582.029 - Licenses: Persons exempt from licensing; issuance of certificate of weights and measures prohibited without license. - Nevada Statutes

582.029  Licenses: Persons exempt from licensing; issuance of certificate of weights and measures prohibited without license.

      1.  Except as otherwise provided in this section, the following persons may, but are not required to, obtain licenses as public weighmasters to engage in public weighing:

      (a) A law enforcement or weights and measures officer or other qualified employee of the State, a city or a county agency or institution when acting within the scope of official duties.

      (b) A person weighing property, produce, commodities or articles:

             (1) That the person or the person’s employer is buying or selling; or

             (2) In conformity with the requirements of federal statutes or the statutes of this state relating to warehousemen or processors.

      2.  A person described in subsection 1 shall not issue a certificate of weights and measures unless the person holds a license as a public weighmaster.

      (Added to NRS by 2003, 2324)