Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 156.10 Definitions.
156.10. - Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
Consumer: A purchaser or lessee or prospective purchaser or lessee of goods or services. "Consumer" includes a person to whom an act or practice prohibited by this chapter is directed, although he or she is not involved in a specific transaction.
Deceptive practice: A person engages in a deceptive practice when, in the course of a business, vocation or occupation, he or she:
(a) Passes off goods or services as those of another;
(b) Causes likelihood of confusion or of misunderstanding as to the source, sponsorship, approval or certification of goods or services;
(c) Causes likelihood of confusion or of misunderstanding as to affiliation, connection or association with or certification by another;
(d) Uses deceptive representation or designations of geographic origin in connection with goods or services;
(e) Represents that goods or services have sponsorship, approval, characteristics, ingredients, uses, benefits or quantities that they do not have or that a person has a sponsorship, approval, status, affiliation or connection that he or she does not have;
(f) Represents that goods are original or new if they are deteriorated, altered, reconditioned, reclaimed, used or secondhand;
(g) Represents that goods or services are a particular standard, quality or grade or that goods are a particular style or model, if they are of another;
(h) Disparages the goods, services or business of another by false or misleading representation of fact;
(i) Advertises or offers goods or services with intent not to sell them as advertised or offered;
(j) Advertises goods or services with intent not to supply reasonably expectable public demand, unless the advertisement discloses a limitation of quantity;
(k) Makes false or misleading statements of fact concerning the reasons for, existence of, or amounts of price reductions, or price in comparison to prices of competitors or one's own price at a past or future time;
(l) Represents that a part replacement or repair service is needed when it is not;
(m) Makes false or misleading statements or representations with respect to the authority of the salesman, representative or agent to negotiate the final terms of the transaction;
(n) Makes false or misleading statements as to the legal rights, obligations or remedies of any part of the transaction.
Person: A seller or lessor who makes available goods or services to consumers. "Person" includes manufacturers, wholesalers and distributors responsible for any act or practice prohibited by this chapter. (Code 1960, As Amend., § 837.010; Pet. No. 250069, § 6, 8-11-89)