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NJ Rev Stat § 51:1-82 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:1-82 - Fraudulent report of weight; penalties; imprisonment; double damages; interstate carriers, inapplicable to

51:1-82. Fraudulent report of weight; penalties; imprisonment; double damages; interstate carriers, inapplicable to  Any person who owns, operates, keeps, or has in his possession, control or charge any scales, steelyards or weights who shall certify, declare, represent, render or report any false weight whereby any other person may be defrauded, deceived or injured, shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a penalty in a sum not less than $50.00 nor more than $100.00 for a first offense, and not less than $100.00 nor more than $250.00 for a second offense and not less than $250.00 nor more than $500.00 for each subsequent offense. The court shall cause any defendant, who refuses or neglects to forthwith pay the amount of the judgment rendered against him and all the costs and charges incident thereto, to be committed to the county jail for a period of not less than 10 days and not exceeding 30 days for a first offense and not less than 30 days nor more than 90 days for any subsequent offense. Such person shall also be answerable to the party defrauded in double damages, to be collected in an action at law in any court of competent jurisdiction. The provisions of this section shall not apply to interstate common carriers by railroad subject to the rules and regulations from time to time issued by the Interstate Commerce Commission. Amended by L.1943, c. 135, p. 385, s. 1; L.1969, c. 251, s. 16, eff. Jan. 7, 1970.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:1-82.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:1-82.1 - State-owned scales; weighmasters

51:1-82.1. State-owned scales; weighmasters  The superintendent of the division of weights and measures in the Department of Law and Public Safety may, subject to the approval of the Attorney-General, appoint weighmasters within the division of weights and measures of the Department of Law and Public Safety, as may be required, for official weighings and certifications thereof in connection with the operation of State-owned scales. L.1952, c. 112, p. 451, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:1-83 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:1-83 - Only sealed weights and measures to be used; violations resulting in injury voids contract

51:1-83. Only sealed weights and measures to be used; violations resulting in injury voids contract  No person shall buy or sell goods or service based on weight or measurement by the use of any weight or measure which has not been tested and sealed according to the provisions of this chapter under penalty of not less than $50.00 nor more than $200.00 for each separate offense. No contract shall, however, be declared void unless one of the contracting parties has been injured by the use of such weight or measure. Amended by L.1969, c. 251, s. 17, eff. Jan. 7, 1970.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:1-84 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:1-84 - Testing and sealing of all weights and measures; fee collection

51:1-84. Testing and sealing of all weights and measures; fee collection  51:1-84. a. All weights and measures used in trade shall be tested and sealed at least once in each year. Any superintendent shall also upon the request of any citizen, corporation, firm or other interested party cause a test to be made of any weight or measure. If it be found correct or be made correct the superintendent or assistant superintendent shall properly seal it. He shall cause it to conform as nearly as possible to the standard before sealing. If it shall not be found correct, or it shall not be possible to make it correct, it shall not be used, but shall be disposed of as hereinafter provided in this article.  b. The State superintendent shall charge and collect a fee for the testing of a weight or measure. Such fee shall be established pursuant to section 7 of P.L.1994, c.60 (C.51:1-54.3).  Amended 1994,c.60,s.11.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:1-85 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:1-85 - Tests made at request of owner; defective weights or measures; penalty

51:1-85. Tests made at request of owner; defective weights or measures; penalty  Whenever any inspection of weights and measures has been made upon the request of the owner thereof, if they shall be found not to conform to the legal standard, the superintendent, or assistant superintendent shall serve such owner with a notice in writing that the use thereof is illegal. Within 15 days thereafter, the owner shall either have such weight or measure corrected or another substituted therefor, and notify the said superintendent in writing to that effect, or deliver the defective weight or measure to such superintendent for confiscation; and for his failure so to do, he shall be liable to a fine of $100.00. Amended by L.1969, c. 251, s. 18, eff. Jan. 7, 1970.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:1-86 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:1-86 - Tests; defective weights, etc.; additional penalty.

