In all prosecutions for the violation of any laws relating to weights and measures, the possession of a weight, measure or weighing or measuring device which has been altered, changed or in any manner tampered with so that the same shall give a false or wrong weight or measure in either buying or selling any commodity, thing or service shall be prima facie evidence of the guilt of the person having the same in possession.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.
Chapter 16 - Weights and Measures.
Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 8-16-2 - Standard Measure of Length, Surface, Weight, and Capacity.
Section 8-16-3 - Standards Approved by Congress to Be State Standards.
Section 8-16-4 - Contracts Construed According to Standards Ascertained by Congress.
Section 8-16-6 - Duties Generally of Commissioner Respecting Weights and Measures.
Section 8-16-7 - Powers of Commissioner and Local Sealers in Supervising Weights and Measures.
Section 8-16-8 - Weights or Measures Corresponding With Standards to Be Sealed or Marked.
Section 8-16-9 - Condemnation, Repair, etc., of Nonstandard Weights and Measures.
Section 8-16-15 - Rules and Regulations; Fees.
Section 8-16-16 - Standards for Containers of Farm Products - Duty to Establish.
Section 8-16-17 - Standards for Containers of Farm Products - Adoption of Federal Standards.