Kansas Statutes 50-6,139. Identity theft; identity fraud; unconscionable act or practice; Wayne Owen act
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 50-6,139
- Consumer: means an individual, husband and wife, sole proprietor, or family partnership who seeks or acquires property or services for personal, family, household, business or agricultural purposes. See Kansas Statutes 50-624
- Consumer transaction: means a sale, lease, assignment or other disposition for value of property or services within this state, except insurance contracts regulated under state law, to a consumer; or a solicitation by a supplier with respect to any of these dispositions. See Kansas Statutes 50-624
- Person: means any individual, corporation, government, governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, cooperative or other legal entity. See Kansas Statutes 50-624
- Supplier: means a manufacturer, distributor, dealer, seller, lessor, assignor, or other person who, in the ordinary course of business, solicits, engages in or enforces consumer transactions, whether or not dealing directly with the consumer. See Kansas Statutes 50-624
(a) The conduct prohibited by Kan. Stat. Ann. § 21-6107, and amendments thereto, constitutes an unconscionable act or practice in violation of Kan. Stat. Ann. § 50-627, and amendments thereto, and any person who engages in such conduct shall be subject to the remedies and penalties provided by the Kansas consumer protection act.
(b) For the purposes of the remedies and penalties provided by the Kansas consumer protection act:
(1) The person committing the conduct prohibited by Kan. Stat. Ann. § 21-6107, and amendments thereto, shall be deemed the supplier, and the person who is the victim of such conduct shall be deemed the consumer; and
(2) proof of a consumer transaction shall not be required.
(c) This section shall be part of and supplemental to the Kansas consumer protection act.
(d) The provisions of this section and Kan. Stat. Ann. § 50-6,139a and 50-6,139b, and amendments thereto, shall be known and may be cited as the Wayne Owen act.