                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

APPOINTMENT, TERMS AND COMPENSATION OF LOCAL SEALERS OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES;
DISCONTINUANCE OF LOCAL PROGRAM (§ 3.2-5615)

The governing bodies of the respective counties and cities may appoint a sealer
of weights and measures. However, two or more counties may appoint jointly a
sealer subject to the approval of the Commissioner. Sealers appointed under this
chapter shall hold office for such terms and shall receive such salaries, as the
appointing powers may prescribe. Such salaries shall be paid out of the county
or city treasury, as the case may be. No county or city employing a sealer or
sealers and conducting a weights and measures program shall discontinue the
program without first giving the Commissioner 12 months&#8217; written notice of
its intent to do so.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 3-708.19, 59-85; 1962, c. 298; 1966, c. 702, §
3.1-937; 1987, c. 46; 2008, c. 860.