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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>66622</law_id><section_number>3.2-5706</section_number><catch_line>Examination and verification of standards and calibrating equipment</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>3.2-5703</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="57">Weights and Measures Service Agencies and Technicians</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Every service agency shall submit any weights or measures <span class="dictionary">standard</span> and calibrating equipment used or to be used by the service agency to the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> for examination and verification, in accordance with a schedule established by the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span>. Any weights or measures <span class="dictionary">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 <span class="dictionary">standard</span> or calibrating equipment can demonstrate the <span class="dictionary">traceability</span> of the weights or measures <span class="dictionary">standard</span> or calibrating equipment.</p></section></text><history>1992, c. 242, &#xA7; 3.1-969.7; 2007, c. 671; 2008, c. 860.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
