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MS Code § 75-27-27 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 27 - Weights and Measures|Article 1 - Weights and Measures Law of 1964|§ 75-27-27. Inspections of packages

 The director shall, from time to time, weigh or measure and inspect packages or amounts of commodities kept, offered, or exposed for sale, sold, or in the process of delivery, to determine whether the same contain the amounts represented and whether they be kept, offered, or exposed for sale, or sold, in accordance with law; and when such packages or amounts of commodities are found not to contain the amounts represented, or are found to be kept, offered, or exposed for sale in violation of law, the director may order them off sale and may so mark or tag them as to show them to be illegal. In carrying out the provisions of this section, the director may employ recognized sampling procedures under which the compliance of a given lot of packages will be determined on the basis of the result obtained on a sample selected from and representative of such lot. No person shall (1) sell or keep, offer, or expose for sale, in intrastate commerce, any package or amount of commodity that has been ordered off sale or marked or tagged as provided in this section unless and until such package or amount of commodity has been brought into full compliance with all legal requirements, or (2) dispose of any package or amount of commodity that has been ordered off sale or marked or tagged as provided in this section and that has not been brought into compliance with legal requirements, in any manner except with the specific approval of the director.
MS Code § 75-27-29 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 27 - Weights and Measures|Article 1 - Weights and Measures Law of 1964|§ 75-27-29. Stop-use, stop-removal, and removal orders

 The director shall have the power to issue stop-use orders, stop-removal orders, and removal orders with respect to weights and measures being, or susceptible of being, commercially used, and to issue stop-removal orders and removal orders with respect to packages or amounts of commodities kept, offered, or exposed for sale, sold, or in process of delivery, whenever in the course of his enforcement of the provisions of this article he deems it necessary or expedient to issue such orders, and no person shall use, remove from the premises specified, or fail to remove from the premises specified, any weight, measure, or package or amount of commodity contrary to the terms of a stop-use order, stop-removal order, or removal order issued under the authority of this section. However, the director must give a five-day written notice to the affected person, business or corporation before issuing a stop-use order on any weighing device with a weight capacity of ten thousand (10,000) pounds or greater.
MS Code § 75-27-31 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 27 - Weights and Measures|Article 1 - Weights and Measures Law of 1964|§ 75-27-31. Disposition of correct and incorrect apparatus

 The director shall approve for use and seal or mark with appropriate devices such weights and measures as he finds upon inspection and test to be "correct" as defined in Section 75-27-19, and shall reject and mark or tag as "rejected" such weights and measures as he finds, upon inspection or test, to be "incorrect" as defined in Section 75-27-19, but such sealing or marking shall not be required with respect to such weights and measures as may be exempted therefrom by a regulation of the director issued under the authority of Section 75-27-19.
MS Code § 75-27-33 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 27 - Weights and Measures|Article 1 - Weights and Measures Law of 1964|§ 75-27-33. Police powers; right to entry and stoppage

 With respect to the enforcement of this article and any other laws dealing with weights and measures that he is, or may be, empowered to enforce, the director is hereby vested with police powers, such as given to sheriffs and constables, and may seize for use as evidence, with warrant, incorrect or unsealed weights and measures or amounts or packages of commodity found to be used, retained, offered, or exposed for sale, or sold, in violation of law.
MS Code § 75-27-35 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 27 - Weights and Measures|Article 1 - Weights and Measures Law of 1964|§ 75-27-35. Powers and duties of deputy director and inspector

 The powers and duties given to and imposed upon the director by Sections 75-27-21 through 75-27-33, and 75-27-61, of this article are hereby given to and imposed upon the deputy director and inspectors also, when acting under the instructions and at the direction of the director.
MS Code § 75-27-37 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 27 - Weights and Measures|Article 1 - Weights and Measures Law of 1964|§ 75-27-37. Duty of owners of incorrect apparatus

 Weights and measures that have been rejected shall not again be used commercially after a thirty-day waiting period or until they have been officially reexamined and found to be correct or until specific written permission for such use is issued by the rejecting authority.
MS Code § 75-27-39 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 27 - Weights and Measures|Article 1 - Weights and Measures Law of 1964|§ 75-27-39. Methods of sale of commodities; general

