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AR Code § 4-18-303 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 2 - Miscellaneous Commercial Law Provisions|Chapter 18 - Weights and Measures|Subchapter 3 - Uniform Weights and Measures Law|§ 4-18-303. Physical standards

 Weights and measures that are traceable to the United States prototype standards supplied by the federal government, or approved as being satisfactory by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, shall be the state primary standards of weights and measures, and shall be maintained in such calibration as prescribed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. All secondary standards may be prescribed by the State Plant Board and shall be verified upon their initial receipt, and as often thereafter as deemed necessary by the board.
AR Code § 4-18-304 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 2 - Miscellaneous Commercial Law Provisions|Chapter 18 - Weights and Measures|Subchapter 3 - Uniform Weights and Measures Law|§ 4-18-304. Technical requirements for weighing and measuring devices

 The specifications, tolerances, and other technical requirements for commercial, law enforcement, data gathering, and other weighing and measuring devices as adopted by the National Conference on Weights and Measures, published in the National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 44, “Specifications, Tolerances, and Other Technical Requirements for Weighing and Measuring Devices,” and supplements thereto or revisions thereof, shall apply to weighing and measuring devices in the state, as adopted, or amended and adopted, by rule of the State Plant Board.
AR Code § 4-18-305 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 2 - Miscellaneous Commercial Law Provisions|Chapter 18 - Weights and Measures|Subchapter 3 - Uniform Weights and Measures Law|§ 4-18-305. Requirements for packaging and labeling

 The Uniform Packaging and Labeling Regulation as adopted by the National Conference on Weights and Measures and published in the National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 130, “Uniform Laws and Regulations,” and supplements thereto or revisions thereof, shall apply to packaging and labeling in the state, as adopted, or amended and adopted, by rule of the State Plant Board.
AR Code § 4-18-306 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 2 - Miscellaneous Commercial Law Provisions|Chapter 18 - Weights and Measures|Subchapter 3 - Uniform Weights and Measures Law|§ 4-18-306. Requirements for the method of sale of commodities

 The Uniform Regulation for the Method of Sale of Commodities as adopted by the National Conference on Weights and Measures and published in National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 130, “Uniform Laws and Regulations,” and supplements thereto or revisions thereof, shall apply to the method of sale of commodities in the state, as adopted, or amended and adopted, by rule of the State Plant Board.
AR Code § 4-18-307 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 2 - Miscellaneous Commercial Law Provisions|Chapter 18 - Weights and Measures|Subchapter 3 - Uniform Weights and Measures Law|§ 4-18-307. Requirements for unit pricing

 The Uniform Unit Pricing Regulation as adopted by the National Conference on Weights and Measures and published in the National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 130, “Uniform Laws and Regulations,” and supplements thereto or revisions thereof, shall apply to unit pricing in the state, as adopted, or amended and adopted, by rule of the State Plant Board.
AR Code § 4-18-308 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 2 - Miscellaneous Commercial Law Provisions|Chapter 18 - Weights and Measures|Subchapter 3 - Uniform Weights and Measures Law|§ 4-18-308. Requirements for the registration of servicepersons and service agencies for commercial weighing and measuring devices

 The Uniform Regulation for the Voluntary Registration of Servicepersons and Service Agencies for Commercial Weighing and Measuring Devices as adopted by the National Conference on Weights and Measures and published in the National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 130, “Uniform Laws and Regulations,” and supplements thereto or revisions thereof, shall apply to the registration of servicepersons and service agencies in the state, as adopted, or amended and adopted, by rule of the State Plant Board.
AR Code § 4-18-309 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 2 - Miscellaneous Commercial Law Provisions|Chapter 18 - Weights and Measures|Subchapter 3 - Uniform Weights and Measures Law|§ 4-18-309. Requirements for open dating

 The Uniform Open Dating Regulation as adopted by the National Conference on Weights and Measures and published in the National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 130, “Uniform Laws and Regulations,” and supplements thereto or revisions thereof, shall apply to open dating in the state, as adopted, or amended and adopted, by rule of the State Plant Board.
AR Code § 4-18-310 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 2 - Miscellaneous Commercial Law Provisions|Chapter 18 - Weights and Measures|Subchapter 3 - Uniform Weights and Measures Law|§ 4-18-310. Requirements for type evaluation

 The Uniform Regulation for National Type Evaluation as adopted by the National Conference on Weights and Measures and published in National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 130, “Uniform Laws and Regulations,” and supplements thereto or revisions thereof, shall apply to type evaluation in the state, as adopted, or amended and adopted, by rule of the State Plant Board.
AR Code § 4-18-311 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 2 - Miscellaneous Commercial Law Provisions|Chapter 18 - Weights and Measures|Subchapter 3 - Uniform Weights and Measures Law|§ 4-18-311. State Division of Weights and Measures

