Mississippi Code
Article 1 - Weights and Measures Law of 1964
§ 75-27-17. General powers and duties of director

The director shall have the custody of the state standards of weight and measure and of the other standards and equipment provided for by this article, and shall keep accurate records of the same. The director shall enforce the provisions of this article. He shall have and keep a general supervision over the instruments for weighing and measuring offered for sale, sold, or in use in the state. He shall, annually, make to the governor, secretary of the senate and the clerk of the house of representatives, a report on all of the activities of his office.

Structure Mississippi Code

Mississippi Code

Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments

Chapter 27 - Weights and Measures

Article 1 - Weights and Measures Law of 1964

§ 75-27-1. Citation

§ 75-27-3. Meaning of terms

§ 75-27-5. Systems of weights and measures

§ 75-27-7. Definitions of special units of measure

§ 75-27-9. State standards of weight and measure

§ 75-27-11. Office and working standards and equipment

§ 75-27-13. State director, deputy director, and inspectors of weights and measures

§ 75-27-15. Bonds of deputy director and inspectors

§ 75-27-17. General powers and duties of director

§ 75-27-19. Specific powers and duties of directors; regulations

§ 75-27-21. Testing of standards at state-supported institutions

§ 75-27-23. General testing

§ 75-27-25. Investigations

§ 75-27-27. Inspections of packages

§ 75-27-29. Stop-use, stop-removal, and removal orders

§ 75-27-31. Disposition of correct and incorrect apparatus

§ 75-27-33. Police powers; right to entry and stoppage

§ 75-27-35. Powers and duties of deputy director and inspector

§ 75-27-37. Duty of owners of incorrect apparatus

§ 75-27-39. Methods of sale of commodities; general

§ 75-27-41. Methods of sale of commodities; packages, declaration of quantity and origin; variations and exemptions

§ 75-27-43. Methods of sale of commodities; declaration of unit price on random packages

§ 75-27-45. Methods of sale of commodities; misleading packages

§ 75-27-47. Methods of sale of commodities; advertising packages for sale

§ 75-27-49. Sale by net weight

§ 75-27-51. Misrepresentation of price

§ 75-27-53. Construction of contracts

§ 75-27-55. Hindering or obstructing officer; penalties

§ 75-27-57. Impersonation of officer; penalties

§ 75-27-61. Injunction

§ 75-27-63. Presumptive evidence

§ 75-27-65. Validity of prosecutions

§ 75-27-67. Licensing service repairmen