Vermont Statutes
Chapter 73 - Weights and Measures
§ 2766. Replacement of security seal; improper handling of weighing or measuring device

§ 2766. Replacement of security seal; improper handling of weighing or measuring device
(a) Any service person who breaks a security seal must replace the security seal by installing a new lead and wire security seal bearing the imprint of his or her hand seal having a number registered with the Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets.
(b) Any person who violates any provision of sections 2725, 2727, 2728, 2729 inclusive of this title or a dealer or service person who does not have a certificate of registration in full force before engaging in that business, or any person who repairs his or her own weighing or measuring device, or breaks a security seal without a license and uses the device commercially before being tested by the Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets or permission is given for its use by the Secretary, shall be fined not more than $100.00 for the first offense and not more than $200.00 for each subsequent offense. (Added 1967, No. 102, § 59, eff. April 14, 1967; amended 1971, No. 69, § 13, eff. April 15, 1971; 1989, No. 256 (Adj. Sess.), § 10(a), eff. Jan. 1, 1991; 1991, No. 227 (Adj. Sess.), § 7.)

Structure Vermont Statutes

Vermont Statutes

Title 9 - Commerce and Trade

Chapter 73 - Weights and Measures

§ 2631. Regulation of weights and measures

§ 2632. General powers and duties of Secretary

§ 2633. Specific powers and duties of Secretary; regulations

§ 2634. Testing at State-supported institutions

§ 2635. General testing

§ 2636. Investigations

§ 2637. Inspection of packages

§ 2638. Stop-use, stop-removal, and removal orders

§ 2639. Disposition of correct and incorrect apparatus

§ 2640. Police powers; right of entry and stoppage

§ 2641. Powers and duties of inspector

§ 2642. Duty of owners of incorrect apparatus

§ 2643. Licenses; inspections; penalties

§ 2651. Definitions

§ 2652. Systems of weights and measures

§ 2653. State standards of weight and measure

§ 2654. Field standards and equipment

§ 2655. Construction of contracts

§ 2671. Method of sale of commodities; general

§ 2672. Packages, declarations of quantity and origin; variations; exemptions

§ 2673. Declarations of unit price on random packages

§ 2674. Misleading packages

§ 2675. Advertising packages for sale

§ 2676. Sale by net weight

§ 2677. Misrepresentation of price

§ 2691. Meat, poultry, and seafood

§ 2692. Bulk milk tanks

§ 2693. Log measure—The Vermont rule

§ 2695. Fluid dairy products

§ 2696. Flour, corn meal, and hominy grits

§ 2697. Liquid fuels

§ 2697a. Motor fuel octane content and quality

§ 2698. Textile products

§ 2699. Berries and small fruits

§ 2700. Coal, coke, and charcoal

§ 2701. Ice

§ 2721. Licensed public weighmaster—license

§ 2722. Optional licensing

§ 2723. Suspension and revocation of license

§ 2724. Prohibited acts

§ 2725. Dealers and service persons of weighing and measuring devices; registration certificate; hand seal

§ 2726. Suspension or revocation of certificate

§ 2727. Placed in service report

§ 2728. Disposition of condemned devices

§ 2729. Calibration of testing equipment; certificate

§ 2730. Licensing for operation of weighing and measuring devices

§ 2741. Weight certificate; required entries

§ 2742. Execution; requirements

§ 2743. Scale used; type; test

§ 2744. Capacity; platform size; one-draft weighing

§ 2745. Copies of weight certificates

§ 2746. Bulk delivery

§ 2747. Reciprocal acceptance of weight certificates

§ 2761. Offenses and penalties

§ 2762. Hindering or obstructing officer

§ 2763. Impersonation of officer

§ 2764. Incorrect weight certificates

§ 2765. Malfeasance

§ 2766. Replacement of security seal; improper handling of weighing or measuring device

§ 2767. Injunction

§ 2768. Validity of prosecutions

§ 2769. Presumptive evidence

§ 2770. Administrative penalties; license suspension

§ 2771. Deceptive acts or practices