Virginia Statutes
§ 3.2-5818 — Requesting false weighing or false weight certificate; issuance of weight certificate by unlicensed person
Virginia § 3.2-5818
JurisdictionVirginia
Title 3.2AGRICULTURE, ANIMAL CARE, AND FOOD
Subtitle IVFOOD AND DRINK; WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Ch. 58PUBLIC WEIGHMASTERS
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Bluebook
Va. Code Ann. § 3.2-5818 (2026).
Text
Any person who requests a licensed public weighmaster to weigh any property, produce, commodity, or article falsely or incorrectly, or who requests a false or incorrect weight certificate, or any person who issues a weight certificate simulating the weight certificate prescribed in this chapter and who is not a licensed public weighmaster, is guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor; and upon a second or subsequent conviction such person is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.
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Legislative History
Code 1950, § 3-709.19; 1962, c. 126; 1966, c. 702, § 3.1-988; 2008, c. 860.
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Virginia § 3.2-5818, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/va/3.2/3.2-5818.