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Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 8-16-1 - Definitions. - For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall...
Section 8-16-2 - Standard Measure of Length, Surface, Weight, and Capacity. - There is but one unit or standard measure of length...
Section 8-16-3 - Standards Approved by Congress to Be State Standards. - The standards of weights and measures received from the United...
Section 8-16-4 - Contracts Construed According to Standards Ascertained by Congress. - All contracts made within this state for any work to...
Section 8-16-6 - Duties Generally of Commissioner Respecting Weights and Measures. - With respect to weights and measures, the Commissioner of Agriculture...
Section 8-16-7 - Powers of Commissioner and Local Sealers in Supervising Weights and Measures. - (a) When not otherwise provided by law, the Commissioner of...
Section 8-16-8 - Weights or Measures Corresponding With Standards to Be Sealed or Marked. - Whenever the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries or a local...
Section 8-16-9 - Condemnation, Repair, etc., of Nonstandard Weights and Measures. - (a) The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries or a local...
Section 8-16-10 - Seizure for Evidence of Incorrect, False, or Unsealed Weight, Measure, Device, Package, or Commodity. - The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries or any local sealer...
Section 8-16-11 - Powers of Sheriff Conferred Upon Commissioner and Sealers; Exhibition of Badges; Power of Arrest. - There is conferred upon the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries...
Section 8-16-12 - Possession of Altered, etc., Weight, Measure or Device Prima Facie Evidence of Guilt. - In all prosecutions for the violation of any laws relating...
Section 8-16-13 - Existence of Weights, Measures or Devices in Place of Sale, etc., Presumptive Proof of Use and Ownership. - For the purposes of this article, proof of the existence...
Section 8-16-15 - Rules and Regulations; Fees. - (a) The Board of Agriculture and Industries shall have the...
Section 8-16-16 - Standards for Containers of Farm Products - Duty to Establish. - It shall be the duty of the State Board of...
Section 8-16-17 - Standards for Containers of Farm Products - Adoption of Federal Standards. - The State Board of Agriculture and Industries is authorized to...
Section 8-16-18 - Penalties for Violation of Chapter. - (a) Any person violating any provision of this chapter or...
Article 2 - Local Sealers.
Section 8-16-30 - Appointment; Qualifications; Keeping of Standards and Apparatus by Cities and Counties. - (a) The county commission of each county and the mayor...
Section 8-16-31 - Term of Office; Salary; Removal; Bond. - (a) Local sealers of weights and measures shall hold office...
Section 8-16-32 - Records and Reports. - (a) A local sealer of weights and measures shall keep...
Article 3 - Weighmasters.
Division 1 - General Provisions.
Section 8-16-50 - Appointment; Oath; Certificate of Appointment. - (a) Any person engaged in the business of weighing for...
Section 8-16-51 - Rules and Regulations; Fees. - (a) The term of appointment for weighmasters shall be for...
Section 8-16-52 - Bond. - Repealed by Act 2012-399, ยง1, effective May 14, 2012.
Section 8-16-53 - Rights and Duties; Compensation Not to Be Paid by State. - The rights and duties of all weighmasters shall be prescribed...
Section 8-16-54 - Seal. - (a) It shall be the duty of every weighmaster in...
Section 8-16-55 - Records. - All public weighmasters shall keep and preserve correct and accurate...
Section 8-16-56 - Weight Certificate Form; Certificate Deemed Prima Facie Evidence of Weight. - (a) The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries shall prescribe the...
Section 8-16-57 - Certificates to Contain Accurate Weight. - All certificates of weights and measures, as provided by this...
Section 8-16-58 - Reweighing of Certified Commodity, Produce or Article. - When doubt or differences arise as to the correctness of...
Section 8-16-59 - False Certificates. - Any weighmaster who shall issue a certificate of weights and...
Division 2 - State and Federal Employees.
Section 8-16-70 - Appointment. - (a) The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries is authorized to...
Section 8-16-71 - Fees and Charges for Weighing Agricultural Commodities; Disposition of Collected Amounts. - The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, with the approval of...
Section 8-16-72 - Rules and Regulations for Weighing Agricultural Commodities. - The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, with the approval of...
Article 4 - Miscellaneous Regulations.
Section 8-16-90 - Prohibited Acts Generally. - Any person who, by himself or his servant or agent,...
Section 8-16-91 - Net Weight of Commodity Basis for Sales by Weight. - Whenever any commodity, other than bale cotton, is sold on...
Section 8-16-93 - Net Quantities of Contents of Packages to Be Marked on Outside. - (a) It shall be unlawful to keep for the purpose...
Section 8-16-94 - Weight per Bushel or Barrel of Certain Commodities Established by Custom of Marketplace; Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries Authorized to Promulgate Rules Concerning Weights per Bushel or Barrel. - (a) Whenever any commodities shall be sold or delivered and...
Section 8-16-95 - Milk and Cream Bottles and Containers - Capacities; Markings; Bond Required of Manufacturers. - (a) Bottles or other containers used for the sale of...
Section 8-16-96 - Milk and Cream Bottles and Containers - Penalty for Selling or Using Noncomplying Containers. - (a) Any manufacturer or dealer who sells, or offers to...
Section 8-16-97 - Milk and Cream Bottles and Containers - Duties of Sealers. - Local sealers of weights and measures are not required to...
Section 8-16-98 - Coal, Coke, or Charcoal - Sale by Weight; "Ton" Defined; Restriction on Liquid Substances in Coal, Coke, or Charcoal. - (a) It shall be unlawful to sell, or offer to...
Section 8-16-99 - Coal, Coke, or Charcoal - Delivery Tickets. - (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to deliver...
Section 8-16-100 - Coal, Coke, or Charcoal - Weighing of Coal at Time of Purchase at Request of Purchaser. - When a dealer or dealers in coal in cities or...
Section 8-16-101 - Fruit, Nuts, Vegetables and Grain to Be Sold by Avoirdupois Weight or Numerical Count. - (a) Except as otherwise provided in this article or when...
Section 8-16-102 - Cornmeal and Grits to Be Sold in Five to 200 Pound Packages; Exceptions. - (a) No person shall sell, offer for sale, expose for...
Section 8-16-103 - Flour to Be Sold in Packages of Five to 200 Pounds; Exceptions. - (a) No person shall sell, offer for sale, expose for...
Section 8-16-104 - Sale of Ice Regulated. - (a) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or...
Section 8-16-105 - Sale of Oil at Retail Regulated. - Any person engaged in the business of the sale of...
Section 8-16-106 - Requesting False or Incorrect Weighing or Certificate; Unauthorized Issuance of Certificate. - Any person, firm or corporation who shall request a weighmaster...
Section 8-16-107 - Operating Weighing or Measuring Device Other Than as Intended. - It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any...
Article 5 - Registered Commercial Weighing and Measuring Technicians.
Section 8-16-120 - Registration Authorized; Purpose. - For the benefit of users, manufacturers and distributors of commercial...
Section 8-16-121 - Registration Requirements; Fees. - Only those natural persons who demonstrate to the satisfaction of...
Section 8-16-122 - Registration Period; Renewal; Fee; Testing; Identification; Penalty. - Registration of service persons and scale mechanics shall be for...
Section 8-16-123 - Revocation, Suspension, etc., of Registration; Grounds; Notice; Appeal. - The commissioner may revoke, suspend or refuse to renew the...