As used in the Oklahoma Consumer Protection Act:

1. 1. "Person" means a natural person, corporation, trust, partnership, incorporated or unincorporated association, or any other legal entity;
2. 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. 3. "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;
4. 4. "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;
5. 5. "Merchandise" includes any object, ware, good, commodity, intangible, real estate, or service;
6. 6. "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;
7. 7. "Advertisement" means any advertisement or announcement published in the news media including but not limited to the radio, television, newspapers, handbills, and mailers;
8. 8. "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;
9. 9. "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;

10. 10. "Automatic dial announcing device" means automatic equipment that:

    1. a. stores telephone numbers to be called, or has a random or sequential number generator capable of producing numbers to be called,
    2. b. conveys a prerecorded or synthesized voice message to the number called, and
    3. c. is used for the purpose of offering any goods or services for sale or conveying information regarding such goods or services;
11. 11. "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;
12. 12. "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; and
13. 13. "Cemetery" means any land or structure in this state dedicated to or used, or intended to be used, for the interment of human remains.

Added by Laws 1972, HB 1344, c. 227, § 2, eff. September 1, 1972; Amended by Laws 1979, HB 1494, c. 145, § 1, eff. October 1, 1979; Amended by Laws 1980, HB 1581, c. 192, § 1, eff. October 1, 1980; Amended by Laws 1983, HB 1235, c. 103, § 1, eff. November 1, 1983; Amended by Laws 1991, HB 1441, c. 312, § 1, emerg. eff. July 1, 1991; Amended by Laws 1992, HB 2450, c. 317, § 1, emerg. eff. July 1, 1992; Amended by Laws 1994, HB 2210, c. 235, § 1, eff. September 1, 1994; Amended by Laws 1996, HB 3027, c. 8, § 2, emerg. eff. July 1, 1996; Amended by Laws 1999, HB 1187, c. 175, § 2, eff. November 1, 1999 (superseded document available).