South Carolina § 39-57-60 - Seller prohibited from certain representations and acts.

§ 39-57-60. Seller prohibited from certain representations and acts.

Business opportunity sellers shall not:

(1) Represent that the business opportunity provides income or earning potential of any kind unless the seller has documented data to substantiate the claims of income or earning potential and discloses this data to the prospective purchaser at the time such representations are made;

(2) Use the trademark, service mark, trade names, logotype, advertising or other commercial symbol of any business which does not either control the ownership interest in the seller or accept responsibility for all representations made by the seller in regard to the business opportunity, unless it is clear from the circumstances that the owner of the commercial symbol is not involved in the sale of the business opportunity;

(3) Make or authorize the making of any reference to its compliance with this article in any advertisement or other contact with prospective purchasers other than by setting forth the registration number as provided in Section 39-57-50(b);

(4) Identify any person as having profited from the business opportunity offered without providing a current address of such person, a description of the circumstances under which the profit was earned and disclosure of any interest held by such person in the business opportunity offered by seller.

HISTORY: 1980 Act No. 474, SECTION 6.