 There is hereby created a State Division of Weights and Measures located for administrative purposes within the Arkansas Bureau of Standards administered by the Department of Agriculture. The division is charged with, but not limited to, performing the following functions on behalf of the citizens of the state:   (a) Assuring that weights and measures in commercial services within the state are suitable for their intended use, properly installed, and accurate, and are so maintained by their owner or user.  (b) Preventing unfair or deceptive dealing by weight or measure in any commodity or service advertised, packaged, sold, or purchased within the state.  (c) Making available to all users of physical standards or weighing and measuring equipment the precision calibration and related metrological certification capabilities of the weights and measures facilities of the division.  (d) Promoting uniformity, to the extent practicable and desirable, between weights and measures requirements of this state and those of other states and federal agencies.  (e) Encouraging desirable economic growth while protecting the consumer through the adoption by rule of weights and measures requirements as necessary to assure equity among buyers and sellers.
AR Code § 4-18-313 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 2 - Miscellaneous Commercial Law Provisions|Chapter 18 - Weights and Measures|Subchapter 3 - Uniform Weights and Measures Law|§ 4-18-313. Special police powers

 When necessary for the enforcement of this subchapter or rules promulgated pursuant thereto, personnel designated by the Department of Agriculture on behalf of the Arkansas Bureau of Standards are:   (a) Authorized to enter any commercial premises during normal business hours, except that in the event such premises are not open to the public, he/she shall first present his/her credentials and obtain consent before making entry thereto, unless a search warrant has previously been obtained.  (b) Empowered to issue stop-use, hold, and removal orders with respect to any weights and measures commercially used, stop-sale, hold, and removal orders with respect to any packaged commodities or bulk commodities kept, offered, or exposed for sale.  (c) Empowered to 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 this subchapter or rules promulgated pursuant thereto.  (d) Empowered to stop any commercial vehicle and, after presentation of his credentials, inspect the contents, require that the person in charge of that vehicle produce any documents in his or her possession concerning the contents, and require him or her to proceed with the vehicle to some specified place for inspection.  (e) With respect to the enforcement of this subchapter, the department is hereby vested with special police powers, and is authorized to arrest, with warrant, any violator of this subchapter.
AR Code § 4-18-314 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 2 - Miscellaneous Commercial Law Provisions|Chapter 18 - Weights and Measures|Subchapter 3 - Uniform Weights and Measures Law|§ 4-18-314. Powers and duties of local officials

 Any weights and measures official appointed for a county or city shall have the duties and powers enumerated in this subchapter, excepting those duties reserved to the state by law or regulation. These powers and duties shall extend to their respective jurisdictions, except that the jurisdiction of a county official shall not extend to any city for which a weights and measures official has been appointed. No requirement set forth by local agencies may be less stringent than or conflict with the requirements of the state.
AR Code § 4-18-315 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 2 - Miscellaneous Commercial Law Provisions|Chapter 18 - Weights and Measures|Subchapter 3 - Uniform Weights and Measures Law|§ 4-18-315. Misrepresentation of quantity

 No person shall:   (a) sell, offer, or expose for sale a quantity less than the quantity represented, nor  (b) take more than the represented quantity when, as buyer, he/she furnishes the weight or measure by means of which the quantity is determined, nor  (c) Represent the quantity in any manner calculated or tending to mislead or in any way deceive another person.
AR Code § 4-18-316 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 2 - Miscellaneous Commercial Law Provisions|Chapter 18 - Weights and Measures|Subchapter 3 - Uniform Weights and Measures Law|§ 4-18-316. Misrepresentation of pricing

 No person shall misrepresent the price of any commodity or service sold, offered, exposed, or advertised for sale by weight, measure, or count, nor represent the price in any manner calculated or tending to mislead or in any way deceive a person.
AR Code § 4-18-317 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 2 - Miscellaneous Commercial Law Provisions|Chapter 18 - Weights and Measures|Subchapter 3 - Uniform Weights and Measures Law|§ 4-18-317. Method of sale

 Except as otherwise provided by the State Plant Board, or by firmly established trade custom and practice:   (a) commodities in liquid form shall be sold by liquid measure or by weight, and  (b) commodities not in liquid form shall be sold by weight, by measure, or by count.    The method of sale shall provide accurate and adequate quantity information that permits the buyer to make price and quantity comparisons.
AR Code § 4-18-318 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 2 - Miscellaneous Commercial Law Provisions|Chapter 18 - Weights and Measures|Subchapter 3 - Uniform Weights and Measures Law|§ 4-18-318. Sale from bulk

