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MO Rev Stat § 413.075 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 413 - Weights and Measures|Section 413.075 - Powers of director.

Effective - 28 Aug 2002   413.075. Powers of director. — When necessary for the enforcement of sections 413.005 to 413.229 or regulations promulgated under sections 413.005 to 413.229, the director may:  (1) Enter any commercial premises during normal business hours; except that, in the event such premises are not open to the public, she/he shall first present his or her credentials and obtain consent before making entry thereto, unless a search warrant has previously been obtained;  (2) Seize, for use as evidence, without formal warrant, any incorrect or unapproved weight, measure, package, or commodity found to be used, retained, offered, or exposed for sale or sold in violation of the provisions of sections 413.005 to 413.229 or regulations promulgated thereunder;  (3) Stop any commercial vehicle, present his or her credentials, inspect the contents, and require the person in charge of that vehicle to produce any documents in his or her possession concerning the contents, and may require such person to proceed with the vehicle to some specified place for a more thorough inspection;  (4) Verify advertised prices and point-of-sale systems, as deemed necessary to determine the accuracy of prices and computations and the correct use of the equipment, and if such systems utilize scanning or coding means in lieu of manual entry, the accuracy of price printed or recalled from a database. In carrying out the provisions of this section, the director shall employ recognized procedures, such as are designated in the most recent edition of National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 130, "Examination Procedures for Price Verification"; issue necessary rules and regulations regarding the accuracy of advertised prices and automated systems for retail price charging (referred to as "point-of-sale systems" ) for the enforcement of this section which shall have the force and effect of law; and conduct investigations to ensure compliance;  (5) Grant any exemptions from the provisions of sections 413.005 to 413.229 or any regulations promulgated thereunder, when appropriate to the maintenance of good commercial practices;  (6) Issue stop sale, stop use, hold or removal orders with respect to any weights and measures commercially used, to any packaged or bulk commodities kept, offered or exposed for sale contrary to the provisions of this act, and cease and desist orders with respect to any practices made unlawful by this chapter, which order shall remain in effect until sections 413.005 to 413.229 have been complied with. The owner or operator of the business or operation to which the order was issued shall have the right to take such steps necessary to bring the device, commodity or practice into compliance, and shall also have the right to appeal from such order to the circuit court of the county in which the order was issued. Failure to comply with the provisions of the order shall be deemed an unlawful act. ­­-------- (L. 1983 H.B. 729, A.L. 1994 S.B. 729, A.L. 2002 S.B. 1071)
MO Rev Stat § 413.085 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 413 - Weights and Measures|Section 413.085 - City- and county-appointed weights and measures officials, powers and duties, exception — current power of director.

Effective - 28 Aug 2002   413.085. City- and county-appointed weights and measures officials, powers and duties, exception — current power of director. — Weights and measures officials of any county or city shall perform the same duties as are imposed on the director by subdivisions (7) to (11) of section 413.065, and except for subdivision (5) of section 413.075 shall have the same powers granted to the director by section 413.075. These powers and duties shall extend to their respective jurisdictions; except that, the jurisdiction of a county official shall not extend into a city nor a city into a county which has a weights and measures program of its own. The foregoing provisions notwithstanding, the director shall have concurrent authority to enforce the provisions of sections 413.005 to 413.229 in any city or county within this state. ­­-------- (L. 1983 H.B. 729, A.L. 1994 S.B. 729, A.L. 2002 S.B. 1071)
MO Rev Stat § 413.095 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 413 - Weights and Measures|Section 413.095 - Liquid form commodities, how sold — if not in liquid form, how sold — sale of commodity, duty of seller as to quantity.

Effective - 28 Aug 1994   413.095. Liquid form commodities, how sold — if not in liquid form, how sold — sale of commodity, duty of seller as to quantity. — 1. Except as otherwise provided by the director, or by firmly established trade custom and practice:  (1) Commodities in liquid form shall be sold by liquid measure or by weight; and  (2) Commodities not in liquid form shall be sold by weight, measure or by count.  2. The method of sale of any commodity shall provide sufficiently accurate and adequate quantity information to permit the buyer to make reasonable price and quantity value comparisons. ­­-------- (L. 1983 H.B. 729, A.L. 1994 S.B. 729)
MO Rev Stat § 413.105 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 413 - Weights and Measures|Section 413.105 - Misrepresentation of quantity or price prohibited.

