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NJ Rev Stat § 51:6-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:6-6 - Abbreviations permissible

51:6-6. Abbreviations permissible  Whenever provided for in this chapter except as specifically excepted in paragraph "d" of section 51:6-5 of this title, the word "platinum" may be applied by spelling it out in full or by abbreviation "Plat." ; the word "iridium" may be applied by spelling it out in full or by abbreviation "Irid." ; the word "palladium" may be applied by spelling it out in full or by the abbreviation "Pall." ; the word "ruthenium" may be applied by spelling it out in full or by the abbreviation "Ruth." ; the word "rhodium" may be applied by spelling it out in full or by the abbreviation "Rhod." ; and the word "osmium" may be applied by spelling it out in full or by the abbreviation "Osmi."
NJ Rev Stat § 51:6-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:6-7 - Penalty

51:6-7. Penalty  Any person, firm, partnership, corporation or association, or any officer, manager, director, employee or agent thereof, who shall sell or offer or expose for sale in this State, any article to which is applied any quality mark which does not conform to all the provisions of this chapter, or from which is omitted any mark required by the provisions of this chapter, shall be liable to a mandatory penalty of not less than $100.00 nor more than $500.00 recoverable by the Superintendent of Weights and Measures in a court of competent jurisdiction in a civil penalty action pursuant to "the penalty enforcement law" (N.J.S. 2A:58-1 et seq.). Amended by L.1980, c. 53, s. 4, eff. June 27, 1980.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:6-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:6-8 - Articles manufactured prior to July 4, 1929, not affected

51:6-8. Articles manufactured prior to July 4, 1929, not affected  The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any article manufactured prior to July fourth, nineteen hundred and twenty-nine.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:6-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:6-9 - Presumption as to when article was manufactured

51:6-9. Presumption as to when article was manufactured  In any action relating to the enforcement of this chapter, proof that an article has been marked in violation of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed to be prima facie proof that it was manufactured after July fourth, nineteen hundred and twenty-nine.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:6-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:6-10 - Certificate of federal assay office as prima facie proof of weight or fineness

51:6-10. Certificate of federal assay office as prima facie proof of weight or fineness  In any action relating to the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter, a certificate duly issued by an assay office of the treasury department of the United States, certifying the weight of any article, or any part thereof, or of the kind, weight, quality, fineness or quantity of any ingredient thereof, shall be receivable in evidence as constituting prima facie proof of the matter or matters so certified.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:6A-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:6A-1 - Buyer on basis of bulk value; duties; serialized receipts; digital photographs.

51:6A-1 Buyer on basis of bulk value; duties; serialized receipts; digital photographs.  1. Any person in the business of buying precious metals who buys, attempts to buy or offers to buy precious metals on the basis of bulk value from any person who is not in the business of selling precious metals shall: a. Clearly and prominently display at the point of purchase: (1) His name and address; (2) The price being offered or paid by the buyer for precious metals expressed as price per standard measure of weight and fineness as prescribed by the Superintendent of Weights and Measures. b. Include his name and address in all advertisements concerning such precious metals. c. Weigh the precious metals in plain view of the seller on State certified scales with the certificate of inspection clearly and prominently displayed. d. Test the fineness of precious metals, if any test is so performed, in plain view of the seller. e. Issue to the seller and keep for his own records, for not less than one year, a serialized receipt for each purchase of precious metals containing the following: (1) The name and address of the buyer; (2) Date of the transaction; (3) The names of the precious metals purchased; (4) The finenesses of the precious metals purchased; (5) The weights of the precious metals purchased; (6) The prices paid for the precious metals at the standard measures of weight and fineness prescribed by the superintendent; (7) The name, address and signature of the seller of the precious metals. f. Obtain proof of identity from each person who sells precious metals to him. g. Retain any precious metals in the form in which they were purchased for a period of not less than two business days, minimum 48 hours. h. Upon reasonable request, allow the inspection of the serialized receipts or precious metals provided for in subsections e. and g. respectively of this section by any law enforcement officer or weights and measures official. i. Obtain a bond in an amount and form prescribed by regulations of the Office of Weights and Measures. The bond shall be obtained from a surety company authorized by law to do business in this State. The bond shall run to the State for the benefit of any person injured by the wrongful act, default, fraud or misrepresentation of the buyer of precious metals. No bond shall comply with the requirements of this subsection unless the bond contains a provision that it shall not be cancelled for any cause unless notice of intention to cancel is filed in the Office of Weights and Measures at least 30 days before the day upon which cancellation shall take effect. This subsection shall only apply to transient buyers. j. Maintain, for not less than one year, digital photographs of the precious metals purchased. L.1981, c.96, s.1; amended 2013, c.247, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:6A-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:6A-2 - Registration of buyer; transient buyer; additional requirements; violation; penalty

