(A) Any police officer having reason to believe that the weight of a vehicle is unlawful is authorized to require the driver to submit to a weighing of the vehicle either by means of portable or stationary scales and may require that such vehicle be driven to the nearest scales in the event such scales are within five miles.
(B) When an officer, upon weighing a vehicle and load as above provided, determines that the weight of any axle exceeds the lawful weight or that the weight on any group of two consecutive axles spaced six feet or less apart exceed their lawful weight or that the weight is unlawful on any axle or group of consecutive axles on any road restricted under § 71.28, the 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 a permissible limit. All materials so unloaded shall be cared for by the owner or driver of such vehicle at the risk of the owner or driver.
(C) No vehicle driver shall fail or refuse to stop and to submit the vehicle to a weighing or to otherwise comply with the provisions of this section.
(`89 Code, § 122.020) Penalty, see § 10.99