Effective - 28 Aug 1994   413.105. Misrepresentation of quantity or price prohibited. — A person commits the crime of false or misleading advertising if, in connection with the promotion of the sale of, or to increase the consumption of any commodity or service, sold, offered, exposed or advertised for sale, rent or lease by weight, measure or count, he or she recklessly makes or causes to be made any statement or representation which is false, calculated to, or tends to mislead or in any way deceive a person. ­­-------- (L. 1983 H.B. 729, A.L. 1994 S.B. 729)
MO Rev Stat § 413.115 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 413 - Weights and Measures|Section 413.115 - Deceptive business practices, prohibited.

Effective - 28 Aug 2002   413.115. Deceptive business practices, prohibited. — A person commits the crime of deceptive business practice if in the course of engaging in a business, occupation or profession, he or she recklessly:  (1) Uses commercially an incorrect, rejected or condemned weight or measure, or any other device for falsely determining or recording any quality or quantity; or  (2) Sells, offers or exposes for sale, or delivers less than the represented quantity of any commodity or service; or  (3) Takes or attempts to take more than the represented quantity of any commodity or service when as buyer he or she furnishes the weight or measure by means of which the quantity is determined; or  (4) Sells, offers or exposes for sale misbranded commodities; or  (5) Misrepresents the quantity or price of any commodity or service sold, offered, exposed or advertised for sale, rent or lease by weight, measure or count. ­­-------- (L. 1983 H.B. 729, A.L. 1994 S.B. 729, A.L. 2002 S.B. 1071)
MO Rev Stat § 413.125 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 413 - Weights and Measures|Section 413.125 - Bulk sales, delivery ticket required, when, content.

Effective - 28 Aug 2002   413.125. Bulk sales, delivery ticket required, when, content. — All bulk sales in which the buyer and seller are not both present to witness the measurement shall be accompanied by a delivery ticket containing the following information:  (1) The name and address of the buyer and the seller;  (2) The date delivered;  (3) The quantity delivered and the quantity upon which the price is based, if this differs from the delivered quantity;  (4) The identity in the most descriptive terms commercially practicable, including any quality representation made in connection with the sale;  (5) The count of individually wrapped packages, if more than one, including commodities bought from the bulk but delivered in packages. ­­-------- (L. 1983 H.B. 729, A.L. 1994 S.B. 729, A.L. 2002 S.B. 1071)
MO Rev Stat § 413.130 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 413 - Weights and Measures|Section 413.130 - Investigations by director.

Effective - 28 Aug 1994, 2 histories   413.130. Investigations by director. — The director is authorized to conduct such investigations as deemed appropriate to resolve complaints, develop information on prevailing procedures in commercial quantity determination and on possible violations of the provisions of sections 413.005 to 413.229. ­­-------- (L. 1983 H.B. 729, A.L. 1994 S.B. 729)
MO Rev Stat § 413.135 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 413 - Weights and Measures|Section 413.135 - Prohibited actions.

Effective - 28 Aug 2002   413.135. Prohibited actions. — No person shall:  (1) Sell, offer for sale or install for use as a commercial device any incorrect weight or measure;  (2) Remove from any weight or measure any tag, seal or mark placed thereon by the director, without written authorization from the director;  (3) Dispose of any rejected or condemned weight or measure in a manner contrary to law or regulation;  (4) Obstruct, hinder, impair or prevent the performance of a governmental function by a weights and measures official by the use or threat of violence, force or other physical interference or obstacle;  (5) Use, or have in possession for current use as a commercial device, any weight or measure that has not been inspected and sealed by the director within the time specified by this act or regulation promulgated hereunder, except that this subdivision does not apply if the director has been notified that a device is available for inspection or reinspection and the director grants or has granted authorization for its temporary commercial use pending an official inspection;  (6) Use in retail trade a weight or measure that is not positioned so that its indications may be accurately read and the weighing or measuring operation observed from some position which may be reasonably assumed by the customer and operator. Devices used for medical prescription and those used exclusively to prepare packages in advance of retail sale are exempt from this requirement;  (7) Keep for the purpose of sale, advertise, offer or expose for sale or sell any commodity, thing or service in a condition or manner contrary to law or regulation. ­­-------- (L. 1983 H.B. 729, A.L. 1994 S.B. 729, A.L. 2002 S.B. 1071)
MO Rev Stat § 413.139 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 413 - Weights and Measures|Section 413.139 - Taximeter increments.

