Colorado § 6-15-205 - Unlawful acts.
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§ 6-15-205. Unlawful acts.
(1) A person shall not knowingly:
(a) Sell or offer for sale any products represented as authentic Indian arts and crafts unless the products are in fact authentic Indian arts and crafts;
(b) Sell or offer to sell any authentic Indian arts and crafts purporting to be silver unless the products are made of coin silver or sterling silver that is not less than ninety-percent pure silver by weight or unless the person provides a statement to the purchaser at retail concerning the content of the silver used in the arts or crafts;
(c) Sell or offer to sell any authentic Indian arts and crafts that are not separately displayed from other arts and crafts and the authentic Indian arts and crafts are not clearly designated with a tag attached to each product and containing the words "Authentic Indian" in letters not less than one-quarter inch high or, if the authentic Indian arts and crafts can clearly be labeled by the use of a display card, then in lieu of tagging each article the person may label the authentic Indian arts and crafts with a printed display card in letters not less than one-half inch in height and containing the words "Authentic Indian". The label or display card shall be maintained with the related crafts in an area separate from other arts and crafts so as to clearly designate the authentic Indian arts and crafts.
(d) Sell or offer to sell spin cast components of authentic Indian jewelry, other than findings, or use spin cast components in authentic Indian jewelry unless the jewelry is labeled as being so cast in its manufacture.
Source: L. 2017: Entire part added, (HB 17-1241), ch. 163, p. 604, § 1, effective August 9.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 12-44.5-105 as it existed prior to 2017.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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