Before any license is issued, except a deputy weighmaster license, the applicant shall execute and deliver to the director a surety bond in the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) or other proof of financial responsibility that the board may set by regulation. The bond shall be executed by the applicant as principal and by a corporate surety company qualified and authorized to do business in this state as a surety. The bond shall be conditioned upon the faithful and honest compliance with the provisions of the Weighmaster Act. The bond shall run to the state in favor of every person availing himself of the services and certifications issued by the weighmaster or any of his deputies.
History: 1953 Comp., § 76-4-8, enacted by Laws 1973, ch. 236, § 8; 1977, ch. 89, § 2.
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.