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CA Bus & Prof Code § 12712 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 5 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES|CHAPTER 7 - Weighmasters|Section 12712.

12712.  (a) A weighmaster certificate may be signed and issued by a weighmaster other than the weighmaster actually determining the weight, measure, or count of any commodity, if both of the following conditions are met:(1) The weighmaster issuing the certificate does so based on information received from the weighmaster who actually determined the weight, measure, or count and both are on the same principal license.(2) The records and worksheets, signed by the weighmaster who actually weighed, measured, or counted the commodity, are maintained as a part of the weighmaster’s records in a manner so as to ensure their identity with the certificate issued.(b) A weighmaster may transfer a weight, measure, or count appearing on a weighmaster certificate to another weighmaster certificate, if the original certificate number and name of the issuing weighmaster appear on the second certificate.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 646, Sec. 4.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 12713 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 5 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES|CHAPTER 7 - Weighmasters|Section 12713.

12713.  (a) A weighmaster is responsible for ensuring that the weighmaster certificates issued by him or her, or a deputy acting for him or her, are complete and contain all the information required by Sections 12714, 12714.5, and 12715 that is applicable to each transaction.(b) It is unlawful to issue, or cause to be issued, a weighmaster certificate if the certificate does not contain all the information required by Sections 12714, 12714.5, and 12715 for the commodity weighed, measured, or counted. The issuance of a receipt showing the weight, measure, or count of fish, mollusks, or crustaceans pursuant to Article 6 (commencing with Section 8010) of Chapter 1 of Part 3 of Division 6 of the Fish and Game Code constitutes the issuance of a weighmaster certificate under this chapter when issued by a person who is a weighmaster pursuant to Section 12700.(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 405, Sec. 1.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 12714 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 5 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES|CHAPTER 7 - Weighmasters|Section 12714.

12714.  (a) There shall appear in an appropriate and conspicuous place on each certificate, and all copies thereof, the following legend:  WEIGHMASTER CERTIFICATETHIS IS TO CERTIFY that the following described commodity was weighed, measured, or counted by a weighmaster, whose signature is on this certificate, who is a recognized authority of accuracy, as prescribed by Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 12700) of Division 5 of the California Business and Professions Code, administered by the Division of Measurement Standards of the California Department of Food and Agriculture.(b) There shall also appear on each certificate, and all copies thereof, the printed name of the principal weighmaster as it appears on the license.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 646, Sec. 4.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 12714.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 5 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES|CHAPTER 7 - Weighmasters|Section 12714.5.

12714.5.  All information contained on the certificate shall be clear and legible.Each certificate shall be numbered consecutively.(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 646, Sec. 4.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 12715 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 5 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES|CHAPTER 7 - Weighmasters|Section 12715.

12715.  Each certificate shall provide for the following information as applicable to the transaction:(a) The date on which the weight, measure, or count was determined.(b) The street address or location description and the city or township where the weighing, measuring, or counting occurred.(c) The complete signature of the weighmaster who determined each weight, measure, or count. The name of a weighmaster may be imprinted electronically on the weighmaster certificate in lieu of a handwritten signature, if the electronically imprinted name is that of the weighmaster who weighed, measured, or counted the commodity or that of another weighmaster pursuant to Section 12712.(d) The kind of commodity and any other information that may be necessary to identify the product or distinguish it from a similar commodity.(e) The number of units of the commodity. If not personally determined by a weighmaster, the certificate shall contain the words “driver’s count” or “loader’s count,” as appropriate, after the number of commodity units. The abbreviation “D.C.” or “L.C.” may be used in lieu of the complete words.(f) The name of the owner, or his or her agent, and the consignee. If the transaction involves hay or hay products, the name and address of the grower, and his or her agent, as provided by the driver of the vehicle.(g) At least one of the following:(1) The gross weight of the commodity and the vehicle or container, if only the gross weight was determined.(2) The tare weight of the unladen vehicle or container, if only the tare weight was determined.(3) The gross, tare, and net weights when a gross and tare are used in determining the net weight.(4) The true net weight, measure, or count when no gross and tare weights are involved in determining the net quantity of the product.(h) The tare weights, and the code identification or description of boxes, bins, pallets, or other containers.(i) The correct identification of the vehicle, combination of vehicles, or other means by which the commodity was delivered. If an equipment number is used to identify a vehicle or combination of vehicles, there shall be traceability to the registered vehicle license numbers through the weighmaster’s records.(j) The unit of measure, such as pounds, tons, gallons, kilograms, or cubic yards, used to identify the quantity.(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 203, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 12716 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 5 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES|CHAPTER 7 - Weighmasters|Section 12716.

