2013 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 23 - Health and Safety
Chapter 23-26 - Bedding and Upholstered Furniture
Section 23-26-17 - Sterilization of second-hand "as is" articles – Contents of tag.
§ 23-26-17 Sterilization of second-hand "as is" articles – Contents of tag. – No complete second-hand article of bedding, or piece of second-hand upholstered furniture, which has not been remade or renovated, shall be sold "as is" without first being sterilized by a process approved by the director of business regulation. The original tag shall be removed by the vendor who shall attach a tag stating that the article is "second-hand – contents unknown"; but this requirement shall not apply to articles sold at public auction, to the sale of antique furniture, or to a private sale from the home of the owner (not being a manufacturer or dealer in bedding) direct to the purchaser.
History of Section.
(P.L. 1940, ch. 820, § 3; P.L. 1945, ch. 1660, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 23-26-17.)
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