                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SEALING OR MARKING OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CONDEMNATION OF INCORRECT WEIGHTS
AND MEASURES (§ 3.2-5613)

The Commissioner shall approve for use and seal or mark such weights and
measures as he finds, upon inspection and test, to be in compliance as specified
in § 3.2-5620, and shall reject and mark or tag as &#8220;Condemned for
Repairs&#8221; such weights and measures as he finds, upon inspection or test,
not to be in compliance as specified in § 3.2-5620, but that in his best
judgment are susceptible to satisfactory repair. Sealing or marking shall not be
required for weights and measures exempted by a Board regulation issued under
the authority of §§ 3.2-5607 and 3.2-5620. The Commissioner shall condemn, and
may seize and may destroy, weights and measures found not to be in compliance
that, in his best judgment, are not susceptible to satisfactory repair. Weights
and measures that have been &#8220;condemned for repairs&#8221; may be
confiscated and may be destroyed by the Commissioner if not brought into
compliance as required by § 3.2-5621 of this chapter, and may be confiscated
and destroyed if used or disposed of contrary to the requirements of that
section.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 3-708.16; 1962, c. 298; 1966, c. 702, § 3.1-934; 1993,
c. 604; 2008, c. 860.