California Codes, Business and Professions Code, Division 5 — Weights and Measures, Chapter 5 — Weighing and Measuring Devices

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Section 12500Defines weighing instrument, measuring instrument, correct, incorrect, and commercial purposes for weights-and-measures rules. Commercial purposes exclude in-plant manufacturing or preparation, transmission of…Section 12500.5Requires the secretary by regulation to establish submission and approval of commercial weight, measure, and weighing, measuring, or counting-device types and to…Section 12500.6Allows the secretary to prohibit sale or installation of a previously approved device type or design if it no longer fulfills its…Section 12500.8Allows the secretary to enter agreements with the National Type Evaluation Program, the National Conference on Weights and Measures, other states, or…Section 12500.9Requires device-approval applicants to pay an application fee and reasonable deposit, with testing costs above the deposit collected at completion. Fees compensate…Section 12500.10Requires a sealer to remove from commercial use an unapproved device, by seizure or “unapproved device” tag, and remove the tag upon…Section 12501Requires every person selling a weight, measure, weighing or measuring instrument, or related device for commercial use to have it sealed by…Section 12501.1Requires a person intending commercial use of a weight or measuring instrument to have it sealed before use, unless it was sealed…Section 12501.2Exempts a sealer from having to inspect, test, or seal a commercially sold or used device when necessary testing standards cannot reach…Section 12501.3Allows a sealer to permit temporary commercial use of an unsealed weighing or measuring device while repairs are pending when the device's…Section 12502Allows a weighing or measuring instrument that must be assembled or set up after sale and before use to be sold without…Section 12503Requires a sealer, upon a county resident’s written request that presents reasonable grounds, to test or arrange testing as soon as practicable…Section 12504Requires a county sealer, upon written request from a person intending to use or sell a commercial weight or measuring instrument, to…Section 12505Requires a sealer who examines a commercially used weight, measure, or weighing, measuring, or counting instrument and finds it correct to seal…Section 12506Requires a sealer to condemn and seize incorrect commercial weights, measures, or weighing or measuring instruments that cannot be repaired, and allows…Section 12507Requires owners or users of equipment marked “Out of Order” to repair or correct it within 30 days and bars use or…Section 12508Establishes a misdemeanor, except as provided by the referenced exception, when a person removes or obliterates any tag or device a sealer…Section 12509Requires a sealer to remove an “out of order” tag and properly seal and mark repaired equipment after reinspection confirms it is…Section 12509.5Defines EVSE as equipment controlling electricity supply from a charging station to a vehicle during charging and containing a measuring instrument. Exempts…Section 12510Prohibits specified commercial weights-and-measures conduct, including possessing incorrect devices, using condemned devices, inaccurate automatic price computation, and selling a commercial device not…Section 12511Allows a device tested and found correct by a sealer to be used statewide without further testing for the regulation-authorized period, and…Section 12511.1Allows a commercial weight, measure, or weighing or measuring device that a registered service agency has found correct or corrected under the…Section 12512Prohibits a purchaser, when a commodity sale relies on quantity supplied by the purchaser or purchaser-provided equipment, from buying based on less…Section 12513Establishes that sealing or testing of weights, measures, and weighing or measuring instruments by an authorized department employee has the same force…Section 12514Prohibits a sealer from selling, or having any direct or indirect interest in selling, a weighing or measuring instrument. A sealer also…Section 12515Requires anyone who repairs, adjusts, sells, rents, leases, loans, or installs a weighing or measuring instrument to notify the county sealer within…Section 12516Prohibits positioning a scale used for livestock auctions so its indications are not readily and clearly readable to both buyer and seller,…Section 12517Requires every owner of a coin-operated person weigher to display prominently on the machine, in bold type and letters at least three-sixteenths…Section 12518Requires an incorrect water submeter submitted for pre-installation inspection and testing to be marked “Out of Order.” Allows return to a service…Section 12519Exempts a previously sealed and commercially used water-submeter owner, user, or operator from prosecution, fines, or penalties when a submitted device is…

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