South Carolina Statutes
§ 39-11-140 — Certain acts declared misdemeanors.
South Carolina § 39-11-140
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Bluebook
S.C. Code Ann. § 39-11-140 (2026).
Text
Any person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor who does any one of the following acts:
(a)Requests a public weighmaster, or any person employed by him, to weigh, or measure any commodity falsely or incorrectly.
(b)Requests a false or incorrect certificate of weights and measures.
(c)Acts as a public weighmaster or deputy public weighmaster without first being licensed.
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Legislative History
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 66-183; 1967 (55) 512; 1997 Act No. 30, SECTION 3, eff May 21, 1997. Effect of Amendment The 1997 amendment, in item (b), deleted "State" preceding "certificate", and rewrote item (c).
Nearby Sections
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§ 39-11-10
Administration of chapter.§ 39-11-100
Public weighmaster stamp.§ 39-11-140
Certain acts declared misdemeanors.§ 39-11-150
Reweighing commodity of disputed weight or measure for certificate previously issued by weighmaster.§ 39-11-160
Net weight and actual weight.§ 39-11-170
Penalties.§ 39-11-180
Weighing leaf tobacco.§ 39-11-20
"Public weighmaster" defined.§ 39-11-200
Rules and regulations.§ 39-11-210
Disposition of moneys collected.§ 39-11-30
Registration of weighmasters.Cite This Page — Counsel Stack
Bluebook (online)
South Carolina § 39-11-140, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/sc/11/39-11-140.