51:6A-2. Registration of buyer; transient buyer; additional requirements; violation; penalty  A buyer of precious metals as provided for in this act shall, before buying, attempting to buy or offering to buy any precious metals, register with the police of the municipality in which he intends to conduct his business and give his name and address. A transient buyer of precious metals shall, in addition to the information required of a buyer of precious metals, provide the address at which he intends to do business in the municipality and shall reregister if he changes his location of doing business in the municipality or if he discontinues doing business for more than 20 days in the municipality and subsequently wants to resume doing business therein. Any person who violates any provision of this section is a disorderly person. L.1981, c. 96, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:6A-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:6A-3 - Penalties.

51:6A-3 Penalties.  3. Any person who violates any provision of this act shall be liable to a mandatory penalty of not less than $500 nor more than $1,000 recoverable by the Superintendent of Weights and Measures pursuant to the provisions of the "Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999," P.L.1999, c.274 (C.2A:58-10 et seq.). An action for the recovery of a civil penalty for violation of this act shall be within the jurisdiction of and may be brought before the Superior Court or municipal court in the municipality where the offense is committed or where the defendant resides or where the defendant may be apprehended. A summons or warrant against any foreign business entity doing business in this State shall be processed as provided by law. L.1981, c.96, s.3; amended 1991, c.91, s.482; 2013, c.126, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:6A-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:6A-4 - Arrest without warrant

51:6A-4. Arrest without warrant  On the violation of any of the provisions of this act within his view, a weights and measures officer may without warrant arrest the offender and conduct him before a court having jurisdiction. L.1981, c. 96, s. 4.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:6A-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:6A-5 - Definitions

51:6A-5. Definitions  For purposes of this act: a. "Precious metals" means gold, silver, platinum, palladium and alloys thereof. b. "His name and address" means the name of the buyer and the legal name of the business under which the buyer is doing business, together with the permanent business address. c. "Transient buyer" means a buyer of precious metals as provided for in this act who has not been in any retail business continuously for at least 6 months at the address in the municipality where he is required to register or who intends to close out or discontinue all retail business in the municipality within 6 months. L.1981, c. 96, s. 5.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:6A-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:6A-6 - Inapplicability of act to government agencies, banks, or commodity markets

51:6A-6. Inapplicability of act to government agencies, banks, or commodity markets  This act is not applicable to government agencies, State or Federally chartered banks or Federally regulated commodity markets. L.1981, c. 96, s. 6.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:6A-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:6A-7 - Right of municipalities to enact more restrictive ordinances or resolutions

51:6A-7. Right of municipalities to enact more restrictive ordinances or resolutions  This act is not intended, and nothing in this act shall be construed to preclude the right of any municipality to adopt and enforce ordinances or regulations more restrictive than this act or any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder. L.1981, c. 96, s. 7.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:6A-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:6A-8 - Severability

51:6A-8. Severability  If the provisions of any section, subsection, paragraph, subdivision or clause of this act shall be adjudged invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the order or judgment shall not affect or invalidate the remainder of any section, subsection, paragraph, subdivision or clause of this act and, to this end, the provisions of each section, subsection, paragraph, subdivision or clause of this act are declared to be severable. L.1981, c. 96, s. 8.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:6A-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:6A-9 - Certification of weight or measure used by precious metals buyer.

