South Carolina § 39-15-20 Fraud in sale of goods marked "sterling".

South Carolina Statutes

§ 39-15-20 — Fraud in sale of goods marked "sterling".

South Carolina § 39-15-20

Title 39TRADE AND COMMERCE

Ch. 15LABELS AND TRADEMARKS

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Bluebook

S.C. Code Ann. § 39-15-20 (2026).

Text

A person who makes, sells, offers to sell or dispose of or has in his possession with intent to sell or dispose of any article of merchandise marked, stamped or branded with the words "sterling" or "sterling silver" or encased or enclosed in any box, package, cover, wrapper or other thing in or by which such article is packed, enclosed or otherwise prepared for sale or disposition, having thereon any engraving or printed label, stamp, imprint, mark or trademark indicating or denoting by such marking, stamping, branding, 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 article is manufactured are pure silver shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

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A person who makes, sells, offers to sell or dispose of or has in his possession with intent to sell or dispose of any article of merchandise marked, stamped or branded with the words "sterling" or "sterling silver" or encased or enclosed in any box, package, cover, wrapper or other thing in or by which such article is packed, enclosed or otherwise prepared for sale or disposition, having thereon any engraving or printed label, stamp, imprint, mark or trademark indicating or denoting by such marking, stamping, branding, 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 article is manufactured are pure silver shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 66-192; 1952 Code SECTION 66-214; 1942 Code SECTION 1315; 1932 Code SECTION 1320; Cr. C. '22 SECTION 212; Cr. C. '12 SECTION 510; Cr. C. '02 SECTION 363; 1894 (21) 797.