N.Y. GBS Law § 229-C
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Marking soldered metal sterling or sterling silver
Official statutory text
§ 229-c. Marking soldered metal sterling or sterling silver. Any\nperson, firm, corporation or association who makes or sells, or offers\nto sell or dispose of, or has in his or its possession with intent to\nsell or dispose of, any article of merchandise, whose component parts\nare made of the same metal soldered together, which article is marked,\nstamped, or branded with the words "sterling" or "sterling silver,"\nunless all of said component parts shall contain not less than nine\nhundred and twenty-five one-thousandths parts of pure silver, is guilty\nof a misdemeanor.\n
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