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Subtitle 1 - Organization and Authority of Department Pertaining to Weights and Measures
Section 11-101 - Definitions - (a) In this title the following words have the meanings...
Subtitle 2 - General Powers and Duties of Secretary and Local Inspectors
Section 11-201 - Administration - The Chief of Weights and Measures may administer the provisions...
Section 11-202 - General Powers and Duties of Secretary - The Secretary shall: (1) Have custody of the State primary...
Section 11-203 - Regulations; Specifications, Tolerances, and Technical Requirements for Commercial Weighing and Measuring Devices; Correct Weight and Measure - (a) To enforce this title the Secretary may adopt regulations...
Section 11-204 - Inspections and Testing Generally - (a) Upon the request of any competent State authority, the...
Section 11-204.1 - Testing for Conformity With National Conference on Weights and Measures Requirements - (a) The Secretary may establish a program to test any...
Section 11-204.2 - Registration Required - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...
Section 11-204.3 - Application for Registration - An applicant for a registration shall: (1) Submit to the...
Section 11-204.4 - Term and Renewal of Registration; Display; Transfer - (a) Unless a registration for a weight and measure is...
Section 11-204.5 - Denial, Suspension or Revocation of Registration - Subject to the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, the...
Section 11-204.6 - Weights and Measures Fund - (a) (1) There is a “Weights and Measures Fund”. (2)...
Section 11-204.7 - Fees for Registration - The fees for registering each weight and measure used for...
Section 11-205 - Testing Standards Used by Servicemen or Service Agencies - The Secretary shall test the standards of weights and measures...
Section 11-206 - Investigations; Recognized Sampling Procedures; Prima Facie Evidence - (a) The Secretary may investigate any complaint of any violation...
Section 11-207 - Approval and Sealing of Correct Weights and Measures; Disposition of Incorrect Weights and Measures - (a) The Secretary shall approve for use and seal or...
Section 11-207.1 - Sale of Commercial Weights and Measures - (a) Unless it is approved by the Secretary, a person...
Section 11-208 - Prohibited Acts - (a) A weight and measure, unless inspected and approved by...
Section 11-208.1 - Civil Penalties - (a) Instead of pursuing criminal charges provided in this article,...
Section 11-209 - Off-Sale, Stop-Use, Stop-Removal, and Removal Orders - (a) If the Secretary finds that any package or amount...
Section 11-210 - Police Powers, Right of Entry, Seizure and Arrest - To enforce this title, the Secretary has special police powers,...
Section 11-211 - Injunctions - The Secretary may seek an injunction to restrain a person...
Subtitle 3 - Regulation of Weights and Measures Generally
Section 11-301 - Recognized Systems of Weights and Measures; Definitions of Units of Weight and Measure; Fractional Parts of Units; Constructionof Contracts for Sale of Commodities - (a) The system of weights and measures in customary use...
Section 11-302 - State Primary Standards - (a) Any weight and measure conforming with the standards of...
Section 11-303 - State Secondary Standards and Equipment - In addition to the State primary standards, the State shall...
Section 11-304 - Method of Sale of Commodities - (a) A commodity in liquid form shall be sold only...
Section 11-305 - Declarations on Packages; Packages on Which Declaration of Unit Price Required - (a) Unless otherwise provided, any commodity in a package form...
Section 11-306 - Misleading Packages; Advertising Price of Packaged Commodity; Prohibited Qualifying Terms - (a) A commodity in package form may not be wrapped...
Section 11-307 - Sale or Transportation of Commodities in Bulk - (a) (1) When a commodity in bulk is transported by...
Section 11-308 - Sale by Net Weight - If any commodity is sold on the basis of weight,...
Section 11-309 - Misrepresentation of Price; Display of Fractions of a Cent - (a) If any commodity or service is sold, offered, exposed,...
Section 11-310 - Meat, Poultry, and Seafood - (a) (1) Except as provided in this subsection or as...
Section 11-311 - Butter, Oleomargarine, and Margarine - Butter, oleomargarine, and margarine shall be offered and exposed for...
Section 11-312 - Fluid Dairy Products; Cottage Cheese, Cottage Cheese Products, Sour Cream, and Yogurt; Ice Cream, Ice Milk, Etc - (a) All fluid dairy products, including whole milk, skimmed milk,...
Section 11-313 - Flour, Cornmeal, and Hominy Grits - When in package form, and when packed, possessed, offered, or...
Section 11-314 - Berries and Small Fruits - Berries and small fruits shall be offered and exposed for...
Section 11-315 - Liquid Fuels - (a) All liquid fuel shall be sold by liquid measure...
Subtitle 4 - Milk and Other Fluid Dairy Products
Section 11-401 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...
Section 11-402 - Rules and Regulations - The Secretary may adopt rules and regulations necessary to regulate...
Section 11-404 - Responsibility for Records of Weights, Measures, Samples and Tests - A purchaser or hauler shall be responsible for all appropriate...
Section 11-405 - License - (a) Every purchaser or hauler of milk or other fluid...
Section 11-406 - Revocation or Suspension of Licenses - The Secretary may revoke or suspend any license issued under...
Section 11-407 - Notice to Be Given by Purchaser to Producer; Records of Purchaser; Statements Provided by Hauler - (a) Every cooperative or other purchaser shall notify the producer...
Section 11-408 - Equipment - (a) When testing milk or other fluid dairy products, a...
Section 11-409 - Samples - (a) Samples that may be used as a basis for...
Section 11-410 - Manner of Testing - A person may not obtain, collect or use any sample,...
Section 11-411 - Indicating, Recording or Reporting False Quantity - A person may not indicate, record or report a false...
Section 11-412 - Right of Entry to Inspect and Audit; Presenting License for Inspection; Information Obtained to Be Confidential - (a) (1) The Secretary may enter the premises of any...
Section 11-413 - Injunction - The Secretary may seek an injunction to restrain any person...
Section 11-414 - Penalty for Violating 11-409, 11-410, or 11-411 of This Subtitle - (a) Any person who violates § 11–409, § 11–410, or...