 Commodities in liquid form shall be sold only by liquid measure or by weight, and, except as otherwise provided in this article, commodities not in liquid form shall be sold only by weight, by measure of length or area, or by count. Provided, that liquid commodities may be sold by weight, and commodities not in liquid form may be sold by count only if such methods give accurate information as to the quantity of commodity sold. Pulpwood shall be sold either by volume or weight, and measured by the cord or the ton as defined in Section 75-27-7. Purchasers of pulpwood, in determining payment to seller, may convert from weight to volume or volume to weight. Such purchasers shall make the conversion by using the following weights per cord: five thousand two hundred (5,200) pounds for pine, five thousand four hundred (5,400) pounds for soft hardwood, five thousand six hundred (5,600) pounds for mixed hardwood, and five thousand eight hundred (5,800) pounds for hard hardwood.   The provisions of this section shall not apply (1) to insect damaged, dead or otherwise damaged pulpwood, (2) to commodities when sold for immediate consumption on the premises where sold, (3) to vegetables when sold by the head or bunch, (4) to commodities in containers standardized by a law of this state or by federal law, (5) to commodities in package form when there exists a general consumer usage to express the quantity in some other manner, (6) to concrete aggregates, concrete mixtures, and loose solid materials such as earth, soil, gravel, crushed stone, and the like, when sold by cubic measure, (7) to unprocessed vegetable and animal fertilizer when sold by cubic measure, or (8) to timber when sold in bulk on the stump. The director may issue such reasonable regulations as are necessary to assure that amounts of commodity sold are determined in accordance with good commercial practice and are so determined and represented as to be accurate and informative to all parties at interest.
MS Code § 75-27-41 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 27 - Weights and Measures|Article 1 - Weights and Measures Law of 1964|§ 75-27-41. Methods of sale of commodities; packages, declaration of quantity and origin; variations and exemptions

 Except as otherwise provided in this article, any commodity in package form introduced or delivered for introduction into or received in intrastate commerce, kept for the purpose of sale, or offered or exposed for sale in intrastate commerce shall bear on the outside of the package a definite, plain, and conspicuous declaration of (1) the identity of the commodity in the package unless the same can easily be identified through the wrapper or container, (2) the net quantity of the contents in terms of weight, measure, or count, and (3) in the case of any package kept, offered, or exposed for sale, or sold any place other than on the premises where packed, the name and place of business of the manufacturer, packer, or distributor. Provided, that in connection with the declaration required under clause (2), neither the qualifying term "when packed" or any words of similar import shall be used. Provided further, that under clause (2) the director shall, by regulation, establish (a) reasonable variations to be allowed, which shall include variations below the declared weight or measure caused by ordinary and customary exposure, only after the commodity is introduced into intrastate commerce, to conditions that normally occur in good distribution practice and that unavoidably result in decreased weight or measure, (b) exemptions as to small packages, and (c) exemptions as to commodities put up in variable weights or sizes for sale intact and either customarily not sold as individual units or customarily weighed or measured at time of sale to the consumer.
MS Code § 75-27-43 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 27 - Weights and Measures|Article 1 - Weights and Measures Law of 1964|§ 75-27-43. Methods of sale of commodities; declaration of unit price on random packages

 In addition to the declarations required by Section 75-27-41, any commodity in package form, the package being one of a lot containing random weights, measures, or counts of the same commodity and bearing the total selling price of the package, shall bear on the outside of the package a plain and conspicuous declaration of the price per single unit of weight, measure, or count.
MS Code § 75-27-45 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 27 - Weights and Measures|Article 1 - Weights and Measures Law of 1964|§ 75-27-45. Methods of sale of commodities; misleading packages

 No commodity in package form shall be so wrapped, nor shall it be in a container so made, formed, or filled, as to mislead the purchaser as to the quantity of the contents of the package, and the contents of a container shall not fall below such reasonable standard of fill as may have been prescribed for the commodity in question by the director.
MS Code § 75-27-47 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 27 - Weights and Measures|Article 1 - Weights and Measures Law of 1964|§ 75-27-47. Methods of sale of commodities; advertising packages for sale

 Whenever a commodity in package form is advertised in any manner and the retail price of the package is stated in the advertisement, there shall be closely and conspicuously associated with such statement of price a declaration of the basic quantity of contents of the package as is required by law or regulation to appear on the package. Provided, that in connection with the declaration required under this section there shall be declared neither the qualifying term "when packed" nor any other words of similar import, nor any term qualifying a unit of weight, measure, or count that tends to exaggerate the amount of commodity in the package.
MS Code § 75-27-49 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 27 - Weights and Measures|Article 1 - Weights and Measures Law of 1964|§ 75-27-49. Sale by net weight

