As used in the Weighmaster Act:
A. "weighmaster" means a natural person licensed under the provisions of the Weighmaster Act;
B. "vehicle" means any device by which any property, produce, commodity or article is transported;
C. "director" means the director of the state department of agriculture;
D. "board" means the board of regents of New Mexico state university;
E. "public weighing" means the determination of any weight upon which a sale is based, or upon which a basic charge or payment for services rendered is based, when the person making the weight determination is not a party to, or an agent of the party to, the transaction upon which the weight is based;
F. "third-party weighing" means public weighing; and
G. "weight certificate" means a document in the form of a certificate consecutively numbered and indicating the weight in accordance with the standards of weights and measures set forth in Sections 57-17-1 through 57-17-19 NMSA 1978.
History: 1953 Comp., § 76-4-2, enacted by Laws 1973, ch. 236, § 2; 1977, ch. 89, § 1.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 57 - Trade Practices and Regulations
Section 57-18-1 - Short title.
Section 57-18-2 - Definitions.
Section 57-18-3 - Enforcement; rules and regulations.
Section 57-18-4 - Qualifications for weighmaster.
Section 57-18-5 - License application.
Section 57-18-6 - Evaluation of qualifications of applicants; records.
Section 57-18-7 - License fees.
Section 57-18-8 - Bond required.
Section 57-18-9 - Licenses; period; renewal.
Section 57-18-10 - Licensed weighmaster.
Section 57-18-11 - Deputy weighmaster.
Section 57-18-12 - Weight certificate; required entries; official weights.
Section 57-18-13 - Weight certificate; execution; requirements.
Section 57-18-14 - Scale used.
Section 57-18-15 - Scale used; capacity; platform size; one-draft weighing.
Section 57-18-16 - Copies of weight certificate.
Section 57-18-17 - Reciprocal acceptance of weight certificates.
Section 57-18-18 - Optional licensing.
Section 57-18-19 - Reweighing.
Section 57-18-20 - Livestock sales.
Section 57-18-21 - Salvage materials.
Section 57-18-22 - Prohibited acts.
Section 57-18-23 - Suspension and revocation of license.
Section 57-18-24 - Offenses and penalties.