New Hampshire § 339-31 - Section 339:31 "Sterling."
Full text of New Hampshire New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated § 339-31 — Section 339:31 "Sterling.", with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 339-31. Section 339:31 "Sterling."
No person shall make, sell or offer to sell or dispose of, or have 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 thing in or by which the said 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 that such article is silver, sterling silver, or solid silver, unless .925 of the component parts of the metal of which the said article is manufactured are pure silver.
Source: official New Hampshire text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 339-31 ("Section 339:31 "Sterling."") is part of the New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated, the codified statutory law of New Hampshire. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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