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<section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="8-602" title_number="8" title_name="Home Improvement" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Prohibited Acts; Penalties">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A person may not accept a completion certificate or other proof that performance of a home improvement contract is complete or satisfactorily concluded with knowledge that the document or proof is false and the performance is incomplete.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>If a person knows or has good reason to know that a completion certificate or other proof is false, the person may not utter, offer, or use the document or proof to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>make or accept an assignment or negotiation of the right to receive payment from an owner under a home improvement contract; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>get or grant credit or a loan on the security of the right to receive payment under a home improvement contract.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, is subject to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or imprisonment not exceeding 3 years or both.</text>
  </level>
</section>
