(a) No person shall:
(1) Use or have in possession for use in commerce any incorrect weight or measure;
(2) Sell or offer for sale for use in commerce any incorrect weight or measure;
(3) Remove any tag, seal, decal, or mark from any weight or measure without specific written authorization from the proper authority;
(4) Hinder or obstruct any weights and measures official or registered service agent in the performance of his or her duties;
(5) Violate any provisions of this subchapter or regulations promulgated under it;
(6) Sell or offer for sale any weight or measure for use in commerce, unless it bears an Arkansas Bureau of Standards approved seal or decal, if the seal or decal is applicable to the weight or measure;
(7) Neglect or refuse to exhibit a weight or measure under the person's control or in the person's possession to any weights and measures official or a registered service agent for inspection, examination, or testing as required by law;
(8) Perform an annual inspection, examination, or test on a weight or measure if that person is not a weights and measures official or a registered service agent;
(9) Impersonate in any way the Director of the Arkansas Bureau of Standards, the Deputy Director of the Arkansas Bureau of Standards, any one of the investigators, or a registered agent of the bureau by the use of a seal or decal, or in any other manner; or
(10) Violate any provision of this subchapter or rules promulgated under § 4-18-328.
(b) A person may be prosecuted for a violation of this subchapter notwithstanding the existence of any other valid general or specific act of this state dealing with matters that may be the same as or similar to those covered by this subchapter.
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law
Subtitle 2 - Miscellaneous Commercial Law Provisions
Chapter 18 - Weights and Measures
Subchapter 3 - Uniform Weights and Measures Law
§ 4-18-302. Systems of weights and measures
§ 4-18-303. Physical standards
§ 4-18-304. Technical requirements for weighing and measuring devices
§ 4-18-305. Requirements for packaging and labeling
§ 4-18-306. Requirements for the method of sale of commodities
§ 4-18-307. Requirements for unit pricing
§ 4-18-309. Requirements for open dating
§ 4-18-310. Requirements for type evaluation
§ 4-18-311. State Division of Weights and Measures
§ 4-18-312. Powers and duties of the State Plant Board
§ 4-18-313. Special police powers
§ 4-18-314. Powers and duties of local officials
§ 4-18-315. Misrepresentation of quantity
§ 4-18-316. Misrepresentation of pricing
§ 4-18-319. Information required on packages
§ 4-18-320. Declarations of unit price on random weight packages
§ 4-18-321. Advertising packages for sale
§ 4-18-324. Criminal penalties
§ 4-18-325. Restraining order and injunction
§ 4-18-326. Presumptive evidence
§ 4-18-327. Rules to be unaffected by repeal of prior enabling statute
§ 4-18-329. Fees for tests or inspections
§ 4-18-331. Legal weight of bushel of specific commodities
§ 4-18-332. Bushel of apples — Lawful measure
§ 4-18-334. Director of the Arkansas Bureau of Standards
§ 4-18-336. State standards — Certification
§ 4-18-337. Office and field standards — Verification
§ 4-18-338. Rules — Correct and incorrect apparatus
§ 4-18-339. Disposition of correct and incorrect apparatus
§ 4-18-342. Packages or amounts of commodities — Inspection — Disposition of nonconforming units