An unlicensed person posts online ads offering kitchen-remodel services for $20,000 and lists a fake license number. Which two statutes most directly reach the advertisement itself?

Explanation

§7027.1(a) makes it a misdemeanor for any person to advertise for work covered by the contractors' law without holding a license in the classification advertised, punishable by a $700 to $1,000 fine on top of any other penalty. §7027.2 is the only opening: an unlicensed person may advertise only where the aggregate price is under $1,000 and the ad states that the person is not licensed, so a $20,000 remodel is outside it. (c) is the common mix-up — §7028.16 punishes unlicensed contracting for damage after a declared disaster, not advertising. (a) is a civil consequence of unlicensed work rather than a rule about ads, and (b) is about who qualifies a licensee, which this advertiser never became.