215.17 Test weights to be used.
1. A person engaged in scale repair work for hire shall use only test weights sealed by a laboratory approved by the department in determining the effectiveness of repair work and the test weights shall be sealed as to their accuracy once each year. However, a person shall not claim to be an official scale inspector and shall not use the test weights except to determine the accuracy of scale repair work done by the person and the person shall not be entitled to a fee for their use.
2. Calibration shall not be required of a tank which is not used for the purpose of measuring, or which is equipped with a meter, and vehicle tanks loaded from meters and carrying a printed ticket showing gallonage shall not be required to be calibrated.
[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §215.17]
92 Acts, ch 1239, §39; 2010 Acts, ch 1061, §41; 2015 Acts, ch 103, §22, 23
Structure Iowa Code
Chapter 215 - INSPECTION OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Section 215.2 - Special inspection request — fees.
Section 215.3 - Payment by party complaining.
Section 215.4 - Tag for inaccurate or incorrect device — reinspection — license fee.
Section 215.5 - Confiscation of scales.
Section 215.6 - False weights or measures.
Section 215.7 - Transactions by false weights or measures.
Section 215.8 - Reasonable variations.
Section 215.9 - Power of political subdivision limited.
Section 215.10 - Installation of new scales.
Section 215.11 - Dial visible to public.
Section 215.12 - Bond of scale repairers.
Section 215.13 - Graduations on beam.
Section 215.14 - Approval by department.
Section 215.16 - Weighing beyond capacity.
Section 215.17 - Test weights to be used.
Section 215.18 - Specifications and tolerances.
Section 215.19 - Automatic recorders on scales.
Section 215.20 - Liquid petroleum gas measurement.
Section 215.21 - Individual carcass weights.
Section 215.22 - Packer-monorail scale.
Section 215.23 - Servicer’s license — fee and term.