Such weights and measures in conformity with the standards of the United States as have been supplied to the Commonwealth by the federal government or otherwise obtained by the Commonwealth for use as state standards shall, when the same have been certified as being satisfactory for use as such by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, be the state standards of weight and measure. The state standards shall be kept in a safe and suitable place in the office or laboratory designated by the Commissioner, they shall not be removed from the said office or laboratory except for repairs or for certification, and they shall be maintained in such calibration as prescribed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The state standards shall be used only in verifying the office standards and for scientific purposes.
Code 1950, §§ 3-708.4, 59-95, 59-98, 59-99; 1962, c. 298; 1966, c. 702, § 3.1-922; 1993, c. 604; 2008, c. 860.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 3.2 - Agriculture, Animal Care, and Food
Chapter 56 - Weights and Measures
§ 3.2-5600. Definitions generally
§ 3.2-5601. Powers and duties of Commissioner
§ 3.2-5602. Commissioner to test accuracy of point-of-sale systems
§ 3.2-5604. State standards of weight and measure
§ 3.2-5605. Office standards and field standards
§ 3.2-5607. The Board may adopt regulations
§ 3.2-5608. Testing and inspection of standards procured by cities and counties
§ 3.2-5609. Testing and inspection of weights and measures offered for sale or commercially used
§ 3.2-5610. Investigations by Commissioner
§ 3.2-5614. Police powers of Commissioner
§ 3.2-5617. Powers and duties of sealers and deputies
§ 3.2-5618. Standards, equipment, and office space for sealers
§ 3.2-5620. Specifications and tolerances for weighing and measuring devices
§ 3.2-5621. Rejected weights and measures
§ 3.2-5622. How certain commodities to be sold
§ 3.2-5623. Information to be shown on packages
§ 3.2-5624. Certain packages to show price per single unit of weight, measure, or count
§ 3.2-5625. Misleading containers prohibited; contents of container not to fall below standard
§ 3.2-5626. Advertisement of commodities in package form
§ 3.2-5627. Pricing of retail merchandise
§ 3.2-5628. Weights and Measures Fund established; purpose
§ 3.2-5629. Fees and other moneys received
§ 3.2-5630. Violations of pricing requirements
§ 3.2-5631. Representations as to price; signs advertising price of petroleum products
§ 3.2-5632. Failure to pay advertised cash discount
§ 3.2-5633. Commissioner to receive enforcement authority for the Stage II Vapor Recovery Programs
§ 3.2-5634. Meat, poultry, and seafood
§ 3.2-5635. Bulk sale and delivery of commodities
§ 3.2-5636. Scale house in establishment where livestock is bought from producers
§ 3.2-5637. Type registering weighbeams or automatic weight recorders required
§ 3.2-5638. Weight of livestock to be determined on date of sale
§ 3.2-5639. Announcement of day and hour of livestock sale
§ 3.2-5640. Certain merchants to provide scales for use of customers
§ 3.2-5642. Determining number of board feet in tree or log
§ 3.2-5643. Obstructing Commissioner or sealers; penalty
§ 3.2-5644. Impersonating Commissioner or sealer
§ 3.2-5645. Certain acts declared misdemeanors
§ 3.2-5646. Civil penalties; suit to enjoin violation; compromise
§ 3.2-5647. Warning instead of report of violation
§ 3.2-5648. Presumptive proof of use of weight, measure or weighing or measuring device