New York Laws
Article 13 - Silver, Gold and Diamonds
229-A - Marking Certain Articles, Silver, Sterling Silver or Solid Silver.

§ 229-a. Marking certain articles, silver, sterling silver or solid
silver. Any person, firm, corporation or association who makes or sells
or offers to sell or dispose of, or has in his or its possession, with
intent to sell or dispose of, any article of merchandise marked, stamped
or branded with the words "sterling" or "sterling silver," or incased or
inclosed in any box, package, cover or wrapper, or other thing in, by or
with which the said article is packed, inclosed or otherwise prepared
for sale or disposition, having thereupon any engraving or printed
label, stamp, imprint, mark or trade-mark, indicating or denoting by
such marking, stamping, branding, or engraving or printing that such
article is silver, sterling silver or solid silver, unless nine hundred
and twenty-five one-thousandths of the component parts of the metal of
which the said article is manufactured is pure silver, is guilty of a
misdemeanor.