106-674. Short weight.
If any commercial fertilizer in the possession of the consumer is found by the Commissioner to be short in weight, the registrant of said commercial fertilizer shall within 30 days after official notice from the Commissioner pay to the consumer a penalty equal to four times the value of the actual shortage. The Commissioner may in his discretion allow reasonable tolerance for short weight due to loss through handling and transporting. (1947, c. 1086, s. 16; 1977, c. 303, s. 20.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Article 56 - North Carolina Commercial Fertilizer Law.
§ 106-656 - Purpose of Article.
§ 106-658 - Enforcing official.
§ 106-659 - Minimum plant food content.
§ 106-660 - Registration of brands; licensing of manufacturers and distributors; fluid fertilizers.
§ 106-662 - Sampling, inspection and testing.
§ 106-663 - False or misleading statements.
§ 106-664 - Determination and publication of commercial values.
§ 106-665 - Plant food deficiency.
§ 106-666 - "Stop sale," etc., orders.
§ 106-667 - Seizure, condemnation and sale.
§ 106-668 - Punishment for violations.
§ 106-669 - Effect of violations on license and registration.
§ 106-670 - Appeals from assessments and orders of Commissioner.
§ 106-671 - Inspection fees; reporting system.
§ 106-672 - Declaration of policy.
§ 106-673 - Authority of Board of Agriculture to make rules and regulations.
§ 106-675 - Publication of information concerning fertilizers.
§ 106-676 - Sales or exchanges between manufacturers, etc.