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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>86251</law_id><section_number>3.2-5601</section_number><catch_line>Powers and duties of Commissioner</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="3.2">Agriculture, Animal Care, and Food</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="IV">Food and Drink; Weights and Measures</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="56">Weights and Measures</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> shall have the <span class="dictionary">custody</span> of the state standards of <span class="dictionary">weight</span> and measure and of the other standards and equipment provided for by this chapter, and shall keep accurate records of the same. The <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> shall enforce the provisions of this chapter, and shall have and keep a general supervision over the <span class="dictionary">weights and measures</span> offered for <span class="dictionary">sale</span>, sold, or in use in the Commonwealth.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 3-708.6, 59-77, 59-99, 59-100; 1962, c. 298; 1966, c. 702, &#xA7; 3.1-924; 1993, c. 604; 2008, c. 860.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
