1. No person who alleges to represent a particular business at a wholesale trade show or market shall rent or lease space at the trade show or market unless he can produce written evidence of the agency relationship or contract status with the business he claims to represent; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall apply to any trade show or market which in good faith endeavors to obtain evidence of said agency’s relationship or contract status.

2. Any violation of this section is an unlawful merchandising practice.

Terms Used In Missouri Laws 407.023

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
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