Title 8

There is conferred upon the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries and local sealers of weights and measures the same powers in their respective jurisdictions as are possessed by sheriffs of this state for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter only. In th…

In all prosecutions for the violation of any laws relating to weights and measures, the possession of a weight, measure or weighing or measuring device which has been altered, changed or in any manner tampered with so that the same shall give a false or wrong weight or measure in…

For the purposes of this article, proof of the existence of weights, measures or weighing or measuring devices in or about any building, enclosure, stand or vehicle in or from which it is shown buying or selling is commonly carried on shall be presumptive proof of their regular u…

(a) The Board of Agriculture and Industries shall have the right and power to adopt and promulgate all reasonable and necessary rules and regulations for the better enforcement of the provisions of law relative to weights and measures and the sale of commodities, things, or servi…

It shall be the duty of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries to fix and promulgate official standards for containers of farm products and to change any of them from time to time as may be found necessary. (Ag. Code 1927, §260; Code 1940, T. 2, §617.)

The State Board of Agriculture and Industries is authorized to fix and promulgate as the official standards for this state, for any container for any agricultural product, the standard for such product which may have been promulgated or announced therefor under the authority of t…

(a) Any person violating any provision of this chapter or the rules and regulations issued hereunder shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, unless otherwise provided in this chapter, shall be fined not more than $500 and may also be sentenced to hard labor for not…

There is but one unit or standard measure of length and surface, one of weight, one of capacity for liquid substances, and one of capacity for dry substances throughout this state, which must be in conformity with the standard measure of length, surface, weight, and capacity esta…

The standards of weights and measures received from the United States under a resolution of Congress approved June 14, 1836, and such new weights and measures as shall be received from the United States as standard weights and measures in addition thereto or in renewal thereof, a…

All contracts made within this state for any work to be done or for anything to be sold or delivered must be construed to have been according to the standard of weight and measure ascertained by Congress, unless the parties stipulate to the contrary. (Ag. Code 1927, §229; Code 19…

(a) The state standards of weights and measures shall be kept by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries in a safe and suitable place in his or her office, from which the standards shall not be removed except for repairs. (b) With respect to the state standards of weights …

With respect to weights and measures, the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries shall have the following duties: (1) To try and prove by the state standards, at least once in five years, all weights, measures, and other apparatus which may belong to any county or city and sh…

(a) When not otherwise provided by law, the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries within the state, the county sealer within the county and the city sealer within the city shall have the power and it shall be their duty to inspect, test, try, and ascertain if they are correc…

Whenever the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries or a local sealer of weights and measures compares weights, measures or weighing or measuring devices and finds that they correspond, or causes them to correspond, with the standards in his possession, he shall seal or mark …

(a) The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries or a local sealer of weights and measures shall condemn, seize, and may destroy weights, measures, or weighing or measuring devices which are false, fraudulent, or cannot be made to conform to the legal standards. They shall cond…

(