 The word "weight" as used in this article in connection with any commodity shall mean net weight. Whenever any commodity is sold on the basis of weight, the net weight of the commodity shall be employed, and all contracts concerning commodities shall be so construed. Provided, however, this shall not apply to bales of cotton which are customarily sold by gross weight.
MS Code § 75-27-51 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 27 - Weights and Measures|Article 1 - Weights and Measures Law of 1964|§ 75-27-51. Misrepresentation of price

 Whenever any commodity or service is sold, or is offered, exposed, or advertised for sale, by weight, measure, or count, the price shall not be misrepresented, nor shall the price be represented in any manner calculated or tending to mislead or deceive an actual or prospective purchaser. Whenever an advertised, posted, or labeled price per unit of weight, measure, or count includes a fraction of a cent, all elements of the fraction shall be prominently displayed and the numeral or numerals expressing the fraction shall be immediately adjacent to, of the same general design and style as, and at least one-half (1/2) the height and width of the numerals representing the whole cent; provided, however, the provisions of this section shall not apply to signs and requirements enumerated in Section 75-55-9, Mississippi Code of 1972. A person who is found guilty of the misrepresentation of the price of a commodity or the representation of a price in any manner calculated or tending to mislead or deceive an actual or prospective purchaser shall be assessed a civil penalty by the director or his designee in the amount of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for the first offense and not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for each subsequent offense. Each violation shall constitute a separate offense. The commissioner or his designee shall afford the person an opportunity for a hearing to show cause why the penalty should not be assessed.
MS Code § 75-27-53 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 27 - Weights and Measures|Article 1 - Weights and Measures Law of 1964|§ 75-27-53. Construction of contracts

 Fractional parts of any unit of weight or measure shall mean like fractional parts of the value of such unit as prescribed or defined in Sections 75-27-5 and 75-27-7, and all contracts concerning the sale of commodities and services shall be construed in accordance with this requirement.
MS Code § 75-27-55 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 27 - Weights and Measures|Article 1 - Weights and Measures Law of 1964|§ 75-27-55. Hindering or obstructing officer; penalties

 Any person who shall wilfully hinder or obstruct in any way the director, the deputy director, or any one of the inspectors, in the performance of his official duties shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200.00), or by imprisonment for not more than three (3) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
MS Code § 75-27-57 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 27 - Weights and Measures|Article 1 - Weights and Measures Law of 1964|§ 75-27-57. Impersonation of officer; penalties

 Any person who shall impersonate in any way the director, the deputy director, or any one of the inspectors, by the use of his seal or a counterfeit of his seal, or in any other manner, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, may be punished by a fine of not less than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) nor more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
MS Code § 75-27-61 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 27 - Weights and Measures|Article 1 - Weights and Measures Law of 1964|§ 75-27-61. Injunction

 The director is authorized to apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for, and such court upon hearing and for cause shown may grant, a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating any provision of this article.
MS Code § 75-27-63 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 27 - Weights and Measures|Article 1 - Weights and Measures Law of 1964|§ 75-27-63. Presumptive evidence

 For the purposes of this article, proof of the existence of a weight or measure or a weighing or measuring device in or about any building, enclosure, stand, or vehicle in which or from which it is shown that buying or selling is commonly carried on, shall, in the absence of conclusive evidence to the contrary, be presumptive proof of the regular use of such weight or measure or weighing or measuring device for commercial purposes and of such use by the person in charge of such building, enclosure, stand, or vehicle.
MS Code § 75-27-65 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 27 - Weights and Measures|Article 1 - Weights and Measures Law of 1964|§ 75-27-65. Validity of prosecutions

 Prosecutions for violation of any provision of this article are declared to be valid and proper notwithstanding the existence of any other valid general or specific law of this state dealing with matters that may be the same as or similar to those covered by this article.
MS Code § 75-27-67 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 27 - Weights and Measures|Article 1 - Weights and Measures Law of 1964|§ 75-27-67. Licensing service repairmen

