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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>358161</law_id><section_number>3.2-5816</section_number><catch_line>Certain acts forbidden to persons not licensed as public weighmasters</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>No person shall assume the title &#x201C;licensed public weighmaster,&#x201D; or any title of similar import, perform the duties or acts to be performed by a licensed public weighmaster under this chapter, hold himself out as a licensed public weighmaster, <span class="dictionary">issue</span> any weight certificate, ticket, <span class="dictionary">memorandum</span>, or statement for which a fee is charged or engage in the full-time or part-time business of public weighing, unless he holds a valid license as a licensed public weighmaster.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 3-709.17; 1962, c. 126; 1966, c. 702, &#xA7; 3.1-986; 2008, c. 860.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