 All bulk sales in which the buyer and seller are not both present to witness the measurement, all bulk deliveries of heating fuel, and all other bulk sales specified by rule or regulation of the State Plant Board, shall be accompanied by a delivery ticket containing the following information:   (a) the name and address of the buyer and seller;  (b) the date delivered;  (c) the quantity delivered and the quantity upon which the price is based, if this differs from the delivered quantity, for example, when temperature compensated sales are made;  (d) the unit price, unless otherwise agreed upon by both buyer and seller;  (e) the identity in the most descriptive terms commercially practicable, including any quality representation made in connection with the sale; and  (f) count of individually wrapped packages, if more than one (1), in the instance of commodities bought from bulk but delivered in packages.
AR Code § 4-18-319 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 2 - Miscellaneous Commercial Law Provisions|Chapter 18 - Weights and Measures|Subchapter 3 - Uniform Weights and Measures Law|§ 4-18-319. Information required on packages

 Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter or by regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, any package, whether a random package or a standard package, kept for the purpose of sale, or offered or exposed for sale shall bear on the outside of the package a definite, plain, and conspicuous declaration of:   (a) the identity of the commodity in the package, unless the same can easily be identified through the wrapper or container;  (b) the quantity of contents in terms of weight, measure, or count; and  (c) 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.
AR Code § 4-18-320 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 2 - Miscellaneous Commercial Law Provisions|Chapter 18 - Weights and Measures|Subchapter 3 - Uniform Weights and Measures Law|§ 4-18-320. Declarations of unit price on random weight packages

 In addition to the declarations required by § 4-18-319, any package being one (1) 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.
AR Code § 4-18-321 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 2 - Miscellaneous Commercial Law Provisions|Chapter 18 - Weights and Measures|Subchapter 3 - Uniform Weights and Measures Law|§ 4-18-321. Advertising packages for sale

 Whenever a packaged commodity is advertised in any manner with the retail price stated, there shall be closely and conspicuously associated with the retail price a declaration of quantity as is required by law or regulation to appear on the package.
AR Code § 4-18-322 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 2 - Miscellaneous Commercial Law Provisions|Chapter 18 - Weights and Measures|Subchapter 3 - Uniform Weights and Measures Law|§ 4-18-322. Prohibited acts

 (a) No person shall:  (1) Use or have in possession for use in commerce any incorrect weight or measure;  (2) Sell or offer for sale for use in commerce any incorrect weight or measure;  (3) Remove any tag, seal, decal, or mark from any weight or measure without specific written authorization from the proper authority;  (4) Hinder or obstruct any weights and measures official or registered service agent in the performance of his or her duties;  (5) Violate any provisions of this subchapter or regulations promulgated under it;  (6) Sell or offer for sale any weight or measure for use in commerce, unless it bears an Arkansas Bureau of Standards approved seal or decal, if the seal or decal is applicable to the weight or measure;  (7) Neglect or refuse to exhibit a weight or measure under the person's control or in the person's possession to any weights and measures official or a registered service agent for inspection, examination, or testing as required by law;  (8) Perform an annual inspection, examination, or test on a weight or measure if that person is not a weights and measures official or a registered service agent;  (9) Impersonate in any way the Director of the Arkansas Bureau of Standards, the Deputy Director of the Arkansas Bureau of Standards, any one of the investigators, or a registered agent of the bureau by the use of a seal or decal, or in any other manner; or  (10) Violate any provision of this subchapter or rules promulgated under § 4-18-328.    (b) A person may be prosecuted for a violation of this subchapter notwithstanding the existence of any other valid general or specific act of this state dealing with matters that may be the same as or similar to those covered by this subchapter.
AR Code § 4-18-323 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 2 - Miscellaneous Commercial Law Provisions|Chapter 18 - Weights and Measures|Subchapter 3 - Uniform Weights and Measures Law|§ 4-18-323. Civil penalties

 (a)  (1) Any person who by himself or herself, by his or her servant or agent, or as the servant or agent of another person, commits any of the acts enumerated in § 4-18-322 may be assessed by the State Plant Board a civil penalty of:  (A) Not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than six hundred dollars ($600) for a first violation;  (B) Not less than four hundred dollars ($400) nor more than one thousand two hundred dollars ($1,200) for a second violation within three (3) years after the date of the first violation; and  (C) Not less than seven hundred dollars ($700) nor more than two thousand dollars ($2,000) for a third violation within three (3) years after the date of the first violation.    (2) For a violation to be considered as a second or subsequent offense, it must be a repeat of a violation as enumerated in § 4-18-322.    (b)  (1) Any person subject to a civil penalty shall have a right to request an administrative hearing within ten (10) calendar days after receipt of the notice of the penalty.  (2) The board or subcommittee thereof is authorized to conduct the hearing after giving appropriate notice to the respondent.  (3) The decision of the board is subject to appropriate judicial review.    (c)  (1) If the respondent has exhausted his or her administrative appeals and the civil penalty has been upheld, he or she shall pay the civil penalty within twenty (20) calendar days after the effective date of the final decision.  (2) If the respondent fails to pay the penalty, a civil action may be brought by the board in any court of competent jurisdiction to recover the penalty.  (3) Any civil penalty collected under this section shall be transmitted to the Plant Board Fund.
AR Code § 4-18-324 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 2 - Miscellaneous Commercial Law Provisions|Chapter 18 - Weights and Measures|Subchapter 3 - Uniform Weights and Measures Law|§ 4-18-324. Criminal penalties

