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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>358156</law_id><section_number>3.2-5811</section_number><catch_line>Only suitable, tested and approved weighing devices to be used</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="5" identifier="3.2">Agriculture, Animal Care, and Food</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="4" identifier="IV">Food and Drink; Weights and Measures</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="10" identifier="58">Public Weighmasters</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>When making a weight determination as provided for by this chapter a licensed public weighmaster shall use a weighing device that is of a type suitable for the weighing of the amount and kind of <span class="dictionary">material</span> to be weighed, and that has been tested and approved for use by a weights and measures officer of the Commonwealth within a period of 12 months immediately preceding the date of the weighing.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 3-709.12; 1962, c. 126; 1966, c. 702, &#xA7; 3.1-981; 2008, c. 860.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
