Hawaii · statute · Haw. Rev. Stat. ch. 482D · 11 active provisions
As used in this chapter: "Article" or "article of merchandise" means any goods, wares, works of art, commodities, or other things which may be lawfully kept or offered for sale, imported into, or exported from the State. "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, or any other form of business enterprise, c…
It shall be unlawful for any person being a manufacturer or dealer of or in wholesale or retail in gold or silver articles to manufacture, sell, import, or export gold or silver jewelry or gold or silver articles, manufactured after October 1, 1981, and made in whole or in part of gold or silver, or any alloy of either…
The actual fineness of gold or alloy shall not be less by more than .003 parts than the fineness indicated by the mark stamped upon any part of the article; provided, however, that: (1) In any test for the ascertainment of the fineness of any article mentioned in this chapter, the part of the article taken for the test…
(a) The actual variation of fineness of silver or alloy of articles made in whole or in part of silver or its alloys shall not be less by more than .004 parts than the actual fineness indicated by any mark (other than the word "sterling" or the word "coin") stamped upon any part of the article. (b) No article shall be…
No article made in whole or in part of an inferior metal, having deposited or plated thereon or brazed or otherwise affixed thereto a plating, covering, or sheet composed of gold or silver, or of an alloy of either of these metals, and known in the market as rolled gold plate, gold plate, gold filled, silver plate, or…
(a) No article of merchandise bearing a quality or fineness mark made in whole or in part of gold or silver or of an alloy of either metal shall be sold, offered for sale, imported into, or exported from the State unless it is stamped with a trademark that has been registered under the laws of the United States or appl…
(a) A person commits a criminal offense if the person is a manufacturer or dealer of gold or silver articles of merchandise and the person sells or possesses articles of merchandise which violates section 482D-3, 482D-4, or 482D-5. If the aggregate value of the articles which violate section 482D-3, 482D-4, or 482D-5 i…
Any person, being a manufacturer or dealer of gold or silver articles of merchandise, who sells or possesses articles which are not stamped with a trademark as required by section 482D-6 shall: (1) Be guilty of a misdemeanor for the first offense; and (2) Be guilty of a class C felony for any subsequent offense.
(a) It is unlawful for any manufacturer or dealer to possess any article of merchandise found to be in violation of section 482D-3, 482D-4, 482D-5, or 482D-6. All articles of merchandise found to be in violation of section 482D-3, 482D-4, 482D-5, or 482D-6 shall be contraband and subject to seizure and forfeiture as pr…
(a) Any competitor, customer, or competitor of a customer of any person in violation of this chapter, or any subsequent purchaser of an article of merchandise which violates this chapter shall be entitled to injunctive relief restraining further violations and may sue as the real party in interest in any circuit court…
The circuit courts shall have exclusive original jurisdiction of any civil action arising under the provisions of this chapter.