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This law was first created in 1992. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 242 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1992 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 2007, chapter 671<\/a>; in 2008, chapter 860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":86143,"section_number":"3.2-5703","catch_line":"Registration of service agency","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-5703\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":198011,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66622,"identifier":"3.2-5706","token":"3.2\/IV\/57\/3.2-5706","url":"\/3.2-5706\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-5706\/","token":"3.2\/IV\/57\/3.2-5706","dublin_core":{"Title":"Examination and verification of standards and calibrating equipment","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-5706","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Every service agency shall submit any weights or measures standard<\/span> and calibrating equipment used or to be used by the service agency to the Commissioner<\/span> for examination and verification, in accordance with a schedule established by the Commissioner<\/span>. Any weights or measures standard<\/span> or calibrating equipment calibrated by the weights and measures laboratory of another state, of a territory, or of a protectorate of the United States shall be deemed to be properly calibrated and hence lawful for use in the Commonwealth if the service agency proffering for use the weights or measures standard<\/span> or calibrating equipment can demonstrate the traceability<\/span> of the weights or measures standard<\/span> or calibrating equipment.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEXAMINATION AND VERIFICATION OF STANDARDS AND CALIBRATING EQUIPMENT (\u00a7\n3.2-5706)\n\nEvery service agency shall submit any weights or measures standard and\ncalibrating equipment used or to be used by the service agency to the\nCommissioner for examination and verification, in accordance with a schedule\nestablished by the Commissioner. Any weights or measures standard or calibrating\nequipment calibrated by the weights and measures laboratory of another state, of\na territory, or of a protectorate of the United States shall be deemed to be\nproperly calibrated and hence lawful for use in the Commonwealth if the service\nagency proffering for use the weights or measures standard or calibrating\nequipment can demonstrate the traceability of the weights or measures standard\nor calibrating equipment.\n\nHISTORY: 1992, c. 242, \u00a7 3.1-969.7; 2007, c. 671; 2008, c. 860.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}