§332-3 Tag, statement, form.
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§332-3 Tag, statement, form. No person, by oneself or the person's agents, servants, or employees, shall, directly or indirectly, at wholesale or retail, or otherwise, sell, offer for sale, deliver, or consign, or have in the person's possession with intent to sell, deliver, or consign, any mattress that shall not have plainly and indelibly stamped or printed thereon, or upon a tag of suitable, durable material, not smaller than three inches square, securely sewed to the covering thereof a statement, in the English language, setting forth the kind or kinds of materials used in filling the mattress, and whether the materials are in whole, or in part, new or old, or second-hand, or shoddy, and the name and address of the manufacturer or vendor thereof, or both; also the quantity of the materials used, expressed in terms of avoirdupois weight; also size of same, expressed in linear measure, clearly indicating the length and breadth thereof, except that tags attached to comforters need state only the percentage of new material and shoddy material, and no sizes need be marked on same; provided that this chapter shall not apply to the sale or other disposal by the owner thereof, of any mattress constituting a part of the owner's household furniture.
The statement shall be in the following form:
MATERIALS USED IN FILLINGS
Percentage of kinds of materials.................... Gross weight of materials, including cover.......... pounds.......... Size.......... Vendor............... Address.........................................................
[L 1927, c 234, §§3, 11; RL 1935, §1192; RL 1945, §2473; RL 1955, §55-3; HRS §332-3; am L 1969, c 196, §1; gen ch 1985]