3.2-5613 - Sealing or marking of weights and measures; condemnation of incorrect weights and measures. - Virginia Statutes

§ 3.2-5613. Sealing or marking of weights and measures; condemnation ofincorrect weights and measures.

The Commissioner shall approve for use and seal or mark such weights andmeasures as he finds, upon inspection and test, to be in compliance asspecified in § 3.2-5620, and shall reject and mark or tag as "Condemned forRepairs" such weights and measures as he finds, upon inspection or test, notto be in compliance as specified in § 3.2-5620, but that in his best judgmentare susceptible to satisfactory repair. Sealing or marking shall not berequired for weights and measures exempted by a Board regulation issued underthe authority of §§ 3.2-5607 and 3.2-5620. The Commissioner shall condemn,and may seize and may destroy, weights and measures found not to be incompliance that, in his best judgment, are not susceptible to satisfactoryrepair. Weights and measures that have been "condemned for repairs" may beconfiscated and may be destroyed by the Commissioner if not brought intocompliance as required by § 3.2-5621 of this chapter, and may be confiscatedand destroyed if used or disposed of contrary to the requirements of thatsection.

(Code 1950, § 3-708.16; 1962, c. 298; 1966, c. 702, § 3.1-934; 1993, c. 604;2008, c. 860.)