12716.  All weighmasters shall keep and preserve, as records, for a period of four years, all copies of voided certificates, records, and worksheets required by this chapter and true copies of all weighmaster certificates issued. These records shall, at all times, be open for inspection by the secretary.(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 573, Sec. 63. (SB 800) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 12716.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 5 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES|CHAPTER 7 - Weighmasters|Section 12716.5.

12716.5.  A certificate on which a weight, measure, or count error is discovered after issuance shall be corrected by issuing a correction certificate to all parties who were issued the original certificate.The word “INCORRECT” shall be written across the face of the original certificate. The original certificate number and reason for the correction shall be recorded on the correction certificate.(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 646, Sec. 4.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 12717 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 5 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES|CHAPTER 7 - Weighmasters|Section 12717.

12717.  Any weighing, measuring, or counting instrument or device, as defined in Section 12500, which is used by a weighmaster and for which specifications and tolerances have been adopted by the secretary, shall be approved, tested, and sealed in accordance with this division.(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 573, Sec. 64. (SB 800) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 12718 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 5 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES|CHAPTER 7 - Weighmasters|Section 12718.

12718.  Any person who does any of the following acts is guilty of a misdemeanor:(a) Requests any person to weigh, measure, or count any commodity falsely or incorrectly.(b) Requests a false or incorrect weighmaster certificate.(c) Furnishes or gives false information to a weighmaster for use in the completion of a weighmaster certificate.(d) Knowingly presents for payment a false weighmaster certificate.(e) Knowingly issues a weighmaster certificate giving thereon a false weight, measure, or count.(f) Alters a weighmaster certificate resulting in giving thereon a false weight, measure, or count.(g) Possesses unfilled or unused weighmaster certificate forms, if he or she is not a weighmaster.(h) Issues a weighmaster certificate that contains alterations or omissions of gross or tare weights, net only weights, or measurements.(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 297, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1993.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 12718.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 5 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES|CHAPTER 7 - Weighmasters|Section 12718.5.

12718.5.  Subdivision (g) of Section 12718 does not apply to any of the following:(a) Persons engaged in the business of printing, distributing, or selling weighmaster certificate forms.(b) Persons possessing or transporting combination grade and weight certificates to be used by employees of marketing order boards or grading inspection services of either the department or the United States Department of Agriculture.(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 646, Sec. 4.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 12719 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 5 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES|CHAPTER 7 - Weighmasters|Section 12719.

12719.  When the weight or measure of a vehicle, container, or pallet and its net contents has been recorded on a weighmaster certificate, it is unlawful for any person to remove a part of, or add to, the net contents, before the contents are delivered to the buyer or consignee, unless a correct weighmaster certificate is obtained.(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 646, Sec. 4.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 12720 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 5 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES|CHAPTER 7 - Weighmasters|Section 12720.

12720.  When the tare weight of a vehicle or the weight of the vehicle and its contents have been recorded on a weighmaster certificate, it is unlawful for any person to alter the tare weight of the vehicle prior to the time that the net weight of the commodity has been determined and recorded on the certificate.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 646, Sec. 4.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 12721 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 5 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES|CHAPTER 7 - Weighmasters|Section 12721.

12721.  Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the vehicle, container, pallet, or commodity for which the weight, measure, or count is being certified shall actually be weighed, measured, or counted at the time of, and for the purpose of, each certification.(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 405, Sec. 4.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 12722 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 5 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES|CHAPTER 7 - Weighmasters|Section 12722.

12722.  (a) In accordance with this chapter and regulations adopted by the secretary, any weighmaster may use a tare weight for a vehicle, container, or pallet that has been previously determined by a weighmaster. It is the responsibility of the party for whom the tare weight was established to maintain the tare weight within the variations prescribed by the secretary.(b) Any weighmaster weighing any vehicle moving earth, stone, rock, sand, gravel, or asphalt paving material may use a predetermined tare weight. The issuance of predetermined tare weights are exempt from the provisions of Division 9 (commencing with Section 4000) of Title 4 of the California Code of Regulations. It is the responsibility of the party for whom the tare weight was established to maintain the actual weight so that the actual tare weight of the vehicle shall at no time exceed the recorded tare weight.(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 573, Sec. 65. (SB 800) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 12723 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 5 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES|CHAPTER 7 - Weighmasters|Section 12723.

