3.2-5636 - Scale house in establishment where livestock is bought from producers. - Virginia Statutes

§ 3.2-5636. Scale house in establishment where livestock is bought fromproducers.

The scale house at any livestock auction market, receiving station, packingplant, or other establishment where livestock is regularly bought fromproducers shall be constructed so that all parties in interest may readilyobserve the weighing of livestock. The weighbeam or indicating apparatusshall be situated so that the weight indications thereon are clearly visibleto public view. Provisions shall be made whereby the weighmaster from hisnormal weighing position has full view of the stock rack on the scaleplatform, the approaches thereto, and the livestock being weighed. Readyaccess from the unloading platform or chutes to the scale house must beprovided to enable owners of livestock to get to the scale in time to seetheir livestock weighed. A sign clearly visible to public view shall beaffixed on or adjacent to the scale house with the following phrase inletters at least three inches in height: "TO HELP AVOID ERRORS WATCHLIVESTOCK WEIGHED."

(Code 1950, §§ 3-708.40, 59-106.1; 1954, c. 93; 1958, c. 629; 1962, c. 298;1966, c. 702, § 3.1-958; 1993, c. 604; 2008, c. 860.)