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This law was first created in 2001. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 596<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":[{"id":66734,"section_number":"46.2-2167","catch_line":"Reweighing of shipment","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-2167\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":232789,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55910,"identifier":"46.2-2165","token":"46.2\/V\/21\/4\/46.2-2165","url":"\/46.2-2165\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-2165\/","token":"46.2\/V\/21\/4\/46.2-2165","dublin_core":{"Title":"Obtaining weight tickets","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-2165","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The carrier shall obtain a weight ticket signed by the weighmaster or its driver<\/span> for each weighing required under this section, with tare and gross weights<\/span> evidenced by separate tickets, and the driver<\/span> shall enter thereon the number of the bill of lading or shipper’s name. No other alterations shall be made on any such ticket.<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> As soon as weight tickets are obtained, true copies thereof shall be attached to the bill of lading accompanying the shipment and retained in the carrier’s file. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> If a shipper requests, a true copy of each weight ticket pertaining to a shipment shall be given to the shipper at the weighing station if the shipper is present or upon delivery of the shipment if the shipper is not present at the weighing. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Any of the following shipments may be weighed on a certified scale or by a certified weighmaster prior to being loaded on the vehicle<\/span>:\n\t\t\ta. A part load for any one shipper not exceeding 1,000 pounds;\n\t\t\tb. An automobile or other article weighing in excess of 500 pounds, which is mounted on wheels;\n\t\t\tc. A shipment that the carrier containerizes for further transportation<\/span>, in which case the net weight<\/span> of the shipment shall be the gross weight<\/span> of the container less the tare weight<\/span> of the container. The gross weight<\/span> of the container shall be as packed and prepared for shipment and the tare weight<\/span> of the container shall include all of the pads, skins, blocking and bracing used, or to be used, to protect the contents of the container, but not including packing materials<\/span> used in the preliminary packing of the shipment. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nOBTAINING WEIGHT TICKETS (\u00a7 46.2-2165)\n\nThe carrier shall obtain a weight ticket signed by the weighmaster or its driver\nfor each weighing required under this section, with tare and gross weights\nevidenced by separate tickets, and the driver shall enter thereon the number of\nthe bill of lading or shipper’s name. No other alterations shall be made\non any such ticket.\n\n1. As soon as weight tickets are obtained, true copies thereof shall be attached\nto the bill of lading accompanying the shipment and retained in the\ncarrier’s file.\n\n2. If a shipper requests, a true copy of each weight ticket pertaining to a\nshipment shall be given to the shipper at the weighing station if the shipper is\npresent or upon delivery of the shipment if the shipper is not present at the\nweighing.\n\n3. Any of the following shipments may be weighed on a certified scale or by a\ncertified weighmaster prior to being loaded on the vehicle:\n\t\t\ta. A part load for any one shipper not exceeding 1,000 pounds;\n\t\t\tb. An automobile or other article weighing in excess of 500 pounds, which is\nmounted on wheels;\n\t\t\tc. A shipment that the carrier containerizes for further transportation, in\nwhich case the net weight of the shipment shall be the gross weight of the\ncontainer less the tare weight of the container. The gross weight of the\ncontainer shall be as packed and prepared for shipment and the tare weight of\nthe container shall include all of the pads, skins, blocking and bracing used,\nor to be used, to protect the contents of the container, but not including\npacking materials used in the preliminary packing of the shipment.\n\nHISTORY: 2001, c. 596.","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}}