2013 District of Columbia Code
Division VIII — GENERAL LAWS
Title 47 — TAXATION, LICENSING, PERMITS, ASSESSMENTS, AND FEES
Chapter 21 — CLOSING-OUT SALES
Section 47-2103 — Purchase of new stocks for use on "closing-out sales" prohibited; presumption.

No person in contemplation of a closing-out sale shall order any goods, wares, or merchandise for the purpose of selling and disposing of the same at such sale, and any unusual purchase and additions to the stock of such goods, wares, or merchandise within 60 days prior to the filing of application for a license to conduct such sale shall be presumptive evidence that such purchases and additions to stock were made in contemplation of such sale.

History
(Sept. 1, 1959, 73 Stat. 450, Pub. L. 86-219, § 3; enacted, Apr. 9, 1997, D.C. Law 11-254, § 2, 44 DCR 1575; Apr. 20, 1999, D.C. Law 12-261, § 2003(pp)(2), 46 DCR 3142.)

Annotations
Prior Codifications. 1981 Ed., § 47-2103.
1973 Ed., § 47-3003.

Legislative History of Law 12-261. For legislative history of D.C. Law 12-261, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 47-2102.

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