51:6A-9 Certification of weight or measure used by precious metals buyer.  3. a. Upon the first official inspection of any weight or measure used by a precious metals buyer not subject to the provisions of section 2 of P.L.1981, c.96 (C.51:6A-2) that has not been certified as required pursuant to subsection c. of section 1 of P.L.1981, c.96 (C.51:6A-1), the owner of the weight or measure may be afforded two days to have the weight or measure certified. If an owner fails to have the weight or measure certified within two days after the inspection, the weights and measures officer shall immediately take possession of and destroy the weight or measure, unless, in the sole discretion of the superintendent, good cause exists to allow additional time to obtain the certification or take possession of and destroy the weight or measure. b. A weights and measures officer shall immediately take possession of and destroy any weight or measure used by a transient buyer of precious metals as defined by section 5 of P.L.1981, c.96 (C.51:6A-5) that has not been certified as required pursuant to subsection c. of section 1 of P.L.1981, c.96 (C.51:6A-1). No action for damages shall lie or be maintained against a weights and measures officer for the seizure.  L.2013, c.126, s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:7-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:7-1 - Definitions

51:7-1. Definitions  For the purpose of this chapter the following words shall be deemed to have the meaning herein given: a. "Department" shall mean state department of weights and measures. b. "Person" shall be construed to include any individual, partnership, unincorporated association, corporation or other form of business enterprise. c. "Weights and measures officers" shall be construed to include the state superintendent of weights and measures or his assistants or inspectors, county or assistant county superintendents of weights and measures or inspectors, and municipal or assistant municipal superintendents of weights and measures or inspectors.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:7-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:7-2 - Transporting anthracite into state over highways by motor vehicle; certificate of origin required; signatures

51:7-2. Transporting anthracite into state over highways by motor vehicle; certificate of origin required; signatures  It shall be unlawful for any person to transport over the highways of this State any anthracite brought into this State by motor vehicle from outside of this State unless such anthracite when it crosses any boundary line of this State and at all times thereafter during the transportation thereof over the highways of this State is accompanied by an original certificate of origin signed by the person who is the owner or operator of the breaker, colliery, yard or other place of production or storage, or his duly authorized agent, where the anthracite to which the certificate of origin refers was produced or stored and also signed by the person driving or operating the motor vehicle on which said anthracite is transported into this State. Amended by L.1938, c. 242, p. 547, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:7-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:7-3 - Contents of certificate of origin

51:7-3. Contents of certificate of origin  The certificate of origin shall contain the following: a. The name or names and location of, and the name or names of the owners or operators of, the breaker, colliery, yard or other place of production or storage where the anthracite to which the certificate refers has been produced or stored. b. The kind, size and weight of the anthracite. c. The name and address of person claiming ownership of said anthracite. d. The name and address of the driver of the motor vehicle transporting said anthracite and the State motor vehicle registration number of said vehicle. e. The name and address of the person or persons to whom said anthracite is to be delivered. f. The date said certificate is issued. Amended by L.1952, c. 146, p. 503, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:7-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:7-4 - Issuance of certificates; nontransferable; false certificate

51:7-4. Issuance of certificates; nontransferable; false certificate  The certificates of origin as herein provided shall be issued only on forms to be supplied, on application therefor, by the superintendent of the department, shall be serially numbered and issued consecutively. A nominal charge to cover the cost of supplying such forms may be made by the superintendent. Said certificates of origin shall be nontransferable and any person who has in his possession or who files with a weighmaster or forwards to the superintendent a false certificate of origin shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this chapter. The superintendent of the department shall issue such blank certificates of origin to any person who is the owner or operator of a colliery, breaker or other place of production or who is the owner or operator of a yard, pocket or other place of storage, outside the State of New Jersey, upon application therefor by such person showing the necessity for the issuance of said certificates and upon proof satisfactory to the superintendent that all anthracite produced or stored is not stolen and is legally acquired at its source. Notification shall promptly be given to the superintendent in case of change of source or the obtaining of anthracite from new sources since the time said application is made, and satisfactory proof shall be furnished that the anthracite is legally acquired at the new sources. Whenever any person who transports or intends to transport anthracite into this State furnishes proof satisfactory to the superintendent that all anthracite so transported or to be transported is legally acquired at its source and is not stolen, and further, that such person is unable to obtain certificates of origin at the breaker, colliery or other place of production or at the yard, pocket or other place of storage, blank certificates shall be issued to such person in such number as the business of such person requires. Amended by L.1938, c. 242, p. 547, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:7-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:7-5 - Duplicate certificate filed with weighmaster

