A commodity in liquid form shall be sold only by liquid measure or by weight, and a commodity not in liquid form shall be sold only by weight, by measure of length or area or by count; provided, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to a commodity sold for immediate consumption on the premises of sale, to vegetables sold by the head or bunch, to cotton seed sold to cotton gins or to a commodity when in package or container form standardized by law. The board shall issue such regulations as are required to carry out the provisions of this section.
History: 1953 Comp., § 76-1-38, enacted by Laws 1959, ch. 202, § 11; 1965, ch. 279, § 1; 1973, ch. 386, § 11.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — Validity of statute or ordinance requiring commodities to be sold in a specified quantity or weight, 6 A.L.R. 429, 90 A.L.R. 1290.
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.