An owner or user of apparatus of weight or measure, recommended for repair, shall cause the apparatus to be made correct within a reasonable period specified by the director or an inspector. Except, at the election of the owner or user, the apparatus may be disposed of in a manner specifically authorized by the director. An apparatus of weight or measure which has been recommended for repair shall not be used again for a commercial purpose until it has been made correct, and found to be correct, by the director or an inspector unless otherwise provided for by regulation.
History: 1953 Comp., § 76-1-37, enacted by Laws 1959, ch. 202, § 10; 1973, ch. 386, § 10.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 57 - Trade Practices and Regulations
Article 17 - Standards of Weights and Measures
Section 57-17-1 - Definitions.
Section 57-17-2 - Systems of weights and measures.
Section 57-17-3 - Physical standards.
Section 57-17-4 - Enforcement and administration.
Section 57-17-6 - Custody of state standards.
Section 57-17-7 - Duties of director.
Section 57-17-8 - Powers of the director; police powers; right of entry and stoppage.
Section 57-17-9 - Duties and powers of inspectors.
Section 57-17-10 - Duty of owner of incorrect apparatus.
Section 57-17-11 - Methods of sale of commodities; general.
Section 57-17-12 - Declarations on packages; declarations of unit price on random packages.
Section 57-17-13 - Misleading packages.
Section 57-17-14 - Retail sales; regulation of.
Section 57-17-15 - Misrepresentation of price.
Section 57-17-16 - Hindering or obstructing officers; penalties.
Section 57-17-17 - Impersonation of officer; penalties.
Section 57-17-18 - Offenses and penalties.