Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1502
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Fraudulent advertising prohibited - Punishment
Official statutory text
Any person, firm, corporation or association who, with intent to
sell or in anywise 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, 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 publication or in 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, which advertisement contains any
assertion, representation or statement of fact which is untrue,
deceptive or misleading, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on
conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than Ten
Dollars ($10.00) nor more than Fifty ($50.00) or by imprisonment in
the county jail not exceeding twenty (20) days, or both such fine
and imprisonment.
sell or in anywise 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, 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 publication or in 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, which advertisement contains any
assertion, representation or statement of fact which is untrue,
deceptive or misleading, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on
conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than Ten
Dollars ($10.00) nor more than Fifty ($50.00) or by imprisonment in
the county jail not exceeding twenty (20) days, or both such fine
and imprisonment.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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