51:7-5. Duplicate certificate filed with weighmaster  Any person bringing anthracite into this State from outside of this State and said anthracite is to be sold or delivered within the boundaries of this State shall file a duplicate of the required certificate of origin with the weighmaster in charge of the scales where said person has said anthracite weighed in accordance with the requirements of the laws of this State, and such duplicates of said certificates of origin shall be retained at such scales for a period of one year, unless the superintendent directs the forwarding of the same to his office, and shall be subject and open to inspection by any weights and measures officer; after storage or sale of said anthracite in this State the original certificates of origin shall be forwarded to the superintendent at his office within ten days from the date of such sale or storage and the triplicate copy shall be kept by the person who sells or stores said anthracite. Amended by L.1938, c. 242, p. 548, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:7-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:7-6 - Revoking license to sell solid fuel; voiding certificate of origin

51:7-6. Revoking license to sell solid fuel; voiding certificate of origin  The superintendent of the department shall revoke the license of any person licensed to sell solid fuel in this State who buys, sells or transports stolen anthracite within this State or who buys, sells or transports anthracite which has been acquired at a place of production, storage or source where stolen anthracite is handled or distributed, and shall issue to such person no further license to sell solid fuel in this State for a period of at least one year from the date of revocation. The superintendent shall give at least five days' notice of the proposed revocation proceedings, which notice shall contain the charges made against the licensee and the time and place of the hearing of said revocation proceedings; said notice shall be sent by registered mail to the address given by the licensee in his application for license to sell solid fuel; said licensee shall have the opportunity to appear and enter a defense at the hearing to be held at the office of the superintendent. The superintendent shall void all certificates of origin where the person who obtains the same buys, sells or transports stolen anthracite or deals in or handles stolen anthracite. The superintendent may refuse to grant and may void certificates of origin where the person who applies for or obtains the same violates any of the provisions of this chapter or for any of the following reasons: Fraud or misrepresentation practices in procuring any such certificates; dishonesty in conducting his business; conduct of a character likely to defraud or deceive the public; transferring said certificates to a person other than the person to whom they were issued or for any conduct or practice at variance with the purpose of this chapter. Any person using voided certificates knowingly shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this chapter. Five days' notice by registered mail of the proposed refusal to grant or voiding of said certificates shall be given to the person who applied for or obtained the same and upon request of said person he shall be given an opportunity to show cause why the granting of said certificates should not be refused or said certificates voided. Amended by L.1938, c. 242, p. 549, s. 4; L.1952, c. 146, p. 504, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:7-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:7-7 - Enforcement of chapter

51:7-7. Enforcement of chapter  All weights and measures officers in this State, in addition to their various duties now provided for by law, are hereby charged with the duty of enforcing and executing the provisions of this chapter, and the superintendent of the department shall make such rules and regulations as he may deem necessary for its enforcement. Amended by L.1938, c. 242, p. 550, s. 5.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:7-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:7-8 - Penalty for violations

51:7-8. Penalty for violations  Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter shall upon being found guilty of such offense pay a fine of not less than $250.00 nor more than $1,000.00 or if unable to pay such fine shall be committed to a county jail for a period not to exceed 90 days. Amended by L.1969, c. 251, s. 31, eff. Jan. 1, 1970.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:7-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:7-9 - Procedure for recovery of penalties; jurisdiction

51:7-9. Procedure for recovery of penalties; jurisdiction  51:7-9. Any penalty incurred under the provisions of this chapter shall be sued for in the name of the State of New Jersey by any weights and measures officer. Jurisdiction of all cases arising out of violations of the provisions of this chapter is hereby conferred upon the Superior Court and the municipal courts in the county in which such violations are committed.  Amended 1938,c.242,s.6; 1953,c.48,s.16; 1991,c.91,s.483.