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Alabama Code (Last Updated: November 28, 2014) |
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Title8 COMMERCIAL LAW AND CONSUMER PROTECTION. |
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Chapter16. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. |
| Article 1. General Provisions. |
| § 8-16-1. Definitions. |
| § 8-16-2. Standard measure of length, surface, weight, and capacity. |
| § 8-16-3. Standards approved by Congress to be state standards. |
| § 8-16-4. Contracts construed according to standards ascertained by Congress. |
| § 8-16-5. Custody of state standards; duties of Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries as to standards. |
| § 8-16-6. Duties generally of commissioner respecting weights and measures. |
| § 8-16-7. Powers of commissioner and local sealers in supervising weights and measures. |
| § 8-16-8. Weights or measures corresponding with standards to be sealed or marked. |
| § 8-16-9. Condemnation, repair, etc., of nonstandard weights and measures. |
| § 8-16-10. Seizure for evidence of incorrect, false, or unsealed weight, measure, device, package, or commodity. |
| § 8-16-11. Powers of sheriff conferred upon commissioner and sealers; exhibition of badges; power of arrest. |
| § 8-16-12. Possession of altered, etc., weight, measure or device prima facie evidence of guilt. |
| § 8-16-13. Existence of weights, measures or devices in place of sale, etc., presumptive proof of use and ownership. |
| § 8-16-15. Rules and regulations; fees. |
| § 8-16-16. Standards for containers of farm products - Duty to establish. |
| § 8-16-17. Standards for containers of farm products - Adoption of federal standards. |
| § 8-16-18. Penalties for violation of chapter. |
| Article 2. Local Sealers. |
| § 8-16-30. Appointment; qualifications; keeping of standards and apparatus by cities and counties. |
| § 8-16-31. Term of office; salary; removal; bond. |
| § 8-16-32. Records and reports. |
| Article 3. Weighmasters. |
| Division 1. General Provisions. |
| § 8-16-50. Appointment; oath; certificate of appointment. |
| § 8-16-51. Rules and regulations; fees. |
| § 8-16-52. Bond. |
| § 8-16-53. Rights and duties; compensation not to be paid by state. |
| § 8-16-54. Seal. |
| § 8-16-55. Records. |
| § 8-16-56. Weight certificate form; certificate deemed prima facie evidence of weight. |
| § 8-16-57. Certificates to contain accurate weight. |
| § 8-16-58. Reweighing of certified commodity, produce or article. |
| § 8-16-59. False certificates. |
| Division 2. State and Federal Employees. |
| § 8-16-70. Appointment. |
| § 8-16-71. Fees and charges for weighing agricultural commodities; disposition of collected amounts. |
| § 8-16-72. Rules and regulations for weighing agricultural commodities. |
| Article 4. Miscellaneous Regulations. |
| § 8-16-90. Prohibited acts generally. |
| § 8-16-91. Net weight of commodity basis for sales by weight. |
| § 8-16-93. Net quantities of contents of packages to be marked on outside. |
| § 8-16-95. Milk and cream bottles and containers - Capacities; markings; bond required of manufacturers. |
| § 8-16-96. Milk and cream bottles and containers - Penalty for selling or using noncomplying containers. |
| § 8-16-97. Milk and cream bottles and containers - Duties of sealers. |
| § 8-16-98. Coal, coke, or charcoal - Sale by weight; "ton" defined; restriction on liquid substances in coal, coke, or charcoal. |
| § 8-16-99. Coal, coke, or charcoal - Delivery tickets. |
| § 8-16-100. Coal, coke, or charcoal - Weighing of coal at time of purchase at request of purchaser. |
| § 8-16-101. Fruit, nuts, vegetables and grain to be sold by avoirdupois weight or numerical count. |
| § 8-16-102. Cornmeal and grits to be sold in five to 200 pound packages; exceptions. |
| § 8-16-103. Flour to be sold in packages of five to 200 pounds; exceptions. |
| § 8-16-104. Sale of ice regulated. |
| § 8-16-105. Sale of oil at retail regulated. |
| § 8-16-106. Requesting false or incorrect weighing or certificate; unauthorized issuance of certificate. |
| § 8-16-107. Operating weighing or measuring device other than as intended. |
| Article 5. Registered Commercial Weighing and Measuring Technicians. |
| § 8-16-120. Registration authorized; purpose. |
| § 8-16-121. Registration requirements; fees. |
| § 8-16-122. Registration period; renewal; fee; testing; identification; penalty. |
| § 8-16-123. Revocation, suspension, etc., of registration; grounds; notice; appeal. |