The Commissioner shall prescribe the form of weight certificate to be used by a licensed public weighmaster. The weight certificate shall state the date of issuance, the kind of property, produce, commodity, or article weighed, the name of the declared owner or agent of the owner or of the consignee of the material weighed, the accurate weight of the material weighed, the means by which the material was being transported at the time it was weighed, and such other available information as may be necessary to distinguish or identify the property, produce, commodity, or article from others of like kind. Such weight certificate when so made and properly signed and sealed shall be prima facie evidence of the accuracy of the weights shown.
Code 1950, § 3-709.10; 1962, c. 126; 1966, c. 702, § 3.1-979; 2008, c. 860.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 3.2 - Agriculture, Animal Care, and Food
Chapter 58 - Public Weighmasters
§ 3.2-5801. Commissioner to adopt regulations
§ 3.2-5802. Qualifications of licensed public weighmasters
§ 3.2-5803. Application for license
§ 3.2-5805. Licenses and renewal fees
§ 3.2-5806. Issuance of limited licenses to certain public officers and employees
§ 3.2-5807. Expiration of licenses; applications for renewal
§ 3.2-5810. Entries on weight certificate
§ 3.2-5811. Only suitable, tested and approved weighing devices to be used
§ 3.2-5813. Copies of weight certificates to be retained and kept open for inspection
§ 3.2-5814. Weight certificates issued by weighmasters in other states
§ 3.2-5815. Certain persons permitted but not required to obtain licenses
§ 3.2-5816. Certain acts forbidden to persons not licensed as public weighmasters