§ 81A-58. Duty of custodian of product. - North Carolina Statutes

§81A‑58.  Duty of custodian of product.

If any product is to beoffered for sale, or is sold, and is weighed or measured or counted by anypublic weighmaster and a certificate is issued prior to sale or acceptance ofthe product by the purchaser, or if any product is offered for sale, sold ordelivered pending the weighing, measuring or counting of the product by anypublic weighmaster and the issuance of a certificate, the person who is incustody of the product shall keep, protect and prevent any increase or decreasein weight in the time intervening between the weighing and the issuance of thecertificate and the sale, and the time intervening between the sale and thepresentation of the product to the weighmaster for weighing, measuring orcounting and the issuance of a certificate. Any loss sustained in the weight ofthe product while in custody shall be borne by the custodian. (1939,c. 285, s. 8; 1975, c. 544; 1981, c. 607, s. 5.)