Code of Virginia - Title 3.1 Agriculture, Horticulture And Food - Chapter 35 Weights And Measures

3.1-919 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Definitions generally
The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation and the enforcement of this chapter: "Department" means the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. "Board" means ...

3.1-920 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Two systems of weights and measures recognized; definitions, t...
Both the system of weights and measures in customary use in the United States and the metric system of weights and measures are recognized, and ...

3.1-921 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 1993, c. 604. ...

3.1-922 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) State standards of weight and measure
Such weights and measures in conformity with the standards of the United States as have been supplied to the Commonwealth by the federal government or ...

3.1-923 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Office standards and field standards
In addition to the state standards provided for in § 3.1-922 of this chapter, there shall be supplied by the Commonwealth at least one complete ...

3.1-924 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Powers and duties of Commissioner generally
The Commissioner shall have the custody of the state standards of weight and measure and of the other standards and equipment provided for by this ...

3.1-924.1 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Commissioner to test accuracy of point-of-sale system...
The Commissioner shall inspect and test point-of-sale systems, as he deems necessary, to determine (i) the accuracy and correct operation of the equipment and (ii) ...

3.1-925 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Advice and recommendations of National Institute of Standards ...
The Commissioner may be guided in the performance of his duties by the advice and recommendations of the National Institute of Standards and Technology. In ...

3.1-926 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) The Board may adopt regulations
A. The Board may issue from time to time regulations for the enforcement of this chapter. These regulations may include (i) methods of sale of ...

3.1-927 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Testing and inspection of standards procured by cities and cou...
The Commissioner shall annually test the standards of weights and measures procured by any city or county for which the appointment of a sealer of ...

3.1-928 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Testing and inspection of weights and measures offered for sal...
A. When not otherwise provided by law, the Commissioner shall have the power to inspect and test, to ascertain if they are correct, all weights ...

3.1-929 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Investigations by Commissioner
The Commissioner shall investigate complaints made to him concerning violations of the provisions of this chapter, and shall, upon his own initiative, conduct such investigations ...

3.1-930 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Commissioner may appoint assistants, deputies and inspector...
The Commissioner may appoint assistants, deputies and inspectors to assist in carrying out the provisions of this chapter and the rules and regulations adopted and ...

3.1-931 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Fees and other moneys received
No fees shall be charged for the services of any appointee under this chapter unless such services are special, unusual or noncommercial and rendered by ...

3.1-932 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Commissioner to weigh or measure packages and commodities; pac...
The Commissioner shall, from time to time, weigh or measure and inspect packages or amounts of commodities kept, offered, or exposed for sale, sold, or ...

3.1-933 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Stop-sale, stop-use and stop-removal orders; seizure and impou...
Whenever it appears to the Commissioner that there is a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, he may, in his discretion, issue ...

3.1-934 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Sealing or marking of weights and measures; condemnation of in...
The Commissioner shall approve for use and seal or mark such weights and measures as he finds, upon inspection and test, to be in compliance ...

3.1-935 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Police powers of Commissioner
With respect to the enforcement of this chapter and any other acts dealing with weights and measures that he is, or may be, empowered to ...

3.1-936 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Powers of assistants, deputies and inspectors
The powers and duties given to and imposed upon the Commissioner by §§ 3.1-924.1, 3.1-927, 3.1-928, 3.1-929, 3.1-932, 3.1-933, 3.1-934, 3.1-935, 3.1-941, and 3.1-966.1 of ...

3.1-937 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Appointment, terms and compensation of local sealers of weight...
The governing bodies of the respective counties and cities may appoint for their respective counties and cities a sealer of weights and measures. However, two ...

3.1-938 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Fees of sealers
No fee shall be charged by the sealer of weights and measures, or by the county or city, for inspecting, testing, or sealing of weights ...

3.1-939 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Powers and duties of sealers and deputies
The sealer of a city or of a county, and his deputy when acting under his instructions and at his direction, shall have the same ...

3.1-940 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Standards, equipment, office space, etc., for sealer...
The governing body of each city and county for which a sealer has been appointed as provided for by § 3.1-937 of this chapter shall ...

3.1-941 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Commissioner to have concurrent authority with sealers; local ...
In cities and counties for which sealers of weights and measures have been appointed as provided for in this chapter, the Commissioner shall have concurrent ...

3.1-941.1 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Specifications and tolerances for weighing and measuring devic...
The specifications, tolerances, and regulations for commercial weighing and measuring devices, together with amendments thereto, as recommended by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, ...

3.1-942 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Rejected weights and measures
Weights and measures that have been rejected or condemned for repair under the authority of the Commissioner, of an inspector, or of a sealer shall ...

3.1-943 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) How certain commodities to be sold
Commodities in liquid form shall be sold only by liquid measure or by weight, and, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, commodities not in ...

3.1-944 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Information to be shown on packages
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, any commodity in package form, introduced or delivered for introduction into, or received in, intrastate commerce, kept for ...

