§1419.  Disclosure of service charges; forfeiture

Any person who is in the business of making house calls for the purpose of repairing home appliances shall disclose to the person requesting his services the amount of the service charge for which the person will be billed.  Such service charge shall be defined as the fee charged for making the house call only and shall not include any charges for actual repair work done on any appliance.  Disclosure must be made in advance and before any work is actually done.  Failure to make the disclosure as provided for herein shall result in forfeiture of the right to collect the service charge.  

Acts 1993, No. 88, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1994.