person, firm, corporation or association violating the provisions of section 28-1476 shall be deemed guilty of a Class III misdemeanor.
Source
Laws 1980, LB 185, § 3.
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