3.1-945 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Certain packages to show price per single unit of weight, meas...
In addition to the declarations required by § 3.1-944 of this chapter, any commodity in package form, the package being one of a lot containing ...

3.1-946 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Misleading containers prohibited; contents of container not t...
No commodity in package form shall be so wrapped, nor shall it be in a container so made, formed, or filled, as to mislead the ...

3.1-947 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Advertisement of commodities in package form
Whenever a commodity in package form is advertised in any manner and the retail price of the package is stated in the advertisement, there shall ...

3.1-948 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 1993, c. 604. ...

3.1-949 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Representations as to price; signs advertising price of petrol...
Whenever any commodity or service is sold, or is offered, exposed, or advertised for sale, by weight, measure or count, the price shall not be ...

3.1-949.01 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Failure to pay advertised cash discount
Where a discount for the cash purchase of retail petroleum products is offered, willful failure by any person, servant or agent to pay to the ...

3.1-949.1 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Pricing of retail merchandise
A. In a point-of-sale system the selling price of a consumer item displayed or offered for sale at retail shall be clearly and conspicuously indicated ...

3.1-949.2 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Weights and Measures Fund established; purpose
There is hereby established in the state treasury a special fund to be designated the "Weights and Measures Fund." This Fund shall consist of civil ...

3.1-949.3 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Violations of pricing requirements
It shall be a violation of the Virginia Consumer Protection Act (§ 59.1-196 et seq.) for a retail merchant to fail to comply with the ...

3.1-949.4 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Commissioner to receive enforcement authority for the Stage I...
A. Upon the request of the Commissioner, the State Air Pollution Control Board may delegate to the Commissioner its authority under Chapter 13 (§ 10.1-1300 ...

3.1-950 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Meat, poultry and seafood
All meat, meat products, poultry (whole or parts), and all seafood except shellfish, offered or exposed for sale, or sold, as food shall be offered ...

3.1-951 through 3.1-954
Repealed by Acts 1993, c. 604. ...

3.1-954.1 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Bulk sale and delivery of commodities
All sales in which the buyer and seller are not both present to witness the measurement of a bulk delivery shall be accompanied by duplicate ...

3.1-955 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 1993, c. 604. ...

3.1-956 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Use of word "cord" in connection with purchase or sale of wo...
It shall be unlawful to use the word "cord" or any abbreviation thereof other than to mean the standard as defined in § 3.1-919 in, ...

3.1-957 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Determining number of board feet in tree or log
The standard rule for determining the number of board feet in a tree or log in this Commonwealth shall be the "International 1/4 Inch Log ...

3.1-958 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Scale house in establishment where livestock is bought from pr...
The scale house at any livestock auction market, receiving station, packing plant, or other establishment where livestock is regularly bought from producers shall be constructed ...

3.1-959 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Type registering weighbeams or automatic weight recorders requ...
Type registering weighbeams or automatic weight recorders shall be installed and used with proper tickets for weighing livestock at all livestock auction markets. (Code 1950, ...

3.1-960 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Weight of livestock to be determined on date of sale
When livestock is offered for sale on a weight basis at livestock auction markets on regular sale days, the weights thereof shall be determined on ...

3.1-961 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Announcement of day and hour of livestock sale
The operator of the livestock auction market shall publicly announce the day and hour at which an auction sale of livestock is to begin at ...

3.1-962 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 1993, c. 604. ...

3.1-962.1 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Certain merchants to provide scales for use of customer...
Any person engaged, in the sale of items by weight from a self-service bulk display, shall make available a scale for use by his customers ...

3.1-963 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Obstructing Commissioner, sealers, etc
Any person who shall hinder or obstruct in any way the Commissioner, his assistant, or any one of the inspectors, or a sealer in the ...

3.1-964 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Impersonating Commissioner, sealer, etc
Any person who shall impersonate in any way the Commissioner, his assistant, or any one of the inspectors, or a sealer by the use of ...

3.1-965 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Certain acts declared misdemeanors
Any person who, by himself or by his servant or agent, or as the servant or agent of another person, performs any one of the ...

3.1-966 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 1991, c. 605. ...

3.1-966.1 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Civil penalties; action to enjoin violation; compromis...
A. The Commissioner may bring an action to enjoin the violation of any provision of this chapter, or any regulation made pursuant thereto, in the ...

3.1-966.2 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Warning instead of report of violation
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as requiring the Commissioner to report for the institution of proceedings under this chapter, minor violations of this ...

3.1-967 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Presumptive proof of use of weight, measure or weighing or mea...
For the purposes of this chapter, proof of the existence of a weight or measure or a weighing or measuring device in or about any ...

3.1-968 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Prosecutions for violation of chapter
Prosecutions for violation of any provision of this chapter are declared to be valid and proper notwithstanding the existence of any other valid general or ...

3.1-969 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) How chapter cited
This chapter may be cited as the "Weights and Measures Act of Virginia." (Code 1950, § 3-708.53; 1962, c. 298; 1966, c. 702.) ...