Effective - 28 Aug 1998   413.139. Taximeter increments. — The display of a taximeter shall be programmed to increment in uniform whole cent money values, at one-tenth of a mile intervals for distance, and at uniform time intervals. The uniform intervals for distance and time apply to both the initial and subsequent intervals. ­­-------- (L. 1998 H.B. 1856)
MO Rev Stat § 413.145 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 413 - Weights and Measures|Section 413.145 - Packages for sale, certain information on package required.

Effective - 28 Aug 2002   413.145. Packages for sale, certain information on package required. — Except as otherwise provided in sections 413.005 to 413.229 or by regulations promulgated thereunder, any package whether a random or a standard package, kept for the purpose of sale, or offer or exposure for sale, 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 quantity of contents in terms of weight, measure, or count; and  (3) The name and place of business of the manufacturer, packer or distributor, in the case of any package kept, offered or exposed for sale, or sold in any place other than on the premises where packed. ­­-------- (L. 1983 H.B. 729, A.L. 1994 S.B. 729, A.L. 2002 S.B. 1071)
MO Rev Stat § 413.155 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 413 - Weights and Measures|Section 413.155 - Packages containing random weights to state price per single unit of weight.

Effective - 28 Aug 2002   413.155. Packages containing random weights to state price per single unit of weight. — In addition to the declarations required by section 413.145, any package being one of a lot containing random weights of the same commodity, at the time it is offered or exposed for sale at retail, shall bear on the outside of the package a plain and conspicuous declaration of the price per kilogram or pound and the total selling price of the package. ­­-------- (L. 1983 H.B. 729, A.L. 2002 S.B. 1071)
MO Rev Stat § 413.165 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 413 - Weights and Measures|Section 413.165 - Advertising packaged commodity stating retail price, quantity also required on package — dual declaration, requirement.

Effective - 28 Aug 2002   413.165. Advertising packaged commodity stating retail price, quantity also required on package — dual declaration, requirement. — A representation or an advertisement for the sale of a commodity by weight, measure or count, whether packaged or unpackaged, which states the retail price, shall also contain a clear and conspicuous declaration of the quantity in terms of weight, measure or count, to include any size or dimension designation. Where a dual declaration is required, only the declaration that sets forth the quantity in terms of the largest whole unit with any remainder expressed in fractions of weight or measure required by law or regulation to appear on the package need appear in the advertisement. ­­-------- (L. 1983 H.B. 729, A.L. 1994 S.B. 729, A.L. 2002 S.B. 1071)
MO Rev Stat § 413.175 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 413 - Weights and Measures|Section 413.175 - Scales for commercial use to comply with standards — scale sales, sellers, manufacturers to furnish certain labeling information that device is not legal for commercial use.

Effective - 28 Aug 1994   413.175. Scales for commercial use to comply with standards — scale sales, sellers, manufacturers to furnish certain labeling information that device is not legal for commercial use. — No person shall sell or install for commercial use within the state of Missouri any weighing or measuring device that does not meet all of the specifications, tolerances, and technical requirements of a commercial device as established by the most recent edition of National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 44. Any device sold, not meeting these requirements, shall be identified by the seller or manufacturer as a not-legal-for-trade device by labeling the device as such or by a statement on an accompanying invoice declaring that the device is not suitable for commercial use. ­­-------- (L. 1993 H.B. 729, A.L. 1994 S.B. 729)
MO Rev Stat § 413.195 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 413 - Weights and Measures|Section 413.195 - Impersonation of director or inspectors, prohibited.

Effective - 28 Aug 1994   413.195. Impersonation of director or inspectors, prohibited. — No person shall impersonate the director or any of his or her inspectors, by the use of his seal or a counterfeit of his seal, or in any other manner whatsoever. ­­-------- (L. 1983 H.B. 729, A.L. 1994 S.B. 729)
MO Rev Stat § 413.205 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 413 - Weights and Measures|Section 413.205 - Injunctions, temporary or permanent, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1994   413.205. Injunctions, temporary or permanent, when. — The prosecuting attorney of any county in which a violation of any provision of this chapter occurs or the attorney general of the state is hereby authorized to apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for, and such court shall have jurisdiction upon hearing and for cause shown to grant, a temporary or permanent injunction to restrain any person from violating any provision of this chapter. ­­-------- (L. 1983 H.B. 729, A.L. 1994 S.B. 729)
MO Rev Stat § 413.215 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 413 - Weights and Measures|Section 413.215 - Weighing or measuring device in business place rebuttable, presumption of use for business.

