Section 458-H. Deceptive acts prohibited  


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  • It is hereby declared to be an
      unfair and deceptive trade practice and unlawful for a  credit  services
      company to:
        1. Misrepresent directly or indirectly in its advertising, promotional
      materials,  sales  presentation,  or  in  any  manner: the nature of the
      services to be  performed;  the  time  within  which  services  will  be
      performed;  the  ability to improve a consumer's credit report or credit
      rating; the amount or type of credit a consumer can expect to receive as
      a result of the performance of the services offered; the qualifications,
      training or experience of its personnel.
        2. Make or counsel or advise any consumer to make any statement  which
      is  untrue or misleading and which is known, or which by the exercise of
      reasonable care should be known,  to  be  untrue  or  misleading,  to  a
      consumer  credit  reporting  agency  or  to  any person who has extended
      credit to a consumer or to whom a consumer is applying for an  extension
      of  credit,  with  respect  to  a  consumer's  credit worthiness, credit
      standing, or credit capacity.
        3. Represent directly or indirectly in  its  advertising,  promotional
      materials,  sales  presentation, or in any manner that it can procure or
      obtain a credit card for a consumer unless that credit services  company
      has authority to issue the credit card being advertised.