There is hereby conferred upon the Director, his assistants and inspectors, police power, and in the exercise of their duties they shall, upon demand, exhibit their badges to any person questioning their authority; and they are authorized and empowered to make arrests of any person violating any of the provisions of this subchapter. The Director, his assistants, and inspectors may, for the purpose of carrying out and enforcing the provisions of this subchapter and in the performance of their official duties, with or without formal warrant, enter or go into or upon any stand, place, building, or premises, except a private residence, and may stop any vendor, peddler, dealer, vehicle, or person in charge thereof for the purpose of making inspections or tests.
(Mar. 3, 1921, 41 Stat. 1224, ch. 118, § 24; Apr. 11, 1946, 60 Stat. 88, ch. 134, § 1.)
1981 Ed., § 10-128.
1973 Ed., § 10-126.
Warrants and arrests, see § 23-501 et seq.
Department of Weights, Measures and Markets abolished: See Historical and Statutory Notes following § 37-201.01.
Structure District of Columbia Code
Title 37 - Weights, Measures, Markets, and Vending
Chapter 2 - Weights, Measures, and Markets Generally
Subchapter I - Weights and Measures Generally
§ 37–201.02. Director to give bond and take oath
§ 37–201.04. Inspection required after repair; alteration of condemnation tag prohibited
§ 37–201.05. Obstruction of inspection prohibited
§ 37–201.06. Record of inspections
§ 37–201.07. False measure prohibited; sale of commodities
§ 37–201.08. Commodities sold by weight; “ton” defined
§ 37–201.11. Sale of coal, charcoal, or coke
§ 37–201.14. Sale of frozen and fluid dairy products
§ 37–201.16. Substitutes for dry measure prohibited
§ 37–201.16a. Quantity markings required for packages; exemption
§ 37–201.18. Standard liquid measures; automatic gasoline pumps
§ 37–201.18a. Gasoline and fuel pump octane measurement
§ 37–201.19. Sale of shucked oysters, fish, meat, butter, and cheese
§ 37–201.20. Automatic measuring pumps
§ 37–201.21. Sale of pro rata quantity
§ 37–201.22. Inspection of commodities by Director
§ 37–201.22a. Sale of food by false advertising
§ 37–201.23. Sale of measuring devices by Director prohibited
§ 37–201.24. Police power conferred upon Director; inspections without warrants
§ 37–201.25. Council may establish tolerances and specifications
§ 37–201.26. Weighmasters; public scales; fees. [Repealed]
§ 37–201.27. Powers and duties of Director conferred on assistants and inspectors
§ 37–201.28. Supervision of markets; investigations and reports
§ 37–201.29. “Mayor” and “Director” defined
§ 37–201.30. “Person” defined; meaning of singular words
§ 37–201.32. Penalties; conduct of prosecutions
§ 37–201.33. Registration and inspection fees for weighing and measuring devices