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325F.73.1

Statute ID: 13222

Statute Function ID: 28911

Fraudulent sale of gold and silver - false stamping of articles of gold or silver

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Classifications

Offense Level:

Misdemeanor (M)

General Offense Code:

Property (2)

Offense Summary Code & Rank:

Counterfeiting/Fraud, etc (C) (Rank 23)

Detailed Offense Code:

Fraudulent Trade/Commerce (290)

Offense Severity Level:

Function Text:

Misdemeanor, certifiable as petty misdemeanor.

UCR Code

Description

250

Counterfeiting/Forgery

Flags

Crime of Violence:

Targeted Misdemeanor:

Predatory Offender Registration Review:

Enhanceable:

Certify to DPS:

Report to DNR:

DPS Group:

Conditional Release:

Payable:

Yes

Petty Misdemeanor Only if Prosecutor Certifies:

Third Violation Indicator:

Qualified Domestic Violence Related:

Nonviolent Controlled Substance Offender Review:

Wildlife Restitution:

Statute Number:

325F.73.1

Enactment Date:

Aug 1, 1907

Effective Date:

Aug 1, 1982

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Fraudulent sale of gold and silver - false stamping of articles of gold or silver

Statute ID:

13222

Created:

Nov 17, 2009 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Nov 17, 2009 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

Added

Legal Analyst Comment:

Section 325F.52 shown renumbered as 325F.73 and its subdivisions - 1982

Summary Text:

Fraudulent sale of gold and silver - false stamping of articles of gold or silver

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/325F/73.html

Legislative Session:

1982 - Regular

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Nov 17, 2009

Any person, firm, corporation, or association, who or which make for sale any article of merchandise made, in whole or in part, of gold or any alloy of gold, having stamped, branded, engraved or printed thereon, or upon any card, tag, or label attached thereto, or upon any box, package, or wrapper, in which such article is encased or enclosed any mark, indicating or designed or intended to indicate, that the gold or alloy of gold of such article is of a greater degree of fineness than the actual fineness or quality of such gold or alloy, unless the actual fineness of such gold or alloy, in the case of flatware and watch cases be not less by more than 3/1000 parts, and, in the case of all other articles, be not less by more than one-half karat than the fineness indicated by the marks stamped, branded, engraved, or imprinted upon any part of such article or upon any cards, tags, or labels attached thereto, or upon any box, package, or wrapper in which such article is encased or enclosed according to the standards and subject to the qualifications hereinafter set forth, is guilty of a misdemeanor; provided, that in any test for the ascertainment of the fineness of the gold or its alloy in any such article, according to the foregoing standards, the part of the gold or its alloy taken for the test analysis or assay shall be such part or portion as does not contain or have attached thereto any solder or alloy of inferior fineness used for brazing or uniting the parts of the article; provided, further, and in addition to the foregoing tests and standards, that the actual fineness of the entire quantity of gold and of its alloys contained in any article mentioned in this section, except watch cases and flatware, including all solder or alloy of inferior metal used for brazing or uniting the parts of the article (all such gold, alloy, and solders being assayed as one piece) shall not be less by more than one karat than the fineness indicated by the mark stamped, branded, engraved, or imprinted upon such article, or upon any tag, card, or label attached thereto, or upon any box, package, cover, or wrapper in which the article is encased or enclosed.