File:Catawba County logo.png

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Non-free media information and use rationale – non-free logo true for Catawba County, North Carolina
Description	This is the logo owned by Catawba County Government for their county logo.
Source	The logo is from the following website: https://www.catawbacountync.gov/ https://www.catawbacountync.gov/discover-catawba-county/living/
Article	Catawba 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 logo, 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 Catawba County, North Carolina//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Catawba_County_logo.pngtrue

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This logo is an official seal of a governmental entity or one of its government agencies, and may be subject to copyright, trademark, and/or other restrictions on its reproduction, especially in commercial contexts. The copyright is likely held by the government or agency in question. It is believed that the use of images of seals

to illustrate the government or agency in question
on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation,

qualifies as fair use under the Copyright law of the United States. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement.

Use of this seal here does not imply endorsement by Wikipedia or the Wikimedia Foundation, nor does it imply endorsement of Wikipedia or the Wikimedia Foundation by the organization. See Wikipedia:Non-free content and Wikipedia:Logos for more information.
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.
This tag should only be used for seals. Do not use it for other purposes.

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	00:43, 26 April 2023		272 × 167 (9 KB)	DiscoA340 (talk \| contribs)	This variant of the logo seems to be used more
	00:09, 26 April 2023	No thumbnail	950 × 609 (247 KB)	Auguel (talk \| contribs)	Uploading a non-free logo using File Upload Wizard

File:Catawba County logo.png

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