3.2-5812 - Capacity of scales not to be exceeded; determining gross or tare weight of vehicle or combination of vehicles. - Virginia Statutes

§ 3.2-5812. Capacity of scales not to be exceeded; determining gross or tareweight of vehicle or combination of vehicles.

A licensed public weighmaster shall not use any scale to weigh a load thevalue of which exceeds the nominal or rated capacity of the scale. When thegross or tare weight of any vehicle or combination of vehicles is to bedetermined, the weighing shall be performed upon a scale having a platform ofsufficient size to accommodate such vehicle or combination of vehicles fully,completely, and as one entire unit. If a combination of vehicles must bebroken up into separate units in order to be weighed as prescribed herein,each such separate unit shall be entirely disconnected before weighing and aseparate weight certificate shall be issued for each such separate unit.

(Code 1950, § 3-709.13; 1962, c. 126; 1966, c. 702, § 3.1-982; 2008, c. 860.)