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NC Gen Stat § 81A-29 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 81A - Weights and Measures Act of 1975|Article 3 - Violations.|§ 81A-29 - Offenses and penalties.

 81A-29. Offenses and penalties.Any person who violates any provision of this section or any provision of this Chapter or regulations promulgated pursuant thereto for which a specific penalty has not been prescribed shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor upon a first conviction. Upon a subsequent conviction thereof, said person shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. No person shall:(1) Use or have in possession for use in commerce any incorrect weight or measure.(2) Remove any tag, seal, or mark from any weight or measure without specific written authorization from the Commissioner or his authorized agent.(3) Hinder or obstruct any weights-and-measures official in the performance of his duties.(4) Impersonate in any way any employee of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services designated by the Commissioner to enforce any part of this Chapter.(5) Use in retail trade, except in the preparation of packages put up in advance of sale, a weighing or measuring device which is not so 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 a customer.(6) Manufacture, use or possess a counterfeit seal, tag, mark, certificate, label or decal representing, imitating or copying the same issued by the Commissioner under this Chapter. (1927, c. 261, ss. 14, 15, 19; 1945, c. 280, s. 1; 1949, c. 984; 1975, c. 544; 1981, c. 607, s. 1; 1993, c. 539, s. 593; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 1997-261, s. 8.)
NC Gen Stat § 81A-30 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 81A - Weights and Measures Act of 1975|Article 3 - Violations.|§ 81A-30 - Injunction.

 81A-30. Injunction.The Commissioner or his authorized agent is authorized to apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for a temporary restraining order or a preliminary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating any provision of this Chapter. (1975, c. 544.)
NC Gen Stat § 81A-30.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 81A - Weights and Measures Act of 1975|Article 3 - Violations.|§ 81A-30.1 - Civil penalties.

 81A-30.1. Civil penalties.A civil penalty of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each violation may be assessed by the Commissioner against any person who willfully violates this Chapter. In determining the amount of the penalty, the Commissioner shall consider the degree and extent of harm caused by the violation. No civil penalty shall be assessed under this section unless the person has been given an opportunity for a hearing pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act. If not paid within 30 days after the effective date of a final decision by the Commissioner, the penalty may be collected by any lawful manner for the collection of a debt.The clear proceeds of civil penalties assessed pursuant to this section shall be remitted to the Civil Penalty and Forfeiture Fund in accordance with G.S. 115C-457.2. (1991, c. 642, s. 2; 1998-215, s. 4(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 81A-31 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 81A - Weights and Measures Act of 1975|Article 3 - Violations.|§ 81A-31 - Presumptive evidence.

 81A-31. 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. (1975, c. 544.)
NC Gen Stat § 81A-50.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 81A - Weights and Measures Act of 1975|Article 5 - Public Weighmasters.|§ 81A-50.1 - Purpose.

 81A-50.1. Purpose.This Article licenses and regulates public weighmasters in order to ensure accurate quantities of products upon sale to purchasers. (1981, c. 607, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 81A-51 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 81A - Weights and Measures Act of 1975|Article 5 - Public Weighmasters.|§ 81A-51 - Definitions.

 81A-51. Definitions.For purposes of this Article, the following words, terms and phrases are defined as follows:(1) "Board" means North Carolina Board of Agriculture.(2) "Commissioner" means the North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture or his designated agent.(3) "Department" means the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.(4) "Product" means any product, commodity or article.(5) "Public weighmaster" means any person who shall weigh, measure or count, or who shall ascertain from a weighing, measuring or recording device for any other person and declare the weight to be the accurate weight of the product upon which the purchase, sale or exchange is based, and receive compensation for the act.(6) "Weigh" means weigh, measure, count, read or record.(7) "Weight" means weight, measure, count, reading or recording. (1939, c. 285, s. 1; 1945, c. 1067; 1971, c. 1085, s. 1; 1975, c. 544; 1981, c. 607, s. 4; 1997-261, s. 9.)
NC Gen Stat § 81A-52 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 81A - Weights and Measures Act of 1975|Article 5 - Public Weighmasters.|§ 81A-52 - License.

