Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 19 Business Regulations -- Miscellaneous - Section 19.94.325 Service agent -- Inspection and testing of weights and measures -- Seal of approval -- Fees -- Violation -- Penalty

§ 19.94.325. Service agent -- Inspection and testing of weights and measures -- Seal of approval -- Fees -- Violation -- Penalty

(1) Except as otherwise provided for in this chapter or in any rule adopted under the authority of this chapter, any person who engages in business within this state as a service agent shall biennially submit to the department for inspection and testing all weights and measures standards used by the service agent, or any agent or employee of the service agent. If the department finds such weights and measures standards to be correct, the director shall issue an official seal of approval for each such standard.

(2) The department may by rule adopt reasonable fees for the inspection and testing services performed by the weights and measures laboratory pursuant to this section.

(3) A service agent shall not use in the installation, inspection, adjustment, repair, or reconditioning of any weighing or measuring instrument or device any weight or measure standard that does not have a valid, official seal of approval from the director. Any service agent who violates this section is subject to a civil penalty of no more than five hundred dollars.

[1992 c 237 § 23.]

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