N.Y. GBS Law § 857
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Disclosure required
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§ 857. Disclosure required. (1) No merchant shall sell, exchange,\nconsign, donate, or otherwise transfer a Torah scroll unless a written\ndisclosure instrument is furnished to the purchaser, consignee, donee or\nother transferee prior to the sale, exchange, consignment, donation or\nother transfer, which sets forth as to each scroll the descriptive\ninformation required by section eight hundred fifty-nine of this\narticle.\n (2) A merchant shall inquire of any person offering a Torah scroll for\nsale information sufficient to supply the information described in\nsubdivisions one through four, inclusive, of section eight hundred\nfifty-nine of this article and shall not purchase, or otherwise accept\nfor purposes of sale, exchange, consignment, donation, or other\ntransfer, a scroll from a person failing to provide such information.\n
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