§ 81A-29. Offenses and penalties. - North Carolina Statutes

§81A‑29.  Offenses and penalties.

Any person who violates anyprovision of this section or any provision of this Chapter or regulationspromulgated pursuant thereto for which a specific penalty has not beenprescribed shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor upon a first conviction.Upon a subsequent conviction thereof, said person shall be guilty of a Class 1misdemeanor. No person shall:

(1)        Use or have inpossession for use in commerce any incorrect weight or measure.

(2)        Remove any tag,seal, or mark from any weight or measure without specific written authorizationfrom the Commissioner or his authorized agent.

(3)        Hinder or obstructany weights‑and‑measures official in the performance of his duties.

(4)        Impersonate in anyway any employee of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and ConsumerServices designated by the Commissioner to enforce any part of this Chapter.

(5)        Use in retail trade,except in the preparation of packages put up in advance of sale, a weighing ormeasuring device which is not so positioned so that its indications may beaccurately read and the weighing or measuring operation observed from someposition which may be reasonably assumed by a customer.

(6)        Manufacture, use orpossess a counterfeit seal, tag, mark, certificate, label or decalrepresenting, imitating or copying the same issued by the Commissioner underthis Chapter. (1927, c. 261, ss. 14, 15, 19; 1945, c. 280, s. 1;1949, c. 984; 1975, c. 544; 1981, c. 607, s. 1; 1993, c. 539, s. 593; 1994, Ex.Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 1997‑261, s. 8.)