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If the certificate form provides for the entry of gross, tare, and net weights, in any case in which only the gross, the tare, or the net weight is determined by the weighmaster he shall strike through or otherwise cancel the printed entries for the weights not determined or computed. If gross and tare weights are shown on a weight certificate and both of these were not determined on the same scale and on the day for which the certificate is dated, the weighmaster shall identify on the certificate the scale used for determining each weight and the date of each determination.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1332650,"text":"A licensed public weighmaster shall not enter on a weight certificate issued by him any weight values but those he has personally determined, and he shall make no entries on a weight certificate issued by some other person. A weight certificate shall be so prepared as to show clearly what weight or weights were actually determined. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1962, chapter 126; in 1966, chapter 702; in 2008, chapter 860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1425091,"object_type":"law","relational_id":358155,"identifier":"3.2-5810","token":"3.2\/IV\/58\/3.2-5810","url":"\/3.2-5810\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-5810\/","token":"3.2\/IV\/58\/3.2-5810","dublin_core":{"Title":"Entries on weight certificate","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-5810","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A licensed public weighmaster shall not enter on a weight certificate issued by him any weight values but those he has personally determined, and he shall make no entries on a weight certificate issued by some other person. A weight certificate shall be so prepared as to show clearly what weight or weights were actually determined. If the certificate form provides for the entry of gross, tare, and net weights, in any case in which only the gross, the tare, or the net weight is determined by the weighmaster he shall strike through or otherwise cancel the printed entries for the weights not determined or computed. If gross and tare weights are shown on a weight certificate and both of these were not determined on the same scale and on the day for which the certificate is dated, the weighmaster shall identify on the certificate the scale used for determining each weight and the date of each determination.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nENTRIES ON WEIGHT CERTIFICATE (\u00a7 3.2-5810)\n\nA licensed public weighmaster shall not enter on a weight certificate issued by\nhim any weight values but those he has personally determined, and he shall make\nno entries on a weight certificate issued by some other person. A weight\ncertificate shall be so prepared as to show clearly what weight or weights were\nactually determined. If the certificate form provides for the entry of gross,\ntare, and net weights, in any case in which only the gross, the tare, or the net\nweight is determined by the weighmaster he shall strike through or otherwise\ncancel the printed entries for the weights not determined or computed. If gross\nand tare weights are shown on a weight certificate and both of these were not\ndetermined on the same scale and on the day for which the certificate is dated,\nthe weighmaster shall identify on the certificate the scale used for determining\neach weight and the date of each determination.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 3-709.11; 1962, c. 126; 1966, c. 702, \u00a7 3.1-980; 2008,\nc. 860.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}