51:1-86 Tests; defective weights, etc.; additional penalty.  51:1-86. Upon the first official inspection of any weight or measure, except where the inspection is made upon the request of the owner thereof, if the deviation from the legal standard shall be of such nature as not to be easily ascertained by the owner thereof, the owner may correct it. Upon his failure to do so within 2 days after such inspection, the superintendent shall take possession of and destroy such weight or measure, unless, in the sole discretion of the superintendent, good cause exists to allow additional time to correct the deviation or take possession of and destroy the weight or measure. If the said deviation, or the causes thereof, shall be patent or easily ascertainable by the owner thereof, the superintendent or assistant superintendent shall immediately take possession of and destroy such weight or measure, and the owner thereof shall be liable to a penalty of not less than $500 nor more than $1,000 in addition to any other penalties and punishments herein provided. amended 1969, c.251, s.19; 2013, c.126, s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:1-87 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:1-87 - Refusal to seal weight, etc., easily arranged to defraud; review

51:1-87. Refusal to seal weight, etc., easily arranged to defraud; review  Any superintendent or assistant superintendent may decline to seal any weight or measure which is so constructed as to facilitate the perpetration of fraud. He shall report such act to the State superintendent who, if satisfied upon investigation that its use is prejudicial to the best interests of the public, shall order that such weight or measure shall be treated as an unlawful one. Such order may be reviewable by the Superior Court in a proceeding in lieu of prerogative writ. Amended by L.1953, c. 48, p. 838, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:1-88 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:1-88 - Examination mandated

51:1-88. Examination mandated  No person shall refuse to exhibit any weights, measures, packages, containers, weight certificates, delivery tickets, invoices or any other documents setting forth the quantity or value of any commodity or service to any weights and measures officer for the purpose of being inspected and examined, nor shall any person refuse to admit such officer to his place of business, during his usual hours of business, nor shall any person who may be buying, selling or delivering goods, liquids, commodities, or services from any vehicle in transit refuse to permit such officer to examine any weights, measures, packages, containers, weight certificates, delivery tickets, invoices or any other documents setting forth quantity or value of any commodity or service which may be in or about the vehicle, under a civil penalty of not less than $100.00 for every such offense.  Amended by L. 1969, c. 251, s. 20, eff. Jan. 7, 1970; L. 1986, c. 167, s. 10, eff. Dec. 3, 1986.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:1-89 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:1-89 - General penalty

51:1-89. General penalty  Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter for which a specific penalty has not been provided shall be liable to a penalty of not less than $100.00. Amended by L.1969, c. 251, s. 21, eff. Jan. 7, 1970.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:1-90 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:1-90 - Hindering official; penalty

51:1-90. Hindering official; penalty  No person shall in any way or manner hinder or molest any superintendent, deputy superintendent, assistant superintendent, inspector, or other weights and measures officer in the performance of the duties imposed upon him by any of the provisions of this Title under penalty of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each offense. Amended by L.1952, c. 44, p. 362, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:1-91 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:1-91 - Changing weight or measure prohibited

51:1-91. Changing weight or measure prohibited  No person shall alter or change in any manner any weight or measure, or allow the same to be done, after the same has been tested and sealed or tested and condemned by any weights and measures officer under authority of law, so that the same shall weigh or measure incorrectly, under a civil penalty of not less than $100.00 nor more than $500.00 for each offense, unless the person has been duly licensed and registered pursuant to the provisions of P.L. 1938, c. 182 (C. 51:1-113 et seq.). This section shall not prohibit any authorized person from making adjustments necessary to achieve zero balance on any weighing or measuring device.  Amended by L. 1969, c. 251, s. 22, eff. Jan. 7, 1970; L. 1986, c. 167, s. 11, eff. Dec. 3, 1986.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:1-93 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:1-93 - Legal standard

51:1-93. Legal standard  Every weight or measure sold, leased or delivered after sale to any person within the State for use in the purchase or sale of commodities or services, shall be of the legal standard as provided in this Title.  Every person selling, leasing or delivering, or buying, renting or receiving any such weight or measure shall furnish to the local superintendent of the county or municipality in which such weights or measures are installed, a statement in writing, showing the sale or lease and location of such weights and measures, within 10 days.  Any person who shall sell or lease a false weight or measure or a weight or measure that has not been approved as to type, construction and operation by the State superintendent, or who otherwise violates this section, shall be liable to a civil penalty of not less than $100.00 nor more than $500.00 for each offense.  Amended by L. 1969, c. 251, s. 24, eff. Jan. 7, 1970; L. 1986, c. 167, s. 12, eff. Dec. 3, 1986.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:1-94 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:1-94 - Retention of false weights, etc.; misdemeanor

51:1-94. Retention of false weights, etc.; misdemeanor  Any person who shall retain in his possession any weight, measure or container, knowing it to be false, unless it appears beyond a reasonable doubt that it was so retained without intent to use it to defraud or permit it to be so used, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:1-95 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:1-95 - Marking of short weights and tares; misdemeanor

51:1-95. Marking of short weights and tares; misdemeanor  Any person who shall knowingly mark false or short weights or false tare on any container, or who shall knowingly sell or offer for sale any container so marked shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:1-96 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:1-96 - Penalties for using false weights

