New Hanover County Seal.png

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Non-free media information and use rationale – non-free logo true for New Hanover County, North Carolina
Description	This is the logo owned by New Hanover County Government for their county seal.
Source	The logo is from the following website: https://www.nhcgov.com/
Article	New Hanover County, North Carolina
Portion used	Full
Low resolution?	Yes
Purpose of use	The image is placed in the infobox at the top of the article discussing their county seal, a subject of public interest. The significance of the logo is to help the reader identify the organization, assure the readers that they have reached the right article containing critical commentary about the organization, and illustrate the organization's intended branding message in a way that words alone could not convey.
Replaceable?	Yes, if copyright free version exists
Other information	Use of the logo in the article complies with Wikipedia non-free content policy, logo guidelines, and fair use under United States copyright law as described above.
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of New Hanover County, North Carolina//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:New_Hanover_County_Seal.pngtrue

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This is a logo of an organization, item, or event, and is protected by copyright. The use of low-resolution images on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation, of logos for certain uses involving identification and critical commentary may qualify as non-free use under the Copyright law of the United States. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. Certain commercial use of this image may also be trademark infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content and Wikipedia:Logos.

Use of the logo here does not imply endorsement of the organization by Wikipedia or the Wikimedia Foundation, nor vice versa. Fair use

To the uploader:

Please add a detailed non-free use rationale for each article the image is used in, which must also declare compliance with the other parts of the non-free content criteria, as well as the source of the work and copyright information.
For example non-free use rationales, see Wikipedia:Use rationale examples.
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Template:Non-free use rationale logo may be helpful for stating the rationale.
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Regarding uses other than in the original article: Check the non-free use criteria and do not assume that existing rationales can be simply copied and pasted, as they may not necessarily apply.

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	19:55, 25 May 2022		238 × 272 (59 KB)	DiscoA340 (talk \| contribs)	Added a better image (Under 400 px wide) and taken directly from county site. ~~~~
	20:39, 24 May 2022	No thumbnail	107 × 120 (29 KB)	DiscoA340 (talk \| contribs)	{{Non-free use rationale logo \| Article = New Hanover County, North Carolina \| Use = County Seal <!-- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION --> \| Used for = County Seal for county. \| Owner = New Hanover County Government. \| Description = County seal of New Hanover County Government. \| Website = https://www.nhcgov.com/ \| History = \| Commentary = <!-- OVERRIDE FIELDS --> \| Source = https://www.ncpedia.org/geography/new-...

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