Sec 44-1231.01. Unlawful acts  


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  • It is unlawful for any person to knowingly do any of the following:

    1. Sell or offer for sale any products represented to be authentic Indian arts and crafts unless the products are in fact authentic Indian arts and crafts.

    2. Sell or offer for sale any authentic Indian arts and crafts represented to be of silver or nonauthentic Indian arts and crafts represented to be of silver unless the products are made of coin silver or sterling silver.

    3. Sell or offer for sale nonauthentic Indian arts and crafts unless the nonauthentic Indian arts and crafts are clearly labeled as to any characteristics which make them nonauthentic.

    4. Sell or offer for sale any unnatural turquoise, mounted or unmounted, without a written disclosure of whether the turquoise is stabilized, treated, reconstituted or synthetic.

    5. Sell or offer to sell reconstituted turquoise or synthetic turquoise unless the turquoise is clearly labeled as synthetic turquoise.

    6. Engage in any false, misleading or deceptive advertising or any unconscionable trade practice regarding Indian arts or crafts. In this paragraph "unconscionable trade practice" means any act or practice in connection with the sale or offering for sale of Indian arts or crafts to a person which to the person's detriment takes advantage of the person's lack of knowledge, ability, experience or capacity to a grossly unfair degree or results in a gross disparity between the value received by the person and the price paid.