51:1-96. Penalties for using false weights  a. No person shall use, or cause to be used, or have in his possession: (1) a weight or measure found to be incorrect after having been theretofore duly tested and sealed; or (2) a false weight, measure or other apparatus for the measurement of a physical property, or for determining the quantity or value of any commodity or article of merchandise, or service, or both. Any person who violates this subsection shall for the first offense be liable to a civil penalty of not less than $50.00 nor more than $100.00, and for a second offense to a civil penalty of not less than $100.00 nor more than $250.00, and for each subsequent offense to a civil penalty of not less than $250.00 nor more than $500.00.  b. No person shall be convicted of or assessed a civil penalty for a second or subsequent offense pursuant to this section unless the previous conviction:  (1) Occurred no earlier than one year prior to the occurrence of the second or subsequent offense; and  (2) Occurred at the same place of business as the second or subsequent offense. For the purposes of this subsection, "same place of business" means identical store or outlet.  c. Nothing in this section shall be deemed: (1) to authorize or permit the imposition of penalties for a second or subsequent offense in conjunction with an adjudication of guilt based upon multiple counts or complaints arising from the same inspection, or (2) to mandate the imposition of penalties for a second or subsequent offense, if, in the discretion of the court, the imposition of a penalty for a first offense would be just and proper.  Amended by L. 1953, c. 48, p. 839, s. 3; L. 1969, c. 251, s. 25, eff. Jan. 7, 1970; L. 1986, c. 167, s. 13, eff. Dec. 3, 1986.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:1-97 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:1-97 - Illegal weighing activities; penalties

51:1-97. Illegal weighing activities; penalties  a. No person shall:  (1) Sell or expose for sale less than the quantity represented of a commodity or service;  (2) Take any more of the quantity represented of any commodity or service, when, as a buyer, he furnishes the weight or measure by which the commodity or service is determined;  (3) Deliver or cause to be delivered less than the quantity or service represented of any commodity or service commonly sold by weight, measure, count or time;  (4) Misrepresent the price of any commodity or service sold, offered, exposed, or advertised for sale by weight, measure, count, or time, or represent the price in any manner calculated or tending to mislead or in any way deceive a person;  (5) Falsify, prerecord, issue or have in his possession a meter register, delivery ticket, invoice, bill or any document which contains a quantity representation recorded prior to the actual measurement at the time of delivery of the commodity; or  (6) Preprint, postprint, alter, or have in his possession a credit card, receipt or original containing a false representation of the quantity or value of petroleum products delivered.  Any person who violates the provisions of this subsection shall be liable for the first offense to a civil penalty of not less than $50.00 nor more than $100.00, and for a second offense to a civil penalty of not less than $100.00 nor more than $250.00, and for each subsequent offense to a civil penalty of not less than $250.00 nor more than $500.00.  b. No person shall be convicted of or assessed a civil penalty for a second or subsequent offense pursuant to this section unless the previous conviction:  (1) Occurred no earlier than one year prior to the occurrence of the second or subsequent offense; and  (2) Occurred at the same place of business as the second or subsequent offense. For the purposes of this subsection, "same place of business" means identical store or outlet.  c. Nothing in this section shall be deemed: (1) to authorize or permit the imposition of penalties for a second or subsequent offense in conjunction with an adjudication of guilt based upon multiple counts or complaints arising from the same inspection, or (2) to mandate the imposition of penalties for a second or subsequent offense, if, in the discretion of the court, the imposition of a penalty for a first offense would be just and proper.  Amended by L. 1986, c. 167, s. 14, eff. Dec. 3, 1986.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:1-98 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:1-98 - Deviations; scale of penalties

51:1-98. Deviations; scale of penalties  Any deviation from the standards prescribed in this chapter, either in weights or measures or in containers in which any commodity is sold or offered for sale, which shall exceed by more than three times the allowable error determined by the state superintendent in accordance with the provisions of sections 51:1-29 and 51:1-57 of this title, shall be subject to a penalty double that otherwise provided. Should such deviation exceed by more than five times such allowable error, the penalty shall be three times that otherwise provided. No penalty shall be imposed for allowable deviations, nor for any deviation which shall be to the disadvantage of the owner of said weight, measure or container.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:1-99.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:1-99.1 - Prior violations not included

