This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Deceptive Trade Practices Act.”
Ala. Code § 8-19-1
Short Title.
Known as the Deceptive Trade Practices Act
The act spans §§ 8-19-1 to 8-19-9 (15 sections).
Applied in 22 court decisions — leading case Plath v. Schonrock (2003)
Most recently applied in In re 100% Grated Parmesan Cheese Mktg. & Sales Practices Litig. (November 2018)
(Acts 1981, No. 81-355, p. 510, §1.)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Alabama Legislature (ALISON). Reproduced from public-domain Alabama statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.