To enforce this title, the Secretary has special police powers, may arrest any violator of this title, and seize for use as evidence, without formal warrant, incorrect or unsealed weights and measures or amounts or packages of any commodity found to be used, retailed, offered or exposed for sale, or sold in violation of law. To perform his official duties, the Secretary may enter into or upon any commercial structure or premise, without a formal warrant and stop any person and require him to proceed, with or without any vehicle of which he may be in charge, to a place the Secretary may specify.
Structure Maryland Statutes
Title 11 - Weights and Measures
Subtitle 2 - General Powers and Duties of Secretary and Local Inspectors
Section 11-201 - Administration
Section 11-202 - General Powers and Duties of Secretary
Section 11-204 - Inspections and Testing Generally
Section 11-204.2 - Registration Required
Section 11-204.3 - Application for Registration
Section 11-204.4 - Term and Renewal of Registration; Display; Transfer
Section 11-204.5 - Denial, Suspension or Revocation of Registration
Section 11-204.6 - Weights and Measures Fund
Section 11-204.7 - Fees for Registration
Section 11-205 - Testing Standards Used by Servicemen or Service Agencies
Section 11-206 - Investigations; Recognized Sampling Procedures; Prima Facie Evidence
Section 11-207.1 - Sale of Commercial Weights and Measures
Section 11-208 - Prohibited Acts
Section 11-208.1 - Civil Penalties
Section 11-209 - Off-Sale, Stop-Use, Stop-Removal, and Removal Orders
Section 11-210 - Police Powers, Right of Entry, Seizure and Arrest