556E.5 Other articles of silver.
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 or in part of silver or of any alloy of silver and having stamped, branded, engraved, or imprinted thereon, or upon any tag, card, or label attached thereto, or upon any container in which said article is enclosed, any mark or word, other than the word “sterling” or the word “coin”, indicating, or designed to indicate that the silver or alloy of silver in said article is of a greater degree of fineness than the actual fineness or quality, unless the actual fineness of the silver or alloy of silver of which said article is composed be not less by more than four one-thousandths parts than the actual fineness indicated by the said mark or word, other than the word “sterling” or “coin”, stamped, branded, engraved, or imprinted upon any part of said article, or upon any tag, card, or label attached thereto, or upon any container in which said article is enclosed, subject to the qualifications hereinafter set forth, is guilty of a fraudulent practice.
[S13, §5077-b1; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1910; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §119.5]
C93, §556E.5
Referred to in §556E.6
Structure Iowa Code
Chapter 556E - GOLD AND SILVER ALLOY
Section 556E.1 - Fraudulent marking.
Section 556E.3 - “Sterling silver.”
Section 556E.4 - “Coin silver.”
Section 556E.5 - Other articles of silver.
Section 556E.6 - Tests for articles.
Section 556E.7 - Gold-plated or gold-filled articles.