New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 57 - Trade Practices and Regulations
Article 18 - Weighmasters

Section 57-18-1 - Short title. - This act [57-18-1 to 57-18-26 NMSA 1978] may be cited...

Section 57-18-2 - Definitions. - As used in the Weighmaster Act: A. "weighmaster" means a...

Section 57-18-3 - Enforcement; rules and regulations. - The director is authorized to enforce the provisions of the...

Section 57-18-4 - Qualifications for weighmaster. - A citizen of the United States, who is mature, of...

Section 57-18-5 - License application. - An application for a weighmaster license shall be made upon...

Section 57-18-6 - Evaluation of qualifications of applicants; records. - The director may promulgate rules for determining the qualifications of...

Section 57-18-7 - License fees. - The board may establish reasonable fees for weighmaster licenses and...

Section 57-18-8 - Bond required. - Before any license is issued, except a deputy weighmaster license,...

Section 57-18-9 - Licenses; period; renewal. - Each weighmaster license shall be issued for a period of...

Section 57-18-10 - Licensed weighmaster. - A. A weighmaster license is required of any person who...

Section 57-18-11 - Deputy weighmaster. - Except for the surety bond requirement provided in Section 8...

Section 57-18-12 - Weight certificate; required entries; official weights. - The director shall prescribe the form of weight certificates to...

Section 57-18-13 - Weight certificate; execution; requirements. - Each weighmaster shall personally determine each weight entered on a...

Section 57-18-14 - Scale used. - When making a weight determination as provided for by the...

Section 57-18-15 - Scale used; capacity; platform size; one-draft weighing. - A weighmaster shall not use any scale to weigh a...

Section 57-18-16 - Copies of weight certificate. - A weighmaster shall keep and preserve for at least one...

Section 57-18-17 - Reciprocal acceptance of weight certificates. - Whenever there is statutory authority in any other state which...

Section 57-18-18 - Optional licensing. - The following may, but are not required to, obtain licenses...

Section 57-18-19 - Reweighing. - Duly authorized representatives of the director may at any time...

Section 57-18-20 - Livestock sales. - Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Weighmaster Act, livestock shall...

Section 57-18-21 - Salvage materials. - Scrap metal and salvage material shall be weighed by a...

Section 57-18-22 - Prohibited acts. - No person shall perform the duties or acts to be...

Section 57-18-23 - Suspension and revocation of license. - The director is authorized to suspend or revoke the license...

Section 57-18-24 - Offenses and penalties. - Any person who requests a weighmaster to weigh any property,...

Section 57-18-25 - Offenses and penalties; malfeasance. - Any licensed weighmaster or deputy weighmaster who falsifies a weight...

Section 57-18-26 - Offenses and penalties; general. - Any person who violates any provision of the Weighmaster Act...