California CodesBusiness and Professions Code - BPCDivision 5 — Weights and MeasuresChapter 1 — General ProvisionsSection 12014
(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), any sealer who seals any weight, measure, balance or weighing or measuring instrument or apparatus before first testing and making it conform with the standards of the state, or who condemns any weight, measure, balance or weighing or measuring instrument or apparatus without first testing it is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(b) A sealer may engage in a planned program of probability sampling of devices, using methods approved by the secretary. The sealing of a device by a sealer pursuant to such sampling and testing program is exempt from the provisions of subdivision (a).
Notes
Sets misdemeanor liability for a sealer who seals a weight, measure, balance, or measuring device before testing and conforming it to state standards, or condemns one without first testing it. A sealer using a planned probability-sampling program with methods approved by the secretary is exempt when sealing devices under that sampling and testing program.
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