12723.  The secretary shall adopt regulations for the establishment of vehicle, container, and pallet tares, including, but not limited to, the adoption of conditions of use, certificate requirements, sample size, allowable variations, and procedure to be used to verify common tares.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 661, Sec. 46. (SB 1576) Effective January 1, 2013.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 12724 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 5 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES|CHAPTER 7 - Weighmasters|Section 12724.

12724.  (a) Except as provided in this section, a weighmaster weighing a vehicle for certification shall determine both gross and tare weights with all persons off the scale and vehicle, unless both the gross and tare weights are determined without leaving the weighing location.(b) Predetermined tares for vehicles moving earth, stone, rock, sand, gravel, and asphalt paving material may be determined with the driver in the vehicle, if the gross weight is determined in the same manner and the weighmaster indicates on the weighmaster certificate that the driver was on the vehicle for both gross and tare weight.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 646, Sec. 4.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 12725 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 5 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES|CHAPTER 7 - Weighmasters|Section 12725.

12725.  A weighmaster shall not certify to the gross weight of a vehicle if all of the following conditions prevail:(a) The scale is located at the site where the vehicle is loaded.(b) The vehicle is weighed before entering a highway.(c) The vehicle’s gross weight exceeds 80,000 pounds, or exceeds 82,000 pounds if the vehicle is a near-zero-emission or zero-emission vehicle as defined in subdivisions (c) and (d) of Section 44258 of the Health and Safety Code, unless a special permit authorizing a greater gross weight for the vehicle has been issued pursuant to Section 35780 of the Vehicle Code.(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 580, Sec. 2. (AB 2061) Effective January 1, 2019.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 12726 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 5 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES|CHAPTER 7 - Weighmasters|Section 12726.

12726.  (a) If doubt or differences arise as to the accuracy of the weight, measure, or count of any amount or part of any commodity, unladen vehicle, or container for which a weighmaster certificate has been issued, a person having a financial interest may, upon complaint to the department, have the amount, or part thereof, verified by the department or a weighmaster designated by it, upon depositing a sufficient sum of money with the department to defray the actual cost of the verification.(b) If, when verified, a difference from the original certified weight, measure, or count is discovered as the result of fraud, carelessness, or faulty apparatus, the cost of the verification shall be borne by the weighmaster responsible for the issuance of the erroneous certificate.(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 297, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1993.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 12727 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 5 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES|CHAPTER 7 - Weighmasters|Section 12727.

12727.  The secretary may, at any time, require a vehicle to proceed to the nearest vehicle scale for the purpose of weight verification.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 661, Sec. 47. (SB 1576) Effective January 1, 2013.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 12728 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 5 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES|CHAPTER 7 - Weighmasters|Section 12728.

12728.  (a) No weighmaster shall weigh a vehicle, or combination of vehicles, for certification, when part of the vehicle, or connected combination, is not resting on the scale.(b) When weighing a combination of vehicles that will not rest on the scale platform at one time, the combination shall be disconnected and weighed separately. The weights so taken may be combined for the purpose of issuing a single certificate.(c) This section does not prohibit weighing of vehicles to determine compliance with the Vehicle Code.(d) This section does not apply to any of the following:(1) The weighing of seed cotton for purposes of ginning when the weights are obtained by weighing trailers not equipped with braking systems and are not used for the sale of the seed cotton.(2) Multiple draft or in-motion weighing operations that comply with the regulations adopted pursuant to Section 12107.(3) A combination of multiple railcars that contain grain or grain products if the consignor and the consignee to the transaction agree in writing to a multiple draft weighing operation.(Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 233, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1998.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 12729 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 5 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES|CHAPTER 7 - Weighmasters|Section 12729.

12729.  (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, any person who violates any provision of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor.(b) Violations of Sections 12714, 12714.5, and 12715 are infractions, except as otherwise provided in Section 12718. Every person convicted of an infraction pursuant to this subdivision shall be punished as follows:(1) For the first conviction, a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100).(2) For a second conviction within a period of one year, a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200).(3) For a third or subsequent conviction within a period of one year, a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500).(c) A violation of Section 12722 by a vehicle hauling bulk tomatoes is an infraction. Every person convicted of an infraction pursuant to this subdivision shall be punished as follows:(1) For a vehicle that exceeds the tolerance provided by regulations adopted pursuant to Section 12723 by less than 50 percent, a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200).(2) For a vehicle that exceeds the tolerance provided by regulations adopted pursuant to Section 12723 by 50 to 100 percent, inclusive, a fine not exceeding four hundred dollars ($400).(3) For a vehicle that exceeds the tolerance provided by regulations adopted pursuant to Section 12723 by more than 100 percent, a fine not exceeding eight hundred dollars ($800).(Amended (as amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 529, Sec. 1) by Stats. 1993, Ch. 87, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1994.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 12730 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 5 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES|CHAPTER 7 - Weighmasters|Section 12730.