 81A-52. License.All public weighmasters shall be licensed. Any person not less than 18 years of age who wishes to be a public weighmaster shall apply to the Department on a form provided by the Department. A person operating as a public weighmaster outside of this State shall include with the person's application for licensure in this State a copy of the most recent weighing device inspection report performed by the person's local or state weights and measures officials within the 12-month period immediately preceding the date of application. The Board may adopt rules for determining the qualifications of the applicant for a license. Public weighmasters shall be licensed for a period of one year beginning the first day of July and ending on the thirtieth day of June, and a fee of nineteen dollars ($19.00) shall be paid for each person licensed at the time of the filing of the application.  (1939, c. 285, s. 2; 1949, c. 983, s. 1; 1975, c. 544; 1981, c. 607, s. 4; 1989, c. 544, s. 20; 2005-276, s. 42.1(f); 2009-87, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 81A-53 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 81A - Weights and Measures Act of 1975|Article 5 - Public Weighmasters.|§ 81A-53 - Certificates of weight.

 81A-53. Certificates of weight.All public weighmasters shall issue certificates of weight, measure, count, reading or recording on forms approved by the Commissioner and shall enforce the provisions of this Chapter and all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder without compensation from the State. Each certificate issued shall indicate the date on which a product is weighed, counted, read or recorded. A certificate issued by a public weighmaster shall be considered the accurate weight of a product at the time the product is put into the natural channels of trade, with the qualification that reasonable variations or tolerances shall be permitted as established by rules and regulations enacted pursuant to this Chapter. If any person questions the accuracy of the weight of any product for which a certificate has been issued, a complaint shall be made to the public weighmaster who issued the certificate or to the Commissioner before the product is moved from the city, town or community where the certificate was issued. The product shall be reweighed by the public weighmaster issuing the certificate or by the Commissioner, if the product is kept in accordance with G.S. 81A-58. If, upon reweighing, a difference in excess of the tolerance allowed by the Chapter is found in the original weight, the cost of reweighing shall be borne by the public weighmaster responsible for issuing the faulty certificate. Otherwise, the cost shall be borne by the complainant. (1939, c. 285, s. 3; 1975, c. 544; 1981, c. 607, s. 4.)
NC Gen Stat § 81A-54 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 81A - Weights and Measures Act of 1975|Article 5 - Public Weighmasters.|§ 81A-54 - Official seal of the public weighmaster.

 81A-54. Official seal of the public weighmaster.It shall be the duty of every public weighmaster to obtain from the Department an official seal for the sum of six dollars ($6.00), inscribed with the following words: "North Carolina Public Weighmaster" and any other design or legend the Commissioner considers necessary. The seal shall be stamped or impressed on every certificate issued pursuant to this Article. The weighers of tobacco in leaf tobacco warehouses may use, instead of the seal, their signatures in ink or other indelible substance posted in a conspicuous and accessible place in the warehouse. All seals remain the property of the State and shall be returned to the Commissioner upon termination of duties as a public weighmaster. (1939, c. 285, s. 4; 1941, c. 317, s. 1; 1975, c. 544; 1981, c. 607, s. 4; 1989, c. 544, s. 21.)
NC Gen Stat § 81A-55 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 81A - Weights and Measures Act of 1975|Article 5 - Public Weighmasters.|§ 81A-55 - Violations by public weighmasters; by others; penalties.

