§ 81A-12 – Fee schedule.
81A-12. Fee schedule. The following fees apply to all weights that are tested and certified to meet tolerances less stringent than the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) Standard E617 Class 4. This includes the National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST) Class F tolerance. If the weight error exceeds three-fourths of the applicable […]
§ 81A-15 – General duties.
81A-15. General duties. The Commissioner shall: (1) Have and keep general supervision of commercial weighing and measuring devices offered for sale, sold or used in the State. (2) Upon written request from any person or educational institution in the State test or cause to be tested, or calibrate, weights, measures and weighing and measuring devices […]
§ 81A-16 – Police powers.
81A-16. Police powers. When necessary for the enforcement of this Chapter or regulations promulgated pursuant thereto the Commissioner or his authorized agent is: (1) Authorized to enter any commercial premises during normal business hours, except that in the event such premises are not open to the public, he shall first present his credentials and obtain […]
§ 81A-1 – Weights and measures program provided for.
81A-1. Weights and measures program provided for. In order to protect the purchasers or sellers of any commodity, and to provide uniform standards of weight and uniform standards of measure throughout the State, which must be in conformity with the standards of weight and the standards of measure established by Congress, the Commissioner is hereby […]
§ 81A-2 – Administration of these Articles.
81A-2. Administration of these Articles. The provisions of this Chapter shall be administered by the Commissioner or his authorized agent. For the purpose of administering and giving effect to the provisions of this Chapter, the provisions of Handbook 44 as adopted by the National Conference on Weights and Measures, are hereby adopted except insofar as […]
§ 81A-3 – Systems of weights and measures.
81A-3. Systems of weights and measures. The system of weights and measures in customary use in the United States and the metric system of weights and measures are jointly recognized, and either one or both of these systems shall be used for all commercial purposes in the State. The definitions of basic units of weight […]
§ 81A-4 – Board of Agriculture authorized to establish standards of weights and measures for commodities having none.
81A-4. Board of Agriculture authorized to establish standards of weights and measures for commodities having none. The Board of Agriculture is authorized and directed and empowered to establish standards of weights and measures for any commodity if no standard has been established by Congress or by the laws of the State of North Carolina; provided, […]