 Any person who intentionally commits any of the acts enumerated in § 4-18-322 is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
AR Code § 4-18-325 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 2 - Miscellaneous Commercial Law Provisions|Chapter 18 - Weights and Measures|Subchapter 3 - Uniform Weights and Measures Law|§ 4-18-325. Restraining order and injunction

 The State Plant Board or its designee is authorized to apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for a restraining order, or a temporary or permanent injunction, restraining any person from violating any provision of this subchapter.
AR Code § 4-18-326 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 2 - Miscellaneous Commercial Law Provisions|Chapter 18 - Weights and Measures|Subchapter 3 - Uniform Weights and Measures Law|§ 4-18-326. Presumptive evidence

 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.
AR Code § 4-18-327 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 2 - Miscellaneous Commercial Law Provisions|Chapter 18 - Weights and Measures|Subchapter 3 - Uniform Weights and Measures Law|§ 4-18-327. Rules to be unaffected by repeal of prior enabling statute

 The adoption of this subchapter or any of its provisions shall not affect any rules promulgated pursuant to the authority of any earlier enabling statute unless inconsistent with this subchapter or modified or revoked by the State Plant Board.
AR Code § 4-18-328 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 2 - Miscellaneous Commercial Law Provisions|Chapter 18 - Weights and Measures|Subchapter 3 - Uniform Weights and Measures Law|§ 4-18-328. Regulations

 The Arkansas Bureau of Standards may by regulation adopted pursuant to the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq., adopt as a regulation of the bureau specifications, tolerances, and regulations for commercial weighing and measuring devices set out in the National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbooks 44 and 130, or in any similar publication issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. In drafting the regulations, the bureau shall consider whether the specifications, tolerances, and regulations published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology are consistent with the needs of Arkansas businesses and consumers and may modify, amend, or delete suggested language found in the National Institute of Standards and Technology handbooks.
AR Code § 4-18-330 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 2 - Miscellaneous Commercial Law Provisions|Chapter 18 - Weights and Measures|Subchapter 3 - Uniform Weights and Measures Law|§ 4-18-330. Fruit and commodities — Packing, selling, pledging, etc., with fraudulent intent — Penalty

 (a) Any person who packs any fruit or other merchantable commodity with the fraudulent intent of misrepresenting the contents, either as to quality or quantity, shall on conviction be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000) or imprisonment not exceeding one (1) year, or both.  (b) Any person who sells or pledges any commodity, knowing it to be packed in a fraudulent manner with the intent to cheat and deceive, shall on conviction be assessed a civil penalty as provided in § 4-18-323.
AR Code § 4-18-331 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 2 - Miscellaneous Commercial Law Provisions|Chapter 18 - Weights and Measures|Subchapter 3 - Uniform Weights and Measures Law|§ 4-18-331. Legal weight of bushel of specific commodities

 The legal weight per bushel of the following shall be:   (1) Corn, shelled 56 lbs.  (2) Corn in ear, husked 70 lbs.  (3) Corn in ear, unhusked 74 lbs.  (4) Wheat 60 lbs.  (5) Oats 32 lbs.  (6) Cottonseed 32 lbs.  (7) Cornmeal 48 lbs.  (8) Barley 48 lbs.  (9) Rye 56 lbs.  (10) Potatoes 60 lbs.  (11) Potatoes, sweet 50 lbs.  (12) Onions 57 lbs.  (13) White beans 60 lbs.  (14) Peas 60 lbs.  (15) Flax seed 56 lbs.  (16) Blue grass seed 14 lbs.  (17) Clover seed 60 lbs.  (18) Timothy seed 60 lbs.  (19) Millet seed 50 lbs.  (20) Buckwheat 52 lbs.  (21) Red top 14 lbs.  (22) Orchard grass 14 lbs.  (23) Sorghum 50 lbs.  (24) Green apples 50 lbs.  (25) Dried apples 24 lbs.  (26) Dried peaches 33 lbs.  (27) Bran 20 lbs.  (28) Salt 50 lbs.  (29) Turnips 57 lbs.  (30) Broom corn seed 48 lbs.  (31) Johnson grass 28 lbs.