 81A-55. Violations by public weighmasters; by others; penalties.(a) Any public weighmaster who refuses to issue a certificate as prescribed by this Article, or who issues a certificate giving a false weight, or who misrepresents the weight to any person, or who otherwise violates any provisions of this Article or the rules and regulations pursuant to this Article, may have his license revoked, suspended or terminated by the Commissioner.(b) The following acts by other persons are also violations of this Article:(1) Requesting a public weighmaster to weigh a product inaccurately;(2) Requesting an inaccurate certificate prescribed by this Article;(3) Impersonating a public weighmaster;(4) Erasing, changing or altering any certificate issued by a public weighmaster;(5) Increasing or decreasing the weight of a product for the purpose of deception; or(6) Violating any other provision of this Article. (1939, c. 285, s. 5; 1975, c. 544; 1981, c. 607, s. 4.)
NC Gen Stat § 81A-58 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 81A - Weights and Measures Act of 1975|Article 5 - Public Weighmasters.|§ 81A-58 - Duty of custodian of product.

 81A-58. Duty of custodian of product.If any product is to be offered for sale, or is sold, and is weighed or measured or counted by any public weighmaster and a certificate is issued prior to sale or acceptance of the product by the purchaser, or if any product is offered for sale, sold or delivered pending the weighing, measuring or counting of the product by any public weighmaster and the issuance of a certificate, the person who is in custody of the product shall keep, protect and prevent any increase or decrease in weight in the time intervening between the weighing and the issuance of the certificate and the sale, and the time intervening between the sale and the presentation of the product to the weighmaster for weighing, measuring or counting and the issuance of a certificate. Any loss sustained in the weight of the product while in custody shall be borne by the custodian. (1939, c. 285, s. 8; 1975, c. 544; 1981, c. 607, s. 5.)
NC Gen Stat § 81A-59 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 81A - Weights and Measures Act of 1975|Article 5 - Public Weighmasters.|§ 81A-59 - Weighing tobacco.

 81A-59. Weighing tobacco.All leaf tobacco offered for sale in a leaf tobacco warehouse in North Carolina shall remain in the custody of the warehouse operator from and after the time it is weighed by the public weighmaster until it is sold or the bid is rejected by the owner. (1945, c. 1067; 1975, c. 544; 1981, c. 607, s. 5.)
NC Gen Stat § 81A-61 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 81A - Weights and Measures Act of 1975|Article 5 - Public Weighmasters.|§ 81A-61 - Approval of devices used.

 81A-61. Approval of devices used.When making a weight determination, a public weighmaster shall use a weighing device that is of a type suitable for the weighing of the product to be weighed and that has been tested and approved for use by the Commissioner or by the public weighmaster's local or state weights and measures officials within the 12-month period immediately preceding the date of the weighing.  (1939, c. 285, s. 10; 1975, c. 544; 1981, c. 607, s. 6; 2009-87, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 81A-70 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 81A - Weights and Measures Act of 1975|Article 6 - Scale Technician.|§ 81A-70 - Purpose of Article.

 81A-70. Purpose of Article.The purpose of this Article shall be to protect the owners and users of scales and weighing devices in their needs for scale repair and service, and to provide for scale technician registration. (1941, c. 237, s. 1; 1947, c. 380; 1975, c. 544; 1983, c. 111, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 81A-71 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 81A - Weights and Measures Act of 1975|Article 6 - Scale Technician.|§ 81A-71 - Prerequisites for scale technician.

 81A-71. Prerequisites for scale technician.It shall be unlawful for any scale technician to render service as a scale technician until after he or she has compiled with the following requirements:(1) Obtained from the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services a copy of this Article, a copy of regulations pertinent to said Article, and an application form for registration.(2) to (4) Repealed by Session Laws 1983, c. 111, s. 2.(5) Obtained a registration card or certificate from the Commissioner or his authorized agent and a model form of service certificate.(6) Obtained from the Department an annual certification of the standards of weight which will be used by the scale technician.The provisions of this Article shall not apply to a full-time employee who renders service only on a scale or weighing device, or on scales or weighing devices, owned solely by his or her employer unless additional pay or compensation is received for such service. (1941, c. 237, s. 3; 1947, c. 380; 1975, c. 544; 1983, c. 111, s. 2; 1997-261, s. 10.)
NC Gen Stat § 81A-72 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 81A - Weights and Measures Act of 1975|Article 6 - Scale Technician.|§ 81A-72 - Registration; certificate of registration; annual renewal.

