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When the gross or tare weight of any vehicle or combination of vehicles is to be determined, the weighing shall be performed upon a scale having a platform of sufficient size to accommodate such vehicle or combination of vehicles fully, completely, and as one entire unit. If a combination of vehicles must be broken up into separate units in order to be weighed as prescribed herein, each such separate unit shall be entirely disconnected before weighing and a separate weight certificate shall be issued for each such separate unit.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1332652,"text":"A licensed public weighmaster shall not use any scale to weigh a load the value of which exceeds the nominal or rated capacity of the scale. When the gross or tare weight of any vehicle or combination of vehicles is to be determined, the weighing shall be performed upon a scale having a platform of sufficient size to accommodate such vehicle or combination of vehicles fully, completely, and as one entire unit. 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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 <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?081+ful+CHAP0860\">860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1425099,"object_type":"law","relational_id":358157,"identifier":"3.2-5812","token":"3.2\/IV\/58\/3.2-5812","url":"\/3.2-5812\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-5812\/","token":"3.2\/IV\/58\/3.2-5812","dublin_core":{"Title":"Capacity of scales not to be exceeded; determining gross or tare weight of vehicle or combination of vehicles","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-5812","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>A licensed public weighmaster shall not use any scale to weigh a load the value of which exceeds the nominal or rated capacity of the scale. When the gross or tare weight of any <span class=\"dictionary\">vehicle<\/span> or combination of <span class=\"dictionary\">vehicles<\/span> is to be determined, the weighing shall be performed upon a scale having a platform of sufficient size to accommodate such <span class=\"dictionary\">vehicle<\/span> or combination of <span class=\"dictionary\">vehicles<\/span> fully, completely, and as one entire unit. If a combination of <span class=\"dictionary\">vehicles<\/span> must be broken up into separate units in <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> to be weighed as prescribed herein, each such separate unit shall be entirely disconnected before weighing and a separate weight certificate shall be issued for each such separate unit.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCAPACITY OF SCALES NOT TO BE EXCEEDED; DETERMINING GROSS OR TARE WEIGHT OF\nVEHICLE OR COMBINATION OF VEHICLES (\u00a7 3.2-5812)\n\nA licensed public weighmaster shall not use any scale to weigh a load the value\nof which exceeds the nominal or rated capacity of the scale. When the gross or\ntare weight of any vehicle or combination of vehicles is to be determined, the\nweighing shall be performed upon a scale having a platform of sufficient size to\naccommodate such vehicle or combination of vehicles fully, completely, and as\none entire unit. If a combination of vehicles must be broken up into separate\nunits in order to be weighed as prescribed herein, each such separate unit shall\nbe entirely disconnected before weighing and a separate weight certificate shall\nbe issued for each such separate unit.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 3-709.13; 1962, c. 126; 1966, c. 702, \u00a7 3.1-982; 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"}}