                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

STATE STANDARDS OF WEIGHT AND MEASURE (§ 3.2-5604)

Such weights and measures in conformity with the standards of the United States
as have been supplied to the Commonwealth by the federal government or otherwise
obtained by the Commonwealth for use as state standards shall, when the same
have been certified as being satisfactory for use as such by the National
Institute of Standards and Technology, be the state standards of weight and
measure. The state standards shall be kept in a safe and suitable place in the
office or laboratory designated by the Commissioner, they shall not be removed
from the said office or laboratory except for repairs or for certification, and
they shall be maintained in such calibration as prescribed by the National
Institute of Standards and Technology. The state standards shall be used only in
verifying the office standards and for scientific purposes.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 3-708.4, 59-95, 59-98, 59-99; 1962, c. 298; 1966, c.
702, § 3.1-922; 1993, c. 604; 2008, c. 860.