 81A-72. Registration; certificate of registration; annual renewal.The Commissioner or his authorized agent shall register any person who has complied with the requirements of this Article by making a record of receipt of application, and the issuing of a certificate or card of registration to applicant, whereupon the applicant becomes a registered scale technician and shall be known thereafter as such. Such registration shall be in effect from date of registration until July 1 next and shall be renewed on the first day of July of each year thereafter. A fee of twenty dollars ($20.00) shall accompany each application for registration and each annual registration renewal. (1941, c. 237, ss. 4, 5; 1943, c. 543; 1947, c. 380; 1975, c. 544; 1983, c. 111, s. 3; 2005-276, s. 42.1(g).)
NC Gen Stat § 81A-73 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 81A - Weights and Measures Act of 1975|Article 6 - Scale Technician.|§ 81A-73 - Service certificate.

 81A-73. Service certificate.Whenever any service is rendered on any scale or weighing device used or intended to be used in this State by a scale technician, a certificate shall be issued by such scale technician who rendered said service, which shall be known as a "service certificate." The size and form of said service certificate shall be determined by the Commissioner or his authorized agent. Inclusive of other pertinent information or statements, the said certificate shall bear a statement expressed in ink or other indelible substance naming the kind of service rendered, whether adjustment, installation, repair, or maintenance, and stating that a service test as defined under the term "service" has been made, and that the service rendered is guaranteed to be as represented. The service certificate shall be made out in triplicate, with original going to the owner of such scale of weighing device or his agent, and a duplicate shall be sent to the Commissioner or his authorized agent and the triplicate copy shall be retained by the scale technician issuing such certificate. (1947, c. 380; 1975, c. 544; 1983, c. 111, s. 4.)
NC Gen Stat § 81A-75 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 81A - Weights and Measures Act of 1975|Article 6 - Scale Technician.|§ 81A-75 - Scale removal.

 81A-75. Scale removal.When a scale or weighing device is removed from the premises where located by a scale technician, the scale technician or his servant or agent shall issue a receipt for said scale or weighing device, on which shall be written in ink or other indelible substance the name and address of the owner, the name and address of receiving agent, date of receipt, anticipated date of return, name or make of scale, and such other information pertinent to its identification. The form of receipt shall be approved by the Commissioner or his authorized agent. (1947, c. 380; 1975, c. 544.)
NC Gen Stat § 81A-76 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 81A - Weights and Measures Act of 1975|Article 6 - Scale Technician.|§ 81A-76 - Control of condemned or rejected scale.

 81A-76. Control of condemned or rejected scale.It shall be unlawful for any owner of a scale or weighing device which has been condemned or rejected by the Commissioner or his authorized agent to either use or dispose of same in any manner other than at the direction of the Commissioner or his authorized agent; provided, however, said rejected scale or weighing device may be removed from the premises temporarily for repairs or service only. (1947, c. 380; 1975, c. 544.)
NC Gen Stat § 81A-77 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 81A - Weights and Measures Act of 1975|Article 6 - Scale Technician.|§ 81A-77 - Secondhand scale.

 81A-77. Secondhand scale.It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, or offer for sale, or put into use, a secondhand or rebuilt or reconditioned scale or weighing device unless said scale shall have been tested and approved by the Commissioner or his authorized agent, or shall be accompanied by a service certificate as provided for in this Article. Said service certificate shall be retained by the purchaser or user of said scale until an inspector of weights and measures has tested and approved such secondhand scale. The said certificate shall serve as proof of the accuracy of scale at the time scale was purchased or put into service. A secondhand or rebuilt or reconditioned scale or weighing device as referred to in this section shall be considered as being a scale or weighing device in the channels of trade which does not belong to the previous user. (1947, c. 380; 1975, c. 544.)
NC Gen Stat § 81A-78 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 81A - Weights and Measures Act of 1975|Article 6 - Scale Technician.|§ 81A-78 - Scale location.

