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IN Code § 24-6-3-12 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 24. Trade Regulation|Article 6. Weights, Measures, and Labeling|Chapter 3. State and Local Weights and Measures Program|24-6-3-12. Dry Capacity Measure; Sale of Fruits and Vegetables; Commodities; Original Standard Container; Definitions

Sec. 12. (a) All commodities shall be offered for sale or sold upon the basis of avoirdupois net weight or by numerical count only, and it shall be unlawful for anyone to use or employ any dry capacity measure, basket, barrel, or container of any kind as a means of determining the amounts or quantities of any commodities offered for sale or sold; provided, however, that the provisions of this chapter shall not be construed to apply to fruits and vegetables sold in the original standard container, nor to vegetables which by common custom are offered for sale or sold by the bunch; nor shall the provisions of this chapter be construed to apply to fresh berries and to other small fruits which are customarily offered for sale and sold by the box, basket, or other receptacle, except, however, when such fresh berries or such other small fruits are offered for sale or sold in bulk, in which case the provisions of this chapter shall apply to the extent that such fresh berries and such other small fruits shall be offered for sale and sold by avoirdupois net weight only; provided, further, however, that all fresh berries and such other small fruits when offered for sale or sold shall be so offered or sold in boxes, baskets, or receptacles of uniform size to hold one (1) quart or one (1) pint dry measure only, which said boxes, baskets, or other receptacles shall be uniformly and evenly filled throughout.(b) The term "commodities" as used in this section shall be construed to mean commodities or articles (other than liquids) which are capable of being measured by dry capacity measure.(c) The term "original standard container" as used in this section shall be construed to mean and include only barrels, boxes, baskets, hampers, or similar containers the dimensions or capacity of which is established by Indiana or federal statute, the contents of which have not been removed or repacked, and upon which is plainly and conspicuously marked the net quantity of contents thereof in terms of weight, measure, or numerical count.Formerly: Acts 1925, c.86, s.12. As amended by P.L.152-1986, SEC.89.
IN Code § 24-6-3-13 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 24. Trade Regulation|Article 6. Weights, Measures, and Labeling|Chapter 3. State and Local Weights and Measures Program|24-6-3-13. Weighmaster; Appointment; Powers and Duties

Sec. 13. The division of weights and measures upon application of any county, city, town, corporation, limited liability company, individual, firm, association, or institution may designate one (1) or more employees or some other suitable person or persons, to act as weighmaster for such county, city, town, corporation, limited liability company, individual, firm, association, or institution. Such weighmaster shall be appointed for a specified term and shall, before entering upon official duties, make oath faithfully to execute trust as weighmaster. The division of weights and measures shall issue and keep record of a certificate of appointment which shall designate the location of the scale or scales or measuring devices to be operated by said weighmaster. The rights and duties of weighmasters shall be prescribed by the division and such weighmasters shall not receive compensation from the state for duties so performed. Any weighmaster who commits misconduct in the execution of duties shall forfeit the certificate as weighmaster.Formerly: Acts 1925, c.86, s.13. As amended by Acts 1978, P.L.2, SEC.2420; P.L.2-1992, SEC.759; P.L.8-1993, SEC.367.
IN Code § 24-6-3-14 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 24. Trade Regulation|Article 6. Weights, Measures, and Labeling|Chapter 3. State and Local Weights and Measures Program|24-6-3-14. Definitions

Sec. 14. The word "person" as used in this chapter shall be considered to include also firms, copartnerships, limited liability companies, or corporations. The term "device" or "devices" as used in this chapter shall be construed to include all weights, scales, beams, mechanical devices, or other instruments. The word "sell", "sale", or "buy" as used in this chapter shall be construed to include barter and exchange.Formerly: Acts 1925, c.86, s.14. As amended by P.L.152-1986, SEC.90; P.L.8-1993, SEC.368.
IN Code § 24-6-3-15 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 24. Trade Regulation|Article 6. Weights, Measures, and Labeling|Chapter 3. State and Local Weights and Measures Program|24-6-3-15. Violations

Sec. 15. A person who recklessly violates this chapter commits a Class B misdemeanor.Formerly: Acts 1925, c.86, s.15. As amended by Acts 1978, P.L.2, SEC.2421.
IN Code § 24-6-3-16 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 24. Trade Regulation|Article 6. Weights, Measures, and Labeling|Chapter 3. State and Local Weights and Measures Program|24-6-3-16. Standards for Weights and Measures; Emergency Rule Adoption; Federal Standards

Sec. 16. (a) The state department may adopt emergency rules under IC 4-22-2-37.1 to establish standards for weights and measures to be used by the state department. A standard adopted under this section must be the same as or at least as effective as the standards adopted by the National Conference on Weights and Measures, including amendments to those standards in effect on June 30, 1993, and found in:(1) Handbook 44: Specification, Tolerances, and Other Technical Requirements for Weighing and Measuring Devices;(2) Handbook 130: Chapter A, Uniform Packaging and Labeling Regulation;(3) Handbook 130: Chapter B, Uniform Regulation for the Method of Sale of Commodities, except for Section 2.20; and(4) Handbook 133: Checking the Net Contents of Packaged Goods;all published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.(b) The state department may determine when an amendment to federal standards described in subsection (a) has been adopted. If the state department determines that an amendment to the federal standards has been adopted, the state department may adopt emergency rules under IC 4-22-2-37.1 to amend the rules adopted by the state department under subsection (a). An emergency rule adopted under this subsection must provide a standard that is:(1) the same as; or(2) at least as effective as;the amendment to the federal standards for weights and measures. An emergency rule adopted under this subsection must take effect not later than sixty (60) days after the date of publication of the amendment to the federal standards.As added by P.L.177-1993, SEC.19. Amended by P.L.123-1994, SEC.1.
IN Code § 24-6-3-17 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 24. Trade Regulation|Article 6. Weights, Measures, and Labeling|Chapter 3. State and Local Weights and Measures Program|24-6-3-17. Adoption of Rules Requiring Posting Notices Concerning Oxygenates at Service Stations; Prohibition

Sec. 17. The state department may not adopt rules requiring the posting of notices concerning oxygenates on or near engine fuel dispensers located at retail service stations.As added by P.L.123-1994, SEC.2.
IN Code § 24-6-5-12 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 24. Trade Regulation|Article 6. Weights, Measures, and Labeling|Chapter 5. Containers for Agricultural Produce|24-6-5-12. Duties of Division of Weights and Measures

Sec. 12. It shall be the duty of the division of weights and measures of the state department of health to enforce all the provisions of this chapter, and it shall prescribe such rules as it may find necessary for carrying into effect the provisions of this chapter, and shall cause such examinations and tests to be made as may be necessary in order to determine whether hampers, round stave baskets, splint baskets, climax baskets, and baskets or containers for berries or other small fruits and vegetables, or parts thereof, subject to this chapter, meet its requirements. For this purpose, the authorized officers and agents of the division of weights and measures may visit factories, stock rooms, and other places of business where such hampers, baskets, and containers, or parts thereof, are manufactured or held for sale or shipment, or offered for sale, and may enter cars, vessels, other vehicles, and places under the control of carriers engaged in the transportation of such hampers, baskets, and containers, or parts thereof, and may take samples of such hampers, baskets, and boxes, or parts thereof or, upon written request from the division of weights and measures or its authorized agents. Any manufacturers, shippers, carriers, or holders of such hampers, baskets, and containers or parts thereof shall furnish samples of such hampers, baskets, and containers, or parts thereof, as are required for the purpose of inspection as in this chapter provided.Formerly: Acts 1923, c.44, s.12. As amended by P.L.152-1986, SEC.96; P.L.2-1992, SEC.762.
IN Code § 24-6-5-13 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 24. Trade Regulation|Article 6. Weights, Measures, and Labeling|Chapter 5. Containers for Agricultural Produce|24-6-5-13. Official Cooperation

Sec. 13. For carrying out the purpose of this chapter, the division of weights and measures of the state department of health is authorized to cooperate with state, county, and municipal authorities, manufacturers, dealers, and shippers.Formerly: Acts 1923, c.44, s.13. As amended by P.L.152-1986, SEC.97; P.L.2-1992, SEC.763.
IN Code § 24-6-5-15 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 24. Trade Regulation|Article 6. Weights, Measures, and Labeling|Chapter 5. Containers for Agricultural Produce|24-6-5-15. Sale by Weight or Numerical Count

Sec. 15. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to permit sales by standard hampers, baskets, or containers without regard to weight or numerical count when required by law to be sold by weight or numerical count.Formerly: Acts 1923, c.44, s.15. As amended by P.L.152-1986, SEC.99.
IN Code § 24-6-6-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 24. Trade Regulation|Article 6. Weights, Measures, and Labeling|Chapter 6. Labeling Produce Containers|24-6-6-1. Package Defined

Sec. 1. The term "package" as used in this chapter shall be construed to mean any container which is used for the transportation of or sale of fruits and vegetables within the state.Formerly: Acts 1935, c.65, s.1. As amended by P.L.152-1986, SEC.100.
IN Code § 24-6-6-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 24. Trade Regulation|Article 6. Weights, Measures, and Labeling|Chapter 6. Labeling Produce Containers|24-6-6-2. Fruit and Vegetable Containers; Packing Requirements

Sec. 2. Every person, firm, limited liability company, or corporation who, by himself or by his agent or employee, packs or repacks fresh fruits or vegetables in containers intended for sale, either privately or on the open market, shall cause the same to be marked in a plain and indelible manner, as follows:(1) With his full name and address, including the name of the state where such fresh fruits and vegetables are grown or packed.(2) The net contents, by weight, if not in a standard container built in accordance with the specifications of the federal or state standard container act, in which case the cubical contents shall be sufficient.(3) The grade, in accordance with the standards established by this act.All markings shall be in letters not less than one-half (1/2) of an inch in height.Formerly: Acts 1935, c.65, s.2. As amended by P.L.152-1986, SEC.101; P.L.8-1993, SEC.370.
IN Code § 24-6-6-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 24. Trade Regulation|Article 6. Weights, Measures, and Labeling|Chapter 6. Labeling Produce Containers|24-6-6-3. Unlawful Sales

Sec. 3. No person shall sell, offer for sale, expose, or have in his possession for sale, either privately or on the open market, any fresh fruits or vegetables packed in containers and intended for sale, unless such containers are marked in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.Formerly: Acts 1935, c.65, s.3. As amended by P.L.152-1986, SEC.102.
IN Code § 24-6-6-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 24. Trade Regulation|Article 6. Weights, Measures, and Labeling|Chapter 6. Labeling Produce Containers|24-6-6-4. Prohibition Against Certain Markings

Sec. 4. No person shall sell, offer, expose or have in his possession for sale, any fresh fruits or vegetables, packed in any package, upon which package is marked any designation which represents such fruit as "No. 1," "Finest," "Best", "Extra Good", "Fancy," "Selected," "Prime," "Standard," or other name denoting superior grade or quality, unless such fruit or vegetables consist of well-grown specimens, sound, of nearly uniform size, normal shape, good color for the variety, and not less than ninety per cent (90%) free from injurious or disfiguring bruises, diseases, insect injuries or other defects, natural deterioration and decay in transit or storage excepted.Formerly: Acts 1935, c.65, s.4.
IN Code § 24-6-6-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 24. Trade Regulation|Article 6. Weights, Measures, and Labeling|Chapter 6. Labeling Produce Containers|24-6-6-5. Misrepresentation by Package

Sec. 5. No person shall sell, offer or have in his possession for sale, either privately or on the open market, packed in any package in which the face or shown surface gives a false representation of the contents of such package, and it shall be considered a false representation if such face shows more than ten per cent (10%), by count, or weight, larger in size or superior in grade to or different in variety than the remaining portion of the package, natural deterioration and decay in transit or storage excepted.Formerly: Acts 1935, c.65, s.5.
IN Code § 24-6-6-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 24. Trade Regulation|Article 6. Weights, Measures, and Labeling|Chapter 6. Labeling Produce Containers|24-6-6-6. Used Containers; Marking Requirements

Sec. 6. When fruits and vegetables, packed in used containers, are offered for sale carrying any markings pertaining to the previous contents, the words "not original contents," shall be conspicuously marked, labeled, or tagged on the outside of each container in letters not less than one-fourth (1/4) of one (1) inch in height.Formerly: Acts 1935, c.65, s.6.
IN Code § 24-6-6-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 24. Trade Regulation|Article 6. Weights, Measures, and Labeling|Chapter 6. Labeling Produce Containers|24-6-6-7. Commodities Packed in Another State; Exception

Sec. 7. Fruits and vegetables packed in original containers and graded according to the legal grades of the state wherein they originated shall be exempt from the provisions of this chapter provided such packages are marked with the grade, grower or distributor, and address, and the state wherein grown, and providing the grades of such state are the equivalent to or are more rigid than the federal grade.Formerly: Acts 1935, c.65, s.7. As amended by P.L.152-1986, SEC.103.
IN Code § 24-6-6-8 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 24. Trade Regulation|Article 6. Weights, Measures, and Labeling|Chapter 6. Labeling Produce Containers|24-6-6-8. Repacking Procedure; Shipping Requirements

Sec. 8. (a) Fruits and vegetables originating outside of the state of Indiana, and which are repacked within the state, shall have the name of the repacker or distributor and the name of the state where the product originated clearly marked on the package, in letters not less than one-half (1/2) inch in height.(b) Fruits and vegetables originating outside of the state of Indiana which are transported by motor vehicles or by railroad cars, whether shipped in bulk or in containers, shall be accompanied by a certificate showing that such fruit or vegetables comply in all respects with the requirements of the state and federal laws and the several rules and regulations issued thereunder by the properly constituted state and federal agencies.Formerly: Acts 1935, c.65, s.8.
IN Code § 24-6-6-9 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 24. Trade Regulation|Article 6. Weights, Measures, and Labeling|Chapter 6. Labeling Produce Containers|24-6-6-9. Enforcement of Chapter

Sec. 9. The state department of health, its division of weights and measures, food inspectors, sealers of weights and measures, and agents are hereby charged with the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter. It shall be the duty of every prosecuting attorney to whom the state department of health or any of its agents shall report any violation of the provisions of this chapter to cause proceedings to be commenced against the person or persons so violating the provisions of this chapter and to prosecute the same to final termination.Formerly: Acts 1935, c.65, s.9. As amended by P.L.152-1986, SEC.104; P.L.2-1992, SEC.764.
IN Code § 24-6-6-10 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 24. Trade Regulation|Article 6. Weights, Measures, and Labeling|Chapter 6. Labeling Produce Containers|24-6-6-10. Products in Transit

Sec. 10. This chapter shall not apply to products in transit from point of origin to place of processing, or further grading or conditioning.Formerly: Acts 1935, c.65, s.10. As amended by P.L.152-1986, SEC.105.
IN Code § 24-6-6-11 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 24. Trade Regulation|Article 6. Weights, Measures, and Labeling|Chapter 6. Labeling Produce Containers|24-6-6-11. Violations

Sec. 11. A person who violates this chapter commits a Class C misdemeanor.Formerly: Acts 1935, c.65, s.11. As amended by Acts 1978, P.L.2, SEC.2423.
IN Code § 24-6-6-12 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 24. Trade Regulation|Article 6. Weights, Measures, and Labeling|Chapter 6. Labeling Produce Containers|24-6-6-12. Federal Grading

Sec. 12. Federal grades, with any additions or changes, as well as any grades covering additional products, are hereby adopted by the state of Indiana and shall be applied under the terms of this chapter.Formerly: Acts 1935, c.65, s.12. As amended by P.L.152-1986, SEC.106.
IN Code § 24-6-8-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 24. Trade Regulation|Article 6. Weights, Measures, and Labeling|Chapter 8. Standard Weights for Certain Grain Products|24-6-8-1. Standard Weights; Violation; Exceptions

Sec. 1. It is a Class C infraction for a person to pack for sale, sell, offer, or expose for sale any of the following commodities except in containers of net avoirdupois weights of five (5), ten (10), twenty-five (25), fifty (50), and one hundred (100) pounds, and multiples of one hundred (100) pounds: Wheat flour, self-rising wheat flour, phosphated wheat flour, bromated flour, enriched flour, enriched self-rising flour, enriched bromated flour, corn flour, corn meals, hominy and hominy grits. However, this section does not apply to (1) the retailing of flours, meals, hominy and hominy grits direct to the consumer from bulk stock, (2) the sale of flours and meals to commercial bakers or blenders in containers of more than one hundred (100) pounds, (3) the sale of flours and meals for export, (4) flours, meals, hominy and hominy grits packed in containers the net contents of which are less than three (3) pounds, or (5) the exchange of wheat for flour by mills grinding for toll.Formerly: Acts 1945, c.150, s.1; Acts 1947, c.130, s.1. As amended by Acts 1978, P.L.2, SEC.2425.
IN Code § 24-6-9-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 24. Trade Regulation|Article 6. Weights, Measures, and Labeling|Chapter 9. Grades for Sweet Potatoes|24-6-9-1. Indiana Grades for Sweet Potatoes

Sec. 1. The following grades for sweet potatoes are hereby established and shall be known as the Indiana Grades for sweet potatoes.Grade No. 1 shall consist of cured sweet potatoes from warm air storage, shall be not less than one and one-half (1 1/2) inches and not more than three and one-half (3 1/2) inches in diameter, and not less than four (4) inches and not more than eleven (11) inches in length, but the length may be less than four (4) inches if the diameter is two and one-fourth (2 1/4) inches or more. Sweet potatoes which are graded at the time they are dug shall be not less than one and three-fourths (1 3/4) inches and not more than four (4) inches in diameter. All sweet potatoes classed as grade No. 1 sweet potatoes shall be sound, of similar varietal characteristics, practically free from dirt or other foreign matter, frost injury, decay, bruises, cuts, scars, cracks and damage caused by heat, disease, insects or mechanical or other means. For the purposes of allowing for variations incident to commercial grading and handling, five per cent (5%) by weight, of any lot may not meet the requirements as to diameter and length, and, in addition, six per cent (6%) by weight may be below the other requirements of this grade.Grade No. 2 shall consist of sound sweet potatoes, of similar varietal characteristics, not meeting the requirements of grade No. 1, which are free from serious damage caused by dirt or other foreign matter, frost injury, decay, bruises, cuts, scars, cracks, heat, disease, insects or mechanical or other means. Cured or dried sweet potatoes classified as grade No. 2 shall be not less than one (1) inch and not more than one and one-half (1 1/2) inches in diameter. Green sweet potatoes shall be not less than one and one-half (1 1/2) inches and not more than two (2) inches in diameter. For the purpose of allowing for variations incident to commercial grading and handling, five per cent (5%) by weight, of any lot of cured or dried sweet potatoes may not meet the requirements as to diameter and length, and, in addition, six per cent (6%) by weight, may be below the other requirements of this grade; and five per cent (5%) by weight, of any lot of green sweet potatoes may not meet the requirements as to diameter and length.Formerly: Acts 1925, c.136, s.1.
IN Code § 24-7-1-0.1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 24. Trade Regulation|Article 7. Rental Purchase Agreements|Chapter 1. Application|24-7-1-0.1. Application of Article

Sec. 0.1. The addition of this article by P.L.254-1987 does not apply to rental purchase agreements consummated before September 1, 1987.As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.399.
IN Code § 24-7-1-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 24. Trade Regulation|Article 7. Rental Purchase Agreements|Chapter 1. Application|24-7-1-1. Rental Purchase Agreements Affected; Lessee's Residence

Sec. 1. (a) This article applies to a rental purchase agreement if:(1) the rental purchase agreement is entered into in Indiana;(2) the lessee is a resident of Indiana at the time a lessor offering the rental purchase agreement solicits the rental purchase agreement or a modification of the rental purchase agreement by any mode of communication; or(3) the lessee is a resident of Indiana at the time the lessor offering a rental purchase agreement receives either a signed writing evidencing the creation or modification of a rental purchase agreement or a written offer from the lessee to enter into or modify a rental purchase agreement.(b) For the purposes of this article, the residence of a lessee is the address given by the lessee as the lessee's residence in any writing signed by the lessee in connection with a rental purchase agreement. Until the lessee notifies the lessor of a new or different residence address, the given residence address is presumed to be unchanged.As added by P.L.254-1987, SEC.1.
IN Code § 24-7-1-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 24. Trade Regulation|Article 7. Rental Purchase Agreements|Chapter 1. Application|24-7-1-2. Inapplicable Law

Sec. 2. Except as provided in this article, the provisions of:(1) the Consumer Credit Protection Act (15 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) and regulations adopted under that act;(2) IC 24-4.5;(3) IC 26-1-1-201(37);(4) IC 26-1-2 concerning the creation of a security interest in property;(5) IC 26-1-9.1; and(6) rules adopted under the statutes described in subdivisions (2) through (5);do not apply to a rental purchase agreement.As added by P.L.254-1987, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.57-2000, SEC.10; P.L.159-2017, SEC.20.
IN Code § 24-7-1-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 24. Trade Regulation|Article 7. Rental Purchase Agreements|Chapter 1. Application|24-7-1-3. Waiver of Statutory Protections; Settlement

Sec. 3. Except as provided in this article, a lessor or lessee may not waive or agree to forego rights or benefits under this article. However, this article does not prohibit the settlement of a claim under this article.As added by P.L.254-1987, SEC.1.