§ 857. Disclosure required. (1) No merchant shall sell, exchange,
consign, donate, or otherwise transfer a Torah scroll unless a written
disclosure instrument is furnished to the purchaser, consignee, donee or
other transferee prior to the sale, exchange, consignment, donation or
other transfer, which sets forth as to each scroll the descriptive
information required by section eight hundred fifty-nine of this
article.

(2) A merchant shall inquire of any person offering a Torah scroll for
sale information sufficient to supply the information described in
subdivisions one through four, inclusive, of section eight hundred
fifty-nine of this article and shall not purchase, or otherwise accept
for purposes of sale, exchange, consignment, donation, or other
transfer, a scroll from a person failing to provide such information.