531.42 – Special Police Powers.
531.42 Special police powers.—With respect to the enforcement of this chapter and rules pursuant thereto, the department is: (1) Empowered to seize, for use as evidence, without formal warrant, any incorrect or unapproved weight, measure, package, or commodity found to be used, retained, offered, or exposed for sale, or sold in violation of the provisions of this […]
531.421 – Powers and Duties of Local Officials.
531.421 Powers and duties of local officials.—Any weights and measures official appointed for a county or city may exercise, in cooperation with the state, the duties enumerated in s. 531.41(9)-(13) and the powers enumerated in s. 531.42. These powers and duties shall extend to their respective jurisdictions, except that the jurisdiction of a county official shall […]
531.43 – Misrepresentation of Quantity.
531.43 Misrepresentation of quantity.—No person shall sell or offer or expose for sale less than the quantity he or she represents, nor take any more than the quantity he or she represents, when, as buyer, the person furnishes the weight or measure by means of which the quantity is determined. History.—s. 1, ch. 72-101; s. 730, […]
531.44 – Misrepresentation of Pricing; Verification Procedures.
531.44 Misrepresentation of pricing; verification procedures.— (1) No person shall misrepresent the price of any commodity or service sold or offered, exposed, or advertised for sale by weight, measure, or count, nor represent the price in any manner calculated or tending to mislead or in any way deceive a person. Whenever an advertised, posted, or labeled price […]
531.45 – Method of Sale.
531.45 Method of sale.—Except as otherwise provided by rule of the department, commodities in liquid form shall be sold by liquid measure or by weight, and commodities not in liquid form shall be sold only by weight, by area or volume measure, or by count, so long as the method of sale provides accurate quantity information. […]
531.46 – Bulk Sale.
531.46 Bulk sale.—Bulk sales in excess of $20 shall be accompanied by a delivery ticket containing the following information: (1) The name and address of the vendor and purchaser; (2) The date delivered; (3) The net quantity delivered and the net quantity upon which the price is based, if this differs from the delivered quantity; (4) The identity of commodity […]
531.47 – Information Required on Packages.
531.47 Information required on packages.—Except as otherwise provided in this chapter or by rules adopted pursuant thereto, any package kept for the purpose of sale or offered or exposed for sale shall bear on the outside of the package a definite, plain, and conspicuous declaration of: (1) The identity of the commodity in the package, unless the […]
531.36 – Title.
531.36 Title.—This act may be cited as the “Weights and Measures Act of 1971.” History.—s. 1, ch. 72-101.