New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 12 - TRADE, COMMERCE AND BANKING
Chapter 2 - CONSUMER PROTECTION
Part 4 - REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ADVERTISING AND SALE OF MOTOR VEHICLES
Section 12.2.4.13 - HIDDEN DISCLOSURES

Universal Citation: 12 NM Admin Code 12.2.4.13

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024

A. It is an unfair or deceptive trade practice for a dealer to obscure or make misleading any material fact in any advertisement or sales presentation by the use of layout, headlines, illustrations, footnotes, style, sound, length of time, lighting, color or type size of an advertisement or any portion of an advertisement.

B. It is an unfair or deceptive trade practice for a dealer to use any disclosure or disclaimer in an advertisement unless the disclosure or disclaimer is clear and conspicuous and in close proximity to the terms it modifies.

C. It is an unfair or deceptive trade practice for a dealer to use television advertisements with disclosures that are in such fine print or appear on the screen so briefly that they cannot be easily read.

D. Comment. Each advertisement shall be evaluated for its overall impression. The public should not have to weigh each word, hunt for the hidden meaning of each statement or search for inconspicuous disclaimers. Dealers shall not advertise by placing important disclosures in small print, inconspicuously buried at the bottom of the advertisement.

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