Effective - 28 Aug 1983   413.215. Weighing or measuring device in business place rebuttable, presumption of use for business. — Whenever there shall exist a weight or measure or weighing or measuring device in or about any place in which or from which buying or selling is commonly carried on, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that such weight or measure, or weighing or measuring device, is regularly used for the business purposes of that place. ­­-------- (L. 1983 H.B. 729)
MO Rev Stat § 413.226 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 413 - Weights and Measures|Section 413.226 - Weight and measure devices law not applicable to certain devices — applicability to certain devices.

Effective - 01 Jan 2016   413.226. Weight and measure devices law not applicable to certain devices — applicability to certain devices. — 1. The provisions of sections 413.005 to 413.229 shall not apply to:  (1) Any gas, water or electric meter used or intended to be used for measuring or ascertaining the quantity of gas or electric current used for light, heat or power, or the quantity of water, furnished by any person or corporation to or for the use of any person, unless such meter is used for charging electric vehicles at a retail location;  (2) Any measuring device used by any person, firm, or corporation selling at retail or wholesale gasoline, diesel fuel, heating oil, kerosene, or jet fuel subject to inspection in accordance with chapter 414;  (3) Any liquid meter used for the measurement and retail sale of liquefied petroleum gas or any meter used for compressed natural gas subject to inspection in accordance with chapter 323, unless such meter dispenses fuel for vehicle use.  2. The provisions of sections 413.005 to 413.229 shall apply to the following commercial weighing and measuring equipment used for measuring and ascertaining the quantity of gas, electricity, or fuel for vehicle use:  (1) Compressed natural gas meters;  (2) Liquefied natural gas meters;  (3) Electrical charging stations; and  (4) Hydrogen fuel meters. ­­-------- (L. 1994 S.B. 729, A.L. 2014 H.B. 2141)  Effective 1-01-16
MO Rev Stat § 413.227 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 413 - Weights and Measures|Section 413.227 - Violations, procedure, notices, contents — hearing, rights of violator — penalty — appeal — deposit of penalty.

Effective - 28 Aug 2002   413.227. Violations, procedure, notices, contents — hearing, rights of violator — penalty — appeal — deposit of penalty. — 1. Any person found to be in violation of any provision of this chapter shall be issued a notice of violation. The notice shall state the date issued, the name and address of the person to whom issued, the nature of the violation, the statute or regulation violated, and the name and position of the person issuing the notice. The notice shall also contain a warning that the violation may result in an informal or formal administrative hearing or both.  2. Any person issued a notice of violation may be afforded an opportunity by the director to explain such facts at an informal hearing to be conducted within fourteen days of such notification. In the event that such person fails to timely respond to such notification or upon unsuccessful resolution of any issues relating to an alleged violation, such person may be summoned to a formal administrative hearing before the director or a designated hearing officer conducted in conformance with chapter 536 and may be ordered to cease and desist from such violations, such order may be enforced in the circuit court, and, in addition, may be required to pay a penalty of not more than five hundred dollars per violation. Any party to such hearing aggrieved by a determination of a hearing officer may appeal to the circuit court of the county in which the party resides, or if the party is the state, in Cole County, in accordance with chapter 536.  3. Any penalty assessed and collected by the director shall be deposited with the state treasurer to the credit of the general revenue fund of the state.  4. Undercharges to consumers are not violations pursuant to this section. ­­-------- (L. 1994 S.B. 729, A.L. 1997 H.B. 528, A.L. 2002 S.B. 1071)
MO Rev Stat § 413.229 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 413 - Weights and Measures|Section 413.229 - Criminal penalties for violations.

Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories   413.229. Criminal penalties for violations. — 1. Any person found in violation of any provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.  2. Any person found to have purposely violated any provisions of this chapter, has been previously convicted twice for the same offense under the misdemeanor provisions of this section, or uses or has in his or her possession for use a commercial device which has been altered to facilitate the commission of fraud shall be guilty of a class E felony.  3. The prosecutor of each county in which a violation occurs shall be empowered to bring an action hereunder. If a prosecutor declines to bring such action, the attorney general may bring an action instead, and in so doing shall have all of the powers and jurisdiction of such prosecutor. ­­-------- (L. 1994 S.B. 729, A.L. 2002 S.B. 1071, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)  Effective 1-01-17