Business and Professions Code sections 12210 et seq. provide that the sealer of each county shall inspect and test all weighing and measuring instruments used for commercial purposes within its jurisdiction. Business and Professions Code section 12501.1 requires any weighing or measuring instrument to be tested and sealed before being used for commercial purposes. Business and Professions Code sections 12240 et seq. provide that a sealer may recover the cost of inspecting or testing these weighing and measuring instruments by charging an annual registration fee for each business location at which an instrument used for commercial purposes is located and for each instrument used for commercial purposes at the business location. This chapter establishes a system whereby the County Sealer of Weights and Measures annually registers a business location that uses weighing or measuring instruments for commercial purposes and all instruments used for commercial purposes at the business location. This chapter also provides a system for the Sealer to recover its costs to inspect and test the instruments and makes it unlawful to fail to register an instrument used for commercial purposes.
(Amended by Ord. No. 8036 (N.S.), effective 4-2-92; amended by Ord. No. 9514 (N.S.), effective 12-13-02; amended by Ord. No. 9889 (N.S.), effective 10-26-07; amended by Ord. No. 10156 (N.S.), effective 7-29-11; amended by Ord. No. 10199 (N.S.), effective 4-13-12; amended by Ord. No. 10482 (N.S.), effective 7-1-17; amended by Ord. No. 10605 (N.S.), effective 5-31-19)
State law reference(s)--Instrument inspection and testing, Business and Professions Code, § 12210; authority for article, Business and Professions Code, §§ 12210 et seq., 12240.