556E.1 Fraudulent marking. Any person making for sale, selling, or offering to sell or dispose of, or having in possession with intent to sell or dispose of, any article of merchandise made, in whole orin part, of gold or any alloy of gold, and having stamped, branded, engraved, or imprintedthereon, or upon any tag, card, or label attached thereto, or upon any container in whichsaid article is enclosed, any mark indicating or designed to indicate that the gold or alloyin such article is of a greater degree of fineness than the actual fineness or quality thereof,unless the actual fineness thereof, in the case of flatware or watchcases, be not less by morethan three one-thousandths parts, and in case of all other articles be not less by more thanone-half carat than the fineness indicated by the marks stamped, branded, engraved, orimprinted upon any part of such article, or upon any tag, card, or label attached thereto, orupon any container in which such article is enclosed according to the standards and subjectto the qualifications hereinafter set forth, is guilty of a fraudulent practice. r label attached thereto, orupon any container in which such article is enclosed according to the standards and subjectto the qualifications hereinafter set forth, is guilty of a fraudulent practice. [S13, §5077-b; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1906; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §119.1] C93, §556E.1Referred to in §556E.2 Sat Dec 23 11:04:41 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 556E.1 (15, 0)
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