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Title 10, Chapter 501: WEIGHTS AND MEASURES LAW
Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
10 §2301. Short title
10 §2302. Definitions
10 §2303. Construction of contracts (REPEALED)
10 §2304. Duty of owners of incorrect apparatus (REPEALED)
10 §2305. Exclusions (REPEALED)
Subchapter 2: STANDARDS AND EQUIPMENT
10 §2351. Systems of weights and measures
10 §2352. Physical standards
10 §2353. Technical requirements for commercial devices
10 §2354. Municipal standards and equipment
10 §2355. Standard weight fixed (REPEALED)
Subchapter 2-A: MEASUREMENT OF WOOD
10 §2361. Definitions (REPEALED)
10 §2361-A. Definitions
10 §2362. Measurement of wood (REPEALED)
10 §2362-A. Fuel wood
10 §2363. Standards for weight scale (REPEALED)
10 §2363-A. Measurement of wood
10 §2364. Standards for butt scale (REPEALED)
10 §2364-A. Accurate and verifiable measurements
10 §2364-B. Transportation of wood
10 §2365. Standards for measurement (REPEALED)
10 §2365-A. Licensing of measuring and scaling operators
10 §2365-B. Persons licensed to measure and scale wood
10 §2365-C. Persons enforcing laws relating to measurement of wood
10 §2366. Appeal procedure (REPEALED)
10 §2366-A. Disputed wood
10 §2367. Rules
10 §2368. Violations; penalties
10 §2369. Transition provision
Subchapter 3: STATE SEALER
10 §2401. Designation; deputy; inspector of weights and measures
10 §2402. Powers and duties
10 §2403. Special police powers
10 §2404. General inspection and testing of weights, measures and devices (REPEALED)
10 §2405. Investigations
10 §2406. Inspection of packages
10 §2407. Stop-use, stop-removal and removal orders (REPEALED)
10 §2408. Disposition of correct and incorrect apparatus (REPEALED)
10 §2409. Powers of state sealer; right of entry and stoppage (REPEALED)
10 §2410. Powers and duties of deputy state sealer and inspectors (REPEALED)
10 §2411. Concurrent jurisdiction
10 §2412. Registration of motor fuel dispensers
10 §2413. Gasoline labeling (REPEALED)
Subchapter 4: LOCAL SEALERS
10 §2451. Election by municipal officers (REPEALED)
10 §2452. Appointment by state sealer (REPEALED)
10 §2453. -- powers and duties (REPEALED)
10 §2454. Testing of standards of municipalities (REPEALED)
10 §2455. Records of weights and measures sealed; annual report (REPEALED)
Subchapter 4-A: LOCAL SEALERS
10 §2461. Election by municipal officers
10 §2462. Municipalities that do not choose a sealer
10 §2463. Powers and duties
10 §2464. Records of weights and measures sealed; annual report
Subchapter 5: WEIGHMASTER
10 §2501. Qualifications
10 §2502. Scale used; type; test
10 §2503. Capacity; platform size; one-draft weighing
10 §2504. Action by unlicensed persons
10 §2505. Malfeasance
10 §2506. Suspension or revocation of license
Subchapter 6: WEIGHT CERTIFICATES
10 §2551. Required entries
10 §2552. Execution; requirements
10 §2553. Copies preserved and available
10 §2554. Reciprocal acceptance
Subchapter 7: SALE OF COMMODITIES
10 §2601. Method of sale (REPEALED)
10 §2602. Declarations of quantity and origin; tolerances; exceptions (REPEALED)
10 §2603. Declarations of unit price on random packages (REPEALED)
10 §2604. Misleading packages (REPEALED)
10 §2605. Commodity in package form defined (REPEALED)
10 §2606. Sale by weight (REPEALED)
10 §2607. Misrepresentation of price; display of basic quantity and fraction in price per unit (REPEALED)
10 §2608. Meat, fish and poultry (REPEALED)
10 §2609. Butter, oleomargarine and margarine (REPEALED)
10 §2610. Fluid dairy products (REPEALED)
10 §2611. Flour, corn meal and hominy grits (REPEALED)
10 §2612. Coal, coke and charcoal (REPEALED)
10 §2613. Wood (REPEALED)
10 §2614. Ice (REPEALED)
10 §2615. Textile products (REPEALED)
10 §2616. Berries and small fruits (REPEALED)
Subchapter 7-A: SALE OF COMMODITIES
10 §2621. Misrepresentation of quantity
10 §2622. Misrepresentation of pricing
10 §2623. Method of sale
10 §2623-A. Certain wood by-products
10 §2624. Sale from bulk
10 §2625. Information required on packages
10 §2626. Declarations of unit price on random packages
10 §2627. Advertising packages for sale
10 §2628. Conformity to national method of sale regulations
10 §2629. Conformity to national packaging and labeling regulations
10 §2630. Sale of engine coolants and antifreeze
10 §2631. Conformity to national engine fuels and automotive lubricants regulations
10 §2632. Compliance testing of net contents on packaged goods
Subchapter 8: DEALERS AND REPAIRERS
10 §2651. Registration; certificates
10 §2652. Handling of condemned devices; disposition
10 §2653. Reports to state sealer
10 §2654. Calibration of testing equipment; certificate
10 §2654-A. Retail vehicle tank metering devices
10 §2655. Suspension or revocation of registration of dealers or repairers
10 §2656. Penalties
Subchapter 9: FEES
10 §2701. Schedule
10 §2702. Penalty for failure to pay
Subchapter 10: ENFORCEMENT AND JURISDICTION
10 §2751. Offenses and penalties
10 §2752. Jurisdiction
10 §2753. Injunction
10 §2754. Presumptive evidence
10 §2755. Regulations to be unaffected by repeal or prior enabling statute
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