Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 581 - Weights and Measures
NRS 581.320 - Fluid dairy products: Packages for retail sale; marking of containers; exemption. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Fluid dairy products: Packages for retail sale; marking of containers; exemption. [Effective January 1, 2022.]


1. All fluid dairy products must be packaged for retail sale in:
(a) Units of 1 gill or less, one-half liquid pint, 10 fluid ounces, 1 liquid pint, 1 liquid quart, one-half gallon, 3 liquid quarts, 1 gallon, 1 1/2 gallons, 2 gallons, 2 1/2 gallons or multiples of 1 gallon; or
(b) Such other amounts as are approved by the State Sealer of Consumer Equitability.
2. Each container used for the sale of such products must:
(a) Be marked with its capacity;
(b) Be marked with the name, initial or trademark of the manufacturer;
(c) Be marked with such other information as required by the State Sealer of Consumer Equitability; and
(d) If the fluid dairy product is packaged for retail sale in an amount other than a unit of measure listed in paragraph (a) of subsection 1, be marked with its capacity in fluid ounces and a comparison of that quantity with the unit of measure that is closest in volume in sufficient size and prominence to inform the public of the difference in volume.
3. This section does not apply to eating establishments serving milk in glasses with meals.
[10:169:1945; 1943 NCL § 8335.09]—(NRS A 1960, 36; 1969, 636; 1971, 365; 1975, 362; 1999, 3168; 2013, 2477; 2017, 147)

1. All fluid dairy products must be packaged for retail sale in:
(a) Units of 1 gill or less, one-half liquid pint, 10 fluid ounces, 1 liquid pint, 1 liquid quart, one-half gallon, 3 liquid quarts, 1 gallon, 1 1/2 gallons, 2 gallons, 2 1/2 gallons or multiples of 1 gallon; or
(b) Such other amounts as are approved by the State Sealer of Measurement Standards.
2. Each container used for the sale of such products must:
(a) Be marked with its capacity;
(b) Be marked with the name, initial or trademark of the manufacturer;
(c) Be marked with such other information as required by the State Sealer of Measurement Standards; and
(d) If the fluid dairy product is packaged for retail sale in an amount other than a unit of measure listed in paragraph (a) of subsection 1, be marked with its capacity in fluid ounces and a comparison of that quantity with the unit of measure that is closest in volume in sufficient size and prominence to inform the public of the difference in volume.
3. This section does not apply to eating establishments serving milk in glasses with meals.
[10:169:1945; 1943 NCL § 8335.09]—(NRS A 1960, 36; 1969, 636; 1971, 365; 1975, 362; 1999, 3168; 2013, 2477; 2017, 147; 2021, 104, effective January 1, 2022)

Structure Nevada Revised Statutes

Nevada Revised Statutes

Chapter 581 - Weights and Measures

NRS 581.001 - Definitions.

NRS 581.002 - "Bulk sale" defined.

NRS 581.0021 - "Cannabis establishment" defined.

NRS 581.0023 - "Cannabis weighing and measuring equipment" defined.

NRS 581.0025 - "Commercial weighing and measuring equipment" defined.

NRS 581.003 - "Correct" defined.

NRS 581.0045 - "Division" defined. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] "Division" defined. [Effective January 1, 2022.]

NRS 581.0055 - "Field reference standards" defined.

NRS 581.007 - "Net mass" and "net weight" defined.

NRS 581.010 - "Package" defined.

NRS 581.012 - "Primary standards" defined.

NRS 581.014 - "Random weight package" defined.

NRS 581.016 - "Secondary standards" defined.

NRS 581.018 - "Standard package" defined.

NRS 581.019 - "Transfer standards" defined.

NRS 581.021 - "Weight" defined.

NRS 581.022 - "Weights and measures" defined.

NRS 581.030 - Director of State Department of Agriculture ex officio State Sealer of Consumer Equitability; enforcement of chapter. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Director of State Department of Agriculture ex officio State Sealer of Measurem...

NRS 581.050 - General authority to adopt regulations. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] General authority to adopt regulations. [Effective January 1, 2022.]

NRS 581.057 - Enforcement of chapter: Entry into commercial premises or cannabis establishment; stop-use, hold and removal orders; seizure of property; inspection of vehicles. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Enforcement of chapter: Entry into...

NRS 581.059 - Enforcement of chapter: Authority to obtain restraining order or temporary or permanent injunction. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Enforcement of chapter: Authority to obtain restraining order or temporary or permanent injunctio...

NRS 581.065 - Duties: Proper use of weights and measures used in commercial services and cannabis establishments; prevention of unfair and deceptive dealing; availability of facilities of Division; promotion of uniformity with laws of other states an...

NRS 581.067 - Duties: Standards; enforcement; exemptions; investigations; civil penalties; inspections, tests and approval of commercial weights and measures and cannabis weighing and measuring equipment; verification of packaged commodities; prescri...

NRS 581.075 - Fees. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Fees. [Effective January 1, 2022.]

NRS 581.103 - Registration required. [Effective until the earlier of January 1, 2022, or the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professio...

NRS 581.1032 - Payment of child support: Statement by applicant for certificate of registration; grounds for denial of certificate; duty of State Sealer of Consumer Equitability. [Effective until the earlier of January 1, 2022, or the date of the rep...

NRS 581.1033 - Preliminary determination of whether person’s criminal history will disqualify person from obtaining certificate of registration. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Preliminary determination of whether person’s criminal history wil...

NRS 581.1034 - Suspension of certificate of registration for failure to pay child support or comply with certain subpoenas or warrants; reinstatement of certificate. [Effective until the earlier of January 1, 2022, or the date of the repeal of 42 U.S...

NRS 581.1036 - Application for renewal of certificate of registration to include information relating to state business registration; renewal of certificate prohibited in certain circumstances. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Application for r...

NRS 581.205 - Authority to use transfer standards as temporary measurement references; applicability. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Authority to use transfer standards as temporary measurement references; applicability. [Effective January 1,...

NRS 581.225 - Rebuttable presumption that field reference standard is regularly used in installation, adjustment, repair or calibration of commercial weighing and measuring equipment.

NRS 581.304 - Requirements for random weight packages and standard packages; exemptions. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Requirements for random weight packages and standard packages; exemptions. [Effective January 1, 2022.]

NRS 581.306 - Additional requirements for random weight packages of same commodity.

NRS 581.315 - Requirements for packaged commodity that is advertised with retail price stated.

NRS 581.320 - Fluid dairy products: Packages for retail sale; marking of containers; exemption. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Fluid dairy products: Packages for retail sale; marking of containers; exemption. [Effective January 1, 2022.]

NRS 581.365 - Standards for determining quantity of commodities in liquid form and commodities not in liquid form; provision of information necessary to make price and quantity comparisons. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Standards for determi...

NRS 581.375 - Misrepresentation of quantity prohibited.

NRS 581.377 - Misrepresentation of price prohibited.

NRS 581.385 - Delivery ticket required for certain bulk sales and bulk deliveries; contents of delivery ticket. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Delivery ticket required for certain bulk sales and bulk deliveries; contents of delivery ticket. [...

NRS 581.395 - Rebuttable presumption that weight or measure or weighing or measuring device is regularly used for commercial business purposes.

NRS 581.415 - Prohibited acts; civil penalty. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Prohibited acts; civil penalty. [Effective January 1, 2022.]

NRS 581.417 - Civil penalties: Administrative appeal; judicial review; payment; civil action for recovery; deposit and use of money. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Civil penalties: Administrative appeal; judicial review; payment; civil action...

NRS 581.445 - Criminal penalties.