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325F.73

Statute ID: 13221

Fraudulent sale of gold and silver

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Statute Number:

325F.73

Enactment Date:

Aug 1, 1907

Effective Date:

Aug 1, 1982

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Fraudulent sale of gold and silver

Statute ID:

13221

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 in 1982

Summary Text:

Fraudulent sale of gold and 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

Subdivision 1.  
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.