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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>358154</law_id><section_number>3.2-5809</section_number><catch_line>Form of weight certificate and information to be stated thereon; weight certificate as evidence</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="5" identifier="3.2">Agriculture, Animal Care, and Food</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="4" identifier="IV">Food and Drink; Weights and Measures</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="10" identifier="58">Public Weighmasters</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> shall prescribe the form of weight certificate to be used by a licensed public weighmaster. The weight certificate shall state the date of issuance, the kind of property, produce, commodity, or article weighed, the name of the declared owner or agent of the owner or of the consignee of the <span class="dictionary">material</span> weighed, the accurate weight of the <span class="dictionary">material</span> weighed, the means by which the <span class="dictionary">material</span> was being transported at the time it was weighed, and such other available information as may be necessary to distinguish or identify the property, produce, commodity, or article from others of like kind. Such weight certificate when so made and properly signed and <span class="dictionary">sealed</span> shall be prima facie <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> of the accuracy of the weights shown.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 3-709.10; 1962, c. 126; 1966, c. 702, &#xA7; 3.1-979; 2008, c. 860.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
