Weights And Measures
This is Chapter 56 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Weights And Measures.” It is part of Title 3.2, titled “Agriculture, Animal Care, And Food.” It is part of Subtitle IV, titled “Food And Drink; Weights And Measures..” It’s comprised of the following 49 sections.
- § 3.2-5600
- Definitions generally
- § 3.2-5601
- Powers and duties of Commissioner
- § 3.2-5602
- Commissioner to test accuracy of point-of-sale systems
- § 3.2-5603
- Two systems of weights and measures recognized; definitions and tables of National Institute of Standards and Technology to govern
- § 3.2-5604
- State standards of weight and measure
- § 3.2-5605
- Office standards and field standards
- § 3.2-5606
- Advice and recommendations of National Institute of Standards and Technology; publications of Institute
- § 3.2-5607
- The Board may adopt regulations
- § 3.2-5608
- Testing and inspection of standards procured by cities and counties
- § 3.2-5609
- Testing and inspection of weights and measures offered for sale or commercially used
- § 3.2-5610
- Investigations by Commissioner
- § 3.2-5611
- Commissioner to weigh or measure packages and commodities; packages and commodities ordered off sale
- § 3.2-5612
- Stop-sale, stop-use and stop-removal orders; seizure and impounding of commodities, weights or measures; violation a misdemeanor; judicial review
- § 3.2-5613
- Sealing or marking of weights and measures; condemnation of incorrect weights and measures
- § 3.2-5614
- Police powers of Commissioner
- § 3.2-5615
- Appointment, terms and compensation of local sealers of weights and measures; discontinuance of local program
- § 3.2-5616
- Fees of sealers
- § 3.2-5617
- Powers and duties of sealers and deputies
- § 3.2-5618
- Standards, equipment, and office space for sealers
- § 3.2-5619
- Commissioner to have concurrent authority with sealers; ordinances in conflict with chapter
- § 3.2-5620
- Specifications and tolerances for weighing and measuring devices
- § 3.2-5621
- Rejected weights and measures
- § 3.2-5622
- How certain commodities to be sold
- § 3.2-5623
- Information to be shown on packages
- § 3.2-5624
- Certain packages to show price per single unit of weight, measure, or count
- § 3.2-5625
- Misleading containers prohibited; contents of container not to fall below standard
- § 3.2-5626
- Advertisement of commodities in package form
- § 3.2-5627
- Pricing of retail merchandise
- § 3.2-5628
- Weights and Measures Fund established; purpose
- § 3.2-5629
- Fees and other moneys received
- § 3.2-5630
- Violations of pricing requirements
- § 3.2-5631
- Representations as to price; signs advertising price of petroleum products
- § 3.2-5632
- Failure to pay advertised cash discount
- § 3.2-5633
- Commissioner to receive enforcement authority for the Stage II Vapor Recovery Programs
- § 3.2-5634
- Meat, poultry, and seafood
- § 3.2-5635
- Bulk sale and delivery of commodities
- § 3.2-5636
- Scale house in establishment where livestock is bought from producers
- § 3.2-5637
- Type registering weighbeams or automatic weight recorders required
- § 3.2-5638
- Weight of livestock to be determined on date of sale
- § 3.2-5639
- Announcement of day and hour of livestock sale
- § 3.2-5640
- Certain merchants to provide scales for use of customers
- § 3.2-5641
- Use of word "cord" in connection with purchase or sale of wood, bark, or other forest product
- § 3.2-5642
- Determining number of board feet in tree or log
- § 3.2-5643
- Obstructing Commissioner or sealers; penalty
- § 3.2-5644
- Impersonating Commissioner or sealer
- § 3.2-5645
- Certain acts declared misdemeanors
- § 3.2-5646
- Civil penalties; suit to enjoin violation; compromise
- § 3.2-5647
- Warning instead of report of violation
- § 3.2-5648
- Presumptive proof of use of weight, measure or weighing or measuring device