12730.  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 12701 or this section, farm products sold by bulk weight or delivered to a processing or conditioning establishment for processing, conditioning, or sale, shall be weighed by a weighmaster, and a weighmaster certificate of the weight shall be issued to the producer with a duplicate copy issued to the buyer, conditioner, or processor.(b) When the processing or conditioning charges or purchase is based on the bulk weight of the finished product, the finished product shall also be weighed by a weighmaster, and a second weighmaster certificate shall be issued to the producer with a duplicate copy issued to the buyer, conditioner, or processor.(c) A producer whose product is delivered, but is not sold, to a processor or conditioner for processing or conditioning, may waive, in writing, his or her right to have the product weighed when the processing or conditioning establishment is operated by a producer of farm products and the processing or conditioning is incidental to the production of farm products. As used in this subdivision, “incidental” means that the income derived from the processing or conditioning operation represents not more than 25 percent of the total income of the producer operating the processing or conditioning establishment.(d) This section does not apply to any nonprofit cooperative association that is organized and operating pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 54001) of Division 20 of the Food and Agricultural Code, except as to that portion of activities that involves the handling or dealing in any farm product of any nonmember of the nonprofit cooperative association.(e) Subdivision (a), as it applies to tree nuts delivered for processing or conditioning, does not apply to tree nut hullers and shellers, if there is a written contract which waives the producer’s right to have the unprocessed or unconditioned product weighed. Notwithstanding the waiver, the finished product shall be weighed by a weighmaster and a weighmaster certificate shall be issued to the grower, with a duplicate copy issued to the buyer, conditioner, or processor.(f) The term “farm products” includes all agricultural, horticultural, viticultural, and vegetable products of the soil, flaxseed, and cottonseed, but does not include timber, timber products, milk, and milk products.(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 273, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1995.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 12731 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 5 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES|CHAPTER 7 - Weighmasters|Section 12731.

12731.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this code, where livestock is sold on the basis of weight at a public sales yard, or by or at any livestock market, market agency, or dealer which is subject to the Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921 (7 U.S.C. Sec. 181 et seq.), the livestock shall be weighed by a weighmaster, and a weighmaster certificate shall be issued to the buyer and seller.(b) The term “livestock” includes cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, and goats.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 646, Sec. 4.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 12732 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 5 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES|CHAPTER 7 - Weighmasters|Section 12732.

12732.  In addition to the certificate requirements of Sections 12714, 12714.5, and 12715, all of the following information shall appear on weighmaster certificates issued when adjustments are made to the load and the weights are determined at other than the site where the vehicle was loaded:(a) The gross weight of the commodity and the vehicle at the time of the initial weighing.(b) The gross weight of the commodity and the vehicle after the adjustment.(c) The name and address of the seller and of either the purchaser or broker of the commodity as provided by the driver of the vehicle.(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 405, Sec. 7.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 12733 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 5 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES|CHAPTER 7 - Weighmasters|Section 12733.

12733.  In all cases where scrap metal and salvage materials are purchased or sold by dealers, brokers, or commission merchants on the basis of weight or measure, the quantity of the scrap metal and salvage material shall be determined by a weighmaster, and a weighmaster certificate shall be issued to the seller and buyer. Settlement for the materials shall be made on the quantity shown thereon. If the quantity indications are readily accessible and clearly readable to both the buyer and seller, at the time of determination, a weighmaster certificate is required to be issued only when requested by the buyer or seller.(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 818, Sec. 8.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 12734 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 5 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES|CHAPTER 7 - Weighmasters|Section 12734.

12734.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the weight of squid, Pacific whiting, or anchovy, certified pursuant to this chapter, may be determined by computation based upon volumetric measurement of containers as prescribed by regulations adopted by the secretary. This section does not apply to squid, Pacific whiting, or anchovy delivered for the purpose of retorting or reducing.(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 573, Sec. 66. (SB 800) Effective January 1, 2018.)