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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>57871</law_id><section_number>3.2-5613</section_number><catch_line>Sealing or marking of weights and measures; condemnation of incorrect weights and measures</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>3.2-5607</reference><reference>3.2-5617</reference><reference>3.2-5645</reference></referred_to_by><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 approve for use and seal or mark such <span class="dictionary">weights and measures</span> as he finds, upon inspection and test, to be in compliance as specified in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Specifications and tolerances for weighing and measuring devices" href="/3.2-5620/">3.2-5620</a>, and shall reject and mark or tag as &#x201C;Condemned for Repairs&#x201D; such <span class="dictionary">weights and measures</span> as he finds, upon inspection or test, not to be in compliance as specified in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Specifications and tolerances for weighing and measuring devices" href="/3.2-5620/">3.2-5620</a>, but that in his best <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> are susceptible to satisfactory repair. Sealing or marking shall not be required for <span class="dictionary">weights and measures</span> exempted by a <span class="dictionary">Board</span> regulation issued under the authority of &#xA7;&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="The Board may adopt regulations" href="/3.2-5607/">3.2-5607</a> and <a class="law" title="Specifications and tolerances for weighing and measuring devices" href="/3.2-5620/">3.2-5620</a>. The <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> shall condemn, and may seize and may destroy, <span class="dictionary">weights and measures</span> found not to be in compliance that, in his best <span class="dictionary">judgment</span>, are not susceptible to satisfactory repair. <span class="dictionary">Weights and measures</span> that have been &#x201C;condemned for repairs&#x201D; may be confiscated and may be destroyed by the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> if not brought into compliance as required by &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Rejected weights and measures" href="/3.2-5621/">3.2-5621</a> of this chapter, and may be confiscated and destroyed if used or disposed of contrary to the requirements of that section.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 3-708.16; 1962, c. 298; 1966, c. 702, &#xA7; 3.1-934; 1993, c. 604; 2008, c. 860.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