51:1-99.1. Prior violations not included  No conviction of a violation of Title 51 of the Revised Statutes prior to the effective date of this 1986 amendatory and supplementary act shall be considered for the purpose of assessing a penalty for a second or subsequent offense pursuant to R.S. 51:1-29, R.S. 51:1-91, R.S. 51:1-96, or R.S. 51:1-97. L. 1986, c. 167, s. 22, eff. Dec. 3, 1986.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:1-100 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:1-100 - Separate violations

51:1-100. Separate violations  The use, ownership or possession of each separate weight, measure, container or commodity in package form in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed as separate violations thereof.  Amended by L. 1986, c. 167, s. 15, eff. Dec. 3, 1986.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:1-101 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:1-101 - Presence of weights, etc., presumptive evidence of use

51:1-101. Presence of weights, etc., presumptive evidence of use  Proof of the existence of weights or measures in or about any place or vehicle, in or from which it is shown trade is commonly carried on shall be presumptive evidence of their regular use for such purpose and of their ownership by the person so using or possessing them and such facts shall be deemed to remain established until disproved beyond reasonable doubt.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:1-102 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:1-102 - Certificate

51:1-102. Certificate  Each weight or measure used by any weights and measures officer as a standard for testing the weights and measures used in trade, commerce or in:  a. Any weights and measures office;  b. The enforcement of law; or  c. Any engineering or surveying shall be marked by the State superintendent in such manner as he may determine. A certificate of the correctness thereof, designating it by number and giving the date of its comparison with any of the standard weights and measures shall be presumptive evidence that such weight or measure has continuously since the date of such comparison conformed with the said standards and the national and State standards. Such certificate shall be signed and sealed by the State superintendent in a manner determined by him.  Any certificate substantially setting forth the above facts and purporting to be signed and sealed by the State superintendent shall, upon its production, be admitted as such presumptive evidence without further proof of its authenticity.  Amended by L. 1986, c. 167, s. 16, eff. Dec. 3, 1986.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:1-103 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:1-103 - Jurisdiction for action

51:1-103. Jurisdiction for action  An action for the recovery of a penalty for violation of Title 51 of the Revised Statutes shall be within the jurisdiction of and may be brought before the Superior Court or municipal court in the county or municipality where the offense was committed or where the defendant may reside, or where the defendant may be found, or where the measurement of quantity determination was physically made, which court is hereinafter referred to in Title 51 of the Revised Statutes as the "court."  Amended by L. 1939, c. 390, p. 931, s. 1; L. 1953, c. 48, p. 839, s. 4; L. 1986, c. 167, s. 17, eff. Dec. 3, 1986.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:1-103.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:1-103.1 - Injunctions

51:1-103.1. Injunctions  Whenever it appears that a person engages in practices in violation of Title 51 of the Revised Statutes or regulations adopted pursuant thereto and other statutes relating to weights and measures, the State superintendent may seek to obtain in an action in the Superior Court an injunction prohibiting that person from continuing those practices.  The court may make orders or judgments to prevent that person from engaging in any prohibited practices.  L. 1986, c. 167, s. 20, eff. Dec. 3, 1986.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:1-105 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:1-105 - Penalty enforcement

51:1-105. Penalty enforcement  A penalty incurred for the violation of any of the provisions of this Title may be enforced pursuant to "the penalty enforcement law," (N.J.S. 2A:58-1 et seq.), in a summary proceeding brought in the name of the State by any weights and measures officer.  All proceedings and all judgments arising therefrom shall be pursued and entered in accordance with "the penalty enforcement law," N.J.S. 2A:58-1 et seq., and the Rules Governing the Courts of the State of New Jersey. Judgments recovered in favor of the State in any court may be docketed in the Superior Court and, thereafter, shall operate as a judgment obtained in that court.  Amended by L. 1939, c. 390, p. 931, s. 3; L. 1953, c. 48, p. 839, s. 6; L. 1986, c. 167, s. 18, eff. Dec. 3, 1986.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:1-106 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:1-106 - Arrest; confiscation

51:1-106. Arrest; confiscation  A weights and measures officer, on the violation of any of the provisions of this Title within his view or presence, may without warrant arrest the offender and conduct him before the court having jurisdiction.  A weights and measures officer may order off-sale, issue stop-use or removal orders, or may seize and take possession of any commodity in package form, weight or measure, document or other item, when he has reason to believe that any provision of Title 51 of the Revised Statutes or any regulation adopted thereunder has been violated.  Any weights and measures officer, his employer, or the State shall not be liable for damages by reason of that seizure.  Amended by L. 1939, c. 390, p. 934, s. 4; L. 1953, c. 48, p. 840, s. 7; L. 1986, c. 167, s. 19, eff. Dec. 3, 1986.