(A) When a weighing or measuring device is security sealed by a County Inspector, the security seal shall not be cut, severed or removed without permission of the County Inspector. Any weighing or measuring device designed to be security sealed shall be sealed by a County Inspector.
(B) Repairpersons, whose equipment is certified by the State of Indiana under § 91.05, may remove a security seal for the purpose of making repairs without prior approval of the County Inspector. Repairpersons who cut, sever or remove a security seal shall immediately notify the County Inspector within 24 hours.
(C)
No security seal shall be valid in the county except a seal approved by the State Inspector of Indiana.
(D) No weighing or measuring device shall be used in the business of selling, buying, bartering or exchanging of goods or commodities if:
(1) The security seal has been cut, severed or removed; or
(2) The event counter, event logger, or other analogous component that generates an electronic audit trail for the instrument has been recalibrated until it is resealed by the County Inspector or permission is given by the County Inspector if immediate resealing is impracticable.
(E) After an instrument is certified with a security seal and an annual approval seal, such instrument shall not be recalibrated without establishing that the instrument’s calibration is outside the range of acceptance tolerance for that instrument as provided in the appropriate section of “Handbook 44" published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, U.S. Department of Commerce. A person who violates this section shall be fined $100.
(Ord. 2009-04, passed 8-3-2009; Am. Ord. 2018-04, passed 5-21-2018)