 81A-78. Scale location.It shall be unlawful for any scale or weighing device to be installed, set up, put into service, or used on a foundation or support that aids in giving false indication of weight values applied to platter, platform, or other load receiving element. (1947, c. 380; 1975, c. 544.)
NC Gen Stat § 81A-79 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 81A - Weights and Measures Act of 1975|Article 6 - Scale Technician.|§ 81A-79 - Exemption.

 81A-79. Exemption.The provisions of this Article shall not prohibit the user of a scale or weighing device from employing some person other than a scale technician to render service as defined by this Article upon his or her scale or weighing device, nor apply to the person so employed, who does not solicit such employment, provided that said user shall not be relieved of his or her responsibility or liability concerning the accuracy of the scale or weighing device after service has been rendered. (1947, c. 380; 1975, c. 544.)
NC Gen Stat § 81A-80 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 81A - Weights and Measures Act of 1975|Article 6 - Scale Technician.|§ 81A-80 - Suspension or revocation of registration; penalty.

 81A-80. Suspension or revocation of registration; penalty.(a) The Commissioner may suspend or revoke the registration of any scale technician who violates any provisions of this Article or regulations adopted thereunder or who shall fail to issue a service certificate or who shall issue a service certificate bearing false statements regarding service rendered.(b) Any person who violates any provision of this Article shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. (1941, c. 237, s. 7; 1947, c. 380; 1949, c. 983, s. 2; 1975, c. 544; 1983, c. 111, s. 6; 1993, c. 539, s. 594; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 81A-86 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 81A - Weights and Measures Act of 1975|Article 7 - General Provisions.|§ 81A-86 - Regulations to be unaffected by repeal of prior enabling statute.

 81A-86. Regulations to be unaffected by repeal of prior enabling statute.The adoption of this Chapter or any of its provisions shall not affect any regulations promulgated pursuant to the authority of any earlier enabling statute unless inconsistent with this Chapter or modified or revoked. (1975, c. 544.)
NC Gen Stat § 81A-87 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 81A - Weights and Measures Act of 1975|Article 7 - General Provisions.|§ 81A-87 - Severability provision.

 81A-87. Severability provision.If any provision of this Chapter is declared unconstitutional, or the applicability thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the constitutionality of the remainder of the Chapter and the applicability thereof to other persons and circumstances shall not be affected thereby. (1975, c. 544.)
NC Gen Stat § 81A-88 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 81A - Weights and Measures Act of 1975|Article 7 - General Provisions.|§ 81A-88 - Repeal of conflicting laws.

 81A-88. Repeal of conflicting laws.All laws and parts of laws contrary to or inconsistent with the provisions of this Chapter are repealed except as to offenses committed, liabilities incurred, and claims made thereunder prior to July 1, 1976. (1975, c. 544.)
NC Gen Stat § 84-1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 84 - Attorneys-at-Law|Article 1 - Qualifications of Attorney; Unauthorized Practice of Law.|§ 84-1 - Oaths taken in open court.

 84-1. Oaths taken in open court.Attorneys before they shall be admitted to practice law shall, in open court before a justice or judge of the General Court of Justice, personally appear and take the oath prescribed for attorneys by G.S. 11-11, and also the oaths of allegiance to the State, and to support the Constitution of the United States, prescribed for all public officers by Article VI, Sec. 7 of the North Carolina Constitution and G.S. 11-7, and the same shall be entered on the records of the court; and, upon such qualification had, and oath taken may act as attorneys during their good behavior. (1777, c. 115, s. 8; R.C., c. 9, s. 3; Code, s. 19; Rev., s. 209; C.S., s. 197; 1969, c. 44, s. 58; 1973, c. 108, s. 35; 1995, c. 431, s. 1.)