Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Chapter 41 - Weights and Measures
Section 4155 - Scale requirement


A licensed public weighmaster shall not use a scale to weigh a load which exceeds the normal or rated capacity of the scale, nor shall the public weighmaster engage in multiple-draft weighing where the vehicle exceeds the length of the scale.

Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes

Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes

Title 3 - AGRICULTURE

Chapter 41 - Weights and Measures

Extra - Chapter Notes

Section 4101 - Short title of chapter

Section 4102 - Definitions

Section 4105 - Systems of weights and measures

Section 4106 - State standards of weight and measure

Section 4107 - Office and working standards and equipment

Section 4108 - Director and inspectors of weights and measures

Section 4109 - General powers and duties of department

Section 4110 - Specific powers and duties of department; regulations

Section 4111 - Testing and inspections of standards

Section 4112 - General testing and inspections

Section 4113 - Registration of sellers, installers and repairers of weighing and measuring devices

Section 4114 - Registration and report of inspection and testing of weighing and measuring devices used for commercial purposes

Section 4115 - Training program

Section 4116 - Investigations

Section 4117 - Inspection of packages

Section 4118 - Stop-use, stop-removal and removal orders

Section 4119 - Disposition of correct and incorrect apparatus

Section 4120 - Police powers; right of entry and stoppage

Section 4121 - Powers and duties of director and inspector

Section 4122 - City and county sealers and deputy sealers of weights and measures; appointment, powers and duties

Section 4123 - City and county standards and equipment

Section 4124 - Concurrent jurisdiction

Section 4125 - Division of responsibilities

Section 4126 - Duty of owners of incorrect apparatus

Section 4127 - Method of sale of commodities

Section 4128 - Packages; declarations of quantity and origin; variations; exemptions

Section 4129 - Declarations of unit price on random packages

Section 4130 - Misleading packages

Section 4131 - Advertising packages for sale

Section 4132 - Sale by net weight

Section 4133 - Misrepresentation of price

Section 4134 - Meat, poultry and seafood

Section 4135 - Butter, oleomargarine and margarine

Section 4136 - Fluid dairy products

Section 4137 - Flour, cornmeal and hominy grits

Section 4138 - Potatoes

Section 4139 - Construction of contracts

Section 4140 - Hindering or obstructing officer; penalties

Section 4141 - Impersonation of officer; penalties

Section 4142 - Prohibited acts

Section 4143 - Presumptive evidence

Section 4150 - Enforcement and regulations

Section 4151 - Licenses

Section 4152 - Weighmasters' certificates

Section 4153 - Preparation of weighmaster's certificate

Section 4154 - Use of approved weighing device required

Section 4155 - Scale requirement

Section 4156 - Disposition of copies of certificates

Section 4157 - License required; definition

Section 4158 - Suspension or revocation of licenses

Section 4159 - Prohibited acts

Section 4160 - Sales by weight

Section 4161 - Separation required

Section 4162 - Substitution of another purchaser in weighmaster's certificate

Section 4163 - Authorization to inspect and direct to nearest scales

Section 4164 - Weighmaster's certificate required

Section 4165 - Small lots

Section 4166 - Exception for boatloads or railroad carloads

Section 4167 - Rules and regulations

Section 4168 - Sales by employer-producer to employees

Section 4169 - Existing licenses

Section 4170 - Approval of types of weights and measures and weighing and measuring devices

Section 4171 - Submission of types for approval

Section 4172 - Certificates of approval; notice of disapproval; appeals

Section 4173 - Manufacture, sale or use of unapproved weights, measures and devices

Section 4174 - Marking of approved weights and measures

Section 4175 - Marking of weights and measures "not legal for trade."

Section 4176 - Rules and regulations

Section 4177 - Sealing of approved weights and measures

Section 4178 - Fees

Section 4179 - Enforcement

Section 4180 - Meter required

Section 4181 - Small deliveries

Section 4182 - Exceptions

Section 4183 - Enforcement of chapter, rules and regulations

Section 4187.1 - Scope of subchapter

Section 4187.2 - Definitions

Section 4187.3 - Automotive Fuel Testing and Disclosure Program

Section 4187.4 - Standards for automotive fuel

Section 4187.5 - Automotive fuel rating, disclosure and labeling requirements

Section 4187.6 - Investigations

Section 4187.7 - Violations and penalties

Section 4187.8 - (Reserved)

Section 4190 - Rules and regulations

Section 4191 - Offenses and penalties

Section 4192 - Temporary or permanent injunctions

Section 4193 - Disposition of funds

Section 4194 - Validity of prosecutions