Section 57-18-19 – Reweighing.
Duly authorized representatives of the director may at any time require a loaded or unloaded vehicle to proceed to the nearest vehicle scale for the purpose of verifying the gross or tare weight of the vehicle. History: 1953 Comp., § 76-4-19, enacted by Laws 1973, ch. 236, § 19.
Section 57-18-20 – Livestock sales.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Weighmaster Act, livestock shall be weighed by a weighmaster where livestock is sold on the basis of weight at a public salesyard, or by or at any livestock market, market agency or dealer subject to the federal Packers and Stockyards Act. History: 1953 Comp., § 76-4-20, enacted by Laws […]
Section 57-18-21 – Salvage materials.
Scrap metal and salvage material shall be weighed by a weighmaster where scrap metal and salvage materials are purchased or sold by dealers, brokers or commission merchants on the basis of weight obtained from a vehicle scale. History: 1953 Comp., § 76-4-21, enacted by Laws 1973, ch. 236, § 21.
Section 57-18-22 – Prohibited acts.
No person shall perform the duties or acts to be performed by a weighmaster under the Weighmaster Act or shall hold himself out as a weighmaster, issue any weight certificate, ticket, memorandum or statement for which a fee is charged, unless he holds a valid license as a weighmaster or a deputy weighmaster. History: 1953 […]
Section 57-18-23 – Suspension and revocation of license.
The director is authorized to suspend or revoke the license of any weighmaster or a deputy weighmaster when: A. he is satisfied, after a hearing upon ten days’ notice to the licensee, that the licensee has violated any provision of the Weighmaster Act or any valid regulations of the board affecting licensed weighmasters; or B. […]
Section 57-18-24 – Offenses and penalties.
Any person who requests a weighmaster to weigh any property, produce, commodity or article falsely or incorrectly, or who requests a false or incorrect weight certificate, or who issues a weight certificate simulating the weight certificate prescribed in the Weighmaster Act, and who is not a weighmaster, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Upon conviction […]
Section 57-18-25 – Offenses and penalties; malfeasance.
Any licensed weighmaster or deputy weighmaster who falsifies a weight certificate, or who delegates his authority to any person not licensed as a weighmaster or deputy weighmaster, or who signs a weight certificate with his official signature before performing the act of weighing, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Upon conviction he shall be punished […]
Section 57-18-26 – Offenses and penalties; general.
Any person who violates any provision of the Weighmaster Act or any rule or regulation promulgated pursuant thereto for which no specific penalty has been provided shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Upon conviction he shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100). […]
Section 57-18-18 – Optional licensing.
The following may, but are not required to, obtain licenses as weighmasters: A. a weights and measures officer when acting within the scope of his official duties; B. a person weighing property, produce, commodities or articles that he or his employer is buying or selling; C. a person weighing property, produce, commodities or articles in […]
Section 57-18-9 – Licenses; period; renewal.
Each weighmaster license shall be issued for a period of one year. Effective date of license shall be determined by the director. The license holder shall file a renewal application with the director prior to the expiration date. Renewal applications shall be in the form prescribed by the director. History: 1953 Comp., § 76-4-9, enacted […]