Okla. Stat. tit. 15, § 15-752

As used in the Oklahoma Consumer Protection Act:

1. "Person" means a natural person, corporation, trust,

partnership, incorporated or unincorporated association, or any

other legal entity;

2. "Consumer transaction" means the advertising, offering for

sale or purchase, sale, purchase, or distribution of any services or

any property, tangible or intangible, real, personal, or mixed, or

any other article, commodity, or thing of value wherever located,

for purposes that are personal, household, or business oriented;

3. "Credit card" means any instrument or device, whether known

as a credit card, credit plate, charge plate or by any other name,

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issued with or without fee by an issuer for the use of the

cardholder in obtaining money, goods, services or anything else of

value on credit. All credit cards lawfully issued shall be

considered the property of the cardholders or the issuer for all

purposes;

4. "Debit card" means any instrument or device, whether known

as a debit card or by any other name, issued with or without fee by

an issuer for the use of the cardholder in depositing, obtaining or

transferring funds from a consumer banking electronic facility;

5. "Documentary material" means the original or a copy of any

book, record, report, memorandum, paper, communication, tabulation,

map, chart, photograph, mechanical transcription, or other tangible

document or recording, wherever located;

6. "Examination" when used in reference to documentary material

includes the inspection, study, or copying of any such material, and

the taking of testimony under oath, or acknowledgment in respect to

any such documentary material or copy thereof;

7. "Merchandise" includes any object, ware, good, commodity,

intangible, real estate, or service;

8. "Closing out sale" means any offer to sell, or actual sale,

to the public of goods, wares, or merchandise on the implied or

direct representation that the sale is in anticipation of the

termination of a business at its present location, or that the sale

is being held other than in the ordinary course of business. It

also shall mean but shall not be limited to any sale held or

advertised as a "closing out sale", "going out of business sale",

"discontinuance of business sale", "quitting business sale", "sell

out", "liquidation", "loss of lease sale", "must vacate sale",

"forced out of business sale", "fire sale", "smoke and water damage

sale", "adjustment sale", "creditor's sale", "bankrupt sale",

"insolvent sale", "mortgage sale", or other like or similar title;

9. "Advertisement" means any advertisement or announcement

published in the news media including but not limited to the radio,

television, newspapers, handbills, and mailers;

10. "License" means the written authorization issued by the

court clerk of the district court in any county in this state to any

person to conduct a closing out sale;

11. "Clerk" means the court clerk of the district court of any

county of this state in which a person applying for a license

intends to conduct a closing out sale;

12. "Automatic dial announcing device" means automatic

equipment that:

a. stores telephone numbers to be called, or has a random

or sequential number generator capable of producing

numbers to be called,

b. conveys a prerecorded or synthesized voice message to

the number called, and

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c. is used for the purpose of offering any goods or

services for sale or conveying information regarding

such goods or services;

13. "Deceptive trade practice" means a misrepresentation,

omission or other practice that has deceived or could reasonably be

expected to deceive or mislead a person to the detriment of that

person. Such a practice may occur before, during or after a

consumer transaction is entered into and may be written or oral;

14. "Unfair trade practice" means any practice which offends
oods or services;

13. "Deceptive trade practice" means a misrepresentation,

omission or other practice that has deceived or could reasonably be

expected to deceive or mislead a person to the detriment of that

person. Such a practice may occur before, during or after a

consumer transaction is entered into and may be written or oral;

14. "Unfair trade practice" means any practice which offends

established public policy or if the practice is immoral, unethical,

oppressive, unscrupulous or substantially injurious to consumers;

15. "Cemetery" means any land or structure in this state

dedicated to or used, or intended to be used, for the interment of

human remains;

16. “Deceptive use of another’s name in notification or

solicitation” occurs when a business, or a person acting on its

behalf, engages in the following activity:

a. through advertisement, solicitation or other

notification, either verbally or through any other

means, informs a consumer of the availability of any

type of goods or services that are not free,

b. the name of an unrelated and unaffiliated person is

mentioned in any manner,

c. the goods or services mentioned are not actually

provided by the unrelated and unaffiliated person

whose name is mentioned,

d. the business on whose behalf the notification or

solicitation is made does not have a consensual right

to mention the name of the unrelated and unaffiliated

person, and

e. neither the actual name nor trade name of the business

on whose behalf the notification or solicitation is

being made is stated, nor the actual name or trade

name of any actual provider of the goods or services

is stated, so as to clearly identify for the consumer

a name that is distinguishable and separate from the

name of the unrelated and unaffiliated person whose

name is mentioned in any manner in the notification or

solicitation, and thereby a misleading implication or

ambiguity is created, such that a consumer who is the

recipient of the advertisement, solicitation or

notification may reasonably but erroneously believe:

(1) that the goods or services whose availability is

mentioned are made available by or through the

unrelated and unaffiliated person whose name is

mentioned, or

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(2) that the unrelated and unaffiliated person whose

name is mentioned is the one communicating with

the consumer; and

17. “Consumer laws” means the Oklahoma Consumer Protection Act

as well as the following: Section 1451 (Embezzlement), Section 1502

(Deceptive Advertising), Sections 1533.1 and 1533.2 (False

personation), Sections 1541.1 and 1541.2 (Obtaining or attempting to

obtain property by trick or deception), Section 1550.2 (Use of

credit and debit cards without consent), Sections 1550.21 through

1550.43 (Oklahoma Credit Card Crime Act of 1970 and false

identification) and Sections 1951 through 1981 (Oklahoma Computer

Crimes Act and unlawful reproduction of recordings) of Title 21 of

the Oklahoma Statutes.