HRS §482D-8
Penalties for selling unstamped gold or silver items
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗If you are a manufacturer or dealer of gold or silver items and you sell or keep items that are not stamped with a trademark as required by law, you can be charged with a crime. The first time is a misdemeanor, and any later time is a more serious felony.
The statute, as written — Violation of trademarking requirement
A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
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.
Sections this one refers to
§482D-6 Gold and silver items must show a registered trademark
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