 Any person engaging in the business of scale repairing or testing shall obtain a license annually from the State Director of Weights and Measures upon showing that he is qualified to repair or test scales and that he meets all requirements of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 44 and supplements thereto or in any publication revising or superseding Handbook 44. The annual cost of such license shall be One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for scale service-repair companies and Fifty Dollars ($50.00) for scale service repairmen, which shall be collected by the director and paid into the State Treasury, and shall expire on the thirtieth day of June next after its issuance. The director is hereby authorized to revoke any such license for a violation of any of the provisions of this article or any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder. Any person so licensed shall, within three (3) days after he adjusts, repairs, services, restores to service or places in service any scale, make a report thereof to the Director of Weights and Measures on a form provided by the Department of Agriculture and Commerce.   All such fees collected shall be paid into the General Fund in the State Treasury.   It shall be unlawful and a misdemeanor: (1) for any person other than the owner, or his regular employees, to repair any weighing or measuring device unless he holds the above-prescribed license; or (2) for any person to retain any remuneration for repairing any weighing or measuring device unless the repairing involved causes such device to meet the requirements of the article for at least ninety (90) days after such repairing; or (3) for any person to violate any of the provisions of this section.
MS Code § 75-27-101 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 27 - Weights and Measures|Article 3 - Weights and Measures of Particular Commodities|§ 75-27-101. Schedule of weights and measures of particular commodities

 The standards of the weights and measures of this state as given below shall be deposited with the secretary of state and also at the different state institutions of learning, and the secretary of state and the proctors of those institutions are authorized to confirm and seal all weights and measures brought to them, and to receive the fees therefor. And on all sales by weight of the agricultural products hereinafter named the number of pounds per bushel or the number of pounds per gallon as stated in the following schedule shall be the true and legal standard weight, viz.:   Barley, per bushel 60 pounds Bluegrass seed, per bushel 14 pounds Bran, per bushel 20 pounds Buckwheat, per bushel 48 pounds Castor beans, per bushel 46 pounds Clover seed, per bushel 60 pounds Corn, in the ear 72 pounds Corn, shelled, per bushel 56 pounds Corn meal, per bushel 48 pounds Corn meal, bolted, per bushel 44 pounds Corn meal, unbolted, per bushel 48 pounds Cottonseed, per bushel 32 pounds Dried apples, per bushel 26 pounds Dried peaches, per bushel 33 pounds Flaxseed, per bushel 56 pounds Flour, in barrels, per barrel 196 pounds net Flour, in half barrels 98 pounds net Flour, in one-fourth barrel sacks 48 pounds net Flour, in one-eighth barrel sacks 24 pounds net Ground peas, per bushel 24 pounds Hempseed, per bushel 44 pounds Hungarian grass seed, per bushel 50 pounds Irish potatoes, per bushel 60 pounds Lime, unslacked, per bushel 80 pounds Louisiana cane molasses, per gallon 11 pounds Malt, per bushel 38 pounds Meal, in barrels 200 pounds net Millet seed, per bushel 50 pounds Oats, per bushel 32 pounds Onions, per bushel 57 pounds Peas, per bushel 60 pounds Rye, per bushel 56 pounds Salt, per bushel 50 pounds Sorghum, per gallon 11 pounds Sorghum seed, per bushel 42 pounds Stone coal, per bushel 80 pounds Sweet potatoes, per bushel 54 pounds Timothy seed, per bushel 45 pounds Turnips, per bushel 55 pounds Wheat, per bushel 60 pounds White beans, per bushel 60 pounds   Click to view
MS Code § 75-27-103 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 27 - Weights and Measures|Article 3 - Weights and Measures of Particular Commodities|§ 75-27-103. Penalty for using short weights or measures

 It is hereby made a misdemeanor for any person or corporation to sell or buy any of the foregoing commodities on short weights in violation of the above schedule of rates and any such person or corporation upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than Five Dollars ($5.00) nor more than Fifty Dollars ($50.00).
MS Code § 75-27-105 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 27 - Weights and Measures|Article 3 - Weights and Measures of Particular Commodities|§ 75-27-105. Underweight barrels of flour, meal, pork and beef forfeited

 If any person shall sell, keep, or offer for sale, any barrel of flour, meal, pork, or beef, as a barrel thereof, containing less than the standard weight net, he shall forfeit to the county all of such underweight flour, meal, pork, or beef which he may have in his possession.