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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 3 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 2005, chapter 850<\/a>; in 2007, chapter 671<\/a>; in 2008, chapter 860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":198023,"object_type":"law","relational_id":78610,"identifier":"3.2-5709","token":"3.2\/IV\/57\/3.2-5709","url":"\/3.2-5709\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-5709\/","token":"3.2\/IV\/57\/3.2-5709","dublin_core":{"Title":"Service of weights and measures; repair","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-5709","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Any registered service agency or any certified service technician<\/span> in the employ of the service agency may: (i) place into service, subject to random official inspection<\/span>, a new or used weight or measure<\/span>; and (ii) following corrective repair, remove and destroy any rejection tag<\/span> or condemnation tag<\/span> and return the weight or measure<\/span> to service. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> A service agency or service technician<\/span> in the employ of the service agency exercising authority under subsection A of this section shall adjust any weight or measure<\/span> governed by subsection A as closely as practicable to zero error. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSERVICE OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; REPAIR (\u00a7 3.2-5709)\n\nA. Any registered service agency or any certified service technician in the\nemploy of the service agency may: (i) place into service, subject to random\nofficial inspection, a new or used weight or measure; and (ii) following\ncorrective repair, remove and destroy any rejection tag or condemnation tag and\nreturn the weight or measure to service.\n\nB. A service agency or service technician in the employ of the service agency\nexercising authority under subsection A of this section shall adjust any weight\nor measure governed by subsection A as closely as practicable to zero error.\n\nHISTORY: 1992, c. 242, \u00a7 3.1-969.10; 2005, c. 850; 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}}