(a) Any police officer having reason to believe that the weight of a vehicle and load is unlawful is authorized to require the driver to stop and submit to a weighing of the same either by means of portable scales or stationary scales and may require that such vehicle be driven to the nearest public scales provided such scales are within three miles of the point where such vehicle is stopped.
(b) Whenever such officer, upon weighing a vehicle and load as provided in division (a) of this section, determines that the weight is unlawful, such officer may require the driver to stop the vehicle in a suitable place and remain standing until such portion of the load is removed as may be necessary to reduce the gross weight of such vehicle to the limit permitted under this Traffic Code.
(ORC 4513.33)