New Jersey § 51:5-6 Manufacture or sale of silver plated articles with false marks of "sterling"  or  "coin"  thereon

New Jersey Statutes

§ 51:5-6 — Manufacture or sale of silver plated articles with false marks of "sterling" or "coin" thereon

New Jersey § 51:5-6

Title 51STANDARDS, WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND CONTAINERS

This text of New Jersey § 51:5-6 (Manufacture or sale of silver plated articles with false marks of "sterling" or "coin" thereon) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering New Jersey primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

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N.J. Stat. Ann. § 51:5-6 (2026).

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No person shall make for sale, sell or offer to sell or dispose of, or have in his possession with intent to sell or dispose of, any article of merchandise made in whole or in part of inferior metal, having deposited or plated thereon, or brazed or otherwise affixed thereto, a plate, plating, covering or sheet of silver, or of any alloy of silver, which article is known to the market as "silver plate" or "silver electroplate" , or by any similar designation, and upon which article, or upon any tag, card or label attached thereto, or upon any box, package, cover or wrapper in which such article is incased or inclosed, shall be stamped, branded, engraved or imprinted the word "sterling" , or the word "coin" , either alone or in conjunction with any other words or marks.

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No person shall make for sale, sell or offer to sell or dispose of, or have in his possession with intent to sell or dispose of, any article of merchandise made in whole or in part of inferior metal, having deposited or plated thereon, or brazed or otherwise affixed thereto, a plate, plating, covering or sheet of silver, or of any alloy of silver, which article is known to the market as "silver plate" or "silver electroplate" , or by any similar designation, and upon which article, or upon any tag, card or label attached thereto, or upon any box, package, cover or wrapper in which such article is incased or inclosed, shall be stamped, branded, engraved or imprinted the word "sterling" , or the word "coin" , either alone or in conjunction with any other words or marks.