Section 239.10 — Annual Inspection.
239.10 ANNUAL INSPECTION. Subdivision 1. Light capacity scales; retail establishments. The director shall inspect light capacity scales in retail establishments such as grocery stores, other retail food establishments, or hardware stores, not more often than once every 36 months except when (1) the owner requests an inspection, (2) when the scale is inspected as part […]
Section 239.101 — Inspection Fees.
239.101 INSPECTION FEES. Subdivision 1. Fee setting and cost recovery. The department shall recover the amount appropriated to the weights and measures program through revenue from two separate fee systems under subdivisions 2 and 3, and according to the fee-setting and cost-recovery requirements in subdivisions 4, 5, and 6. Subd. 2. Weights and measures fees. […]
Section 239.23 — Offenses; Misdemeanor.
239.23 OFFENSES; MISDEMEANOR. Any person who shall offer or expose for sale, sell or use, or possess a false scale, weight or measure, or weighing or measuring device, or any weight or measure or weighing or measuring device which has not been sealed as provided by sections 239.01 to 239.10, or use the same in […]
Section 239.24 — Hindering Official; Misdemeanor.
239.24 HINDERING OFFICIAL; MISDEMEANOR. Any person hindering, impeding, or restricting in any way any employee of the division while in the performance of official duty shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. History: (5279) 1911 c 156 s 7; 1971 c 25 s 44; 1971 c 74 s 13; 1977 c 364 s 18; 1986 c […]
Section 239.32 — Standard Weight Of Bushel.
239.32 STANDARD WEIGHT OF BUSHEL. In contracts for the sale of any of the following articles, the term “bushel” shall mean the number of pounds avoirdupois herein stated: corn, in ear, 70; beans (except lima beans, scarlet runner pole beans, white runner pole beans and broad windsor beans), smooth peas, wheat, clover seed, Irish potatoes […]
Section 239.33 — Standard Measurements Of Wood.
239.33 STANDARD MEASUREMENTS OF WOOD. In all contracts for sale of wood the term “cord” shall mean 128 cubic feet of wood, bark, and air, if cut in four-foot lengths; and if the sale is of “sawed wood,” a cord shall mean 110 cubic feet when ranked, or 160 cubic feet when thrown irregularly or […]
Section 239.34 — Standard Weight Of Coal And Charcoal.
239.34 STANDARD WEIGHT OF COAL AND CHARCOAL. In all contracts for the sale of coal, charcoal, and ice, the term “ton” shall mean 2,000 pounds. A sale of coal and charcoal, except by weight, is hereby prohibited. History: (7027) 1913 c 560 s 6; 1973 c 89 s 1
Section 239.38 — Sealing; Misdemeanor.
239.38 SEALING; MISDEMEANOR. Every person who shall buy, sell, or dispose of any goods or commodities by an unsealed weight, measure, or scale kept by the person, or shall knowingly use any such weight, measure, or scale which has been sealed, but is incorrect, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; but no contract of sale […]
Section 239.081 — Inspecting Track Scale.
239.081 INSPECTING TRACK SCALE. The division shall supervise and inspect all track scales, and may direct any carrier to transport, move, and switch to any track scale free of charge any car used in the inspection and testing of scales. The division shall require the installation and maintenance of track scales at terminals, warehouses, and […]
Section 239.09 — Special Police Powers.
239.09 SPECIAL POLICE POWERS. When necessary to enforce this chapter or rules adopted under the authority granted by section 239.06, the director is: (1) empowered to seize for use as evidence and without formal warrant, any false weight, measure, weighing or measuring device, package, or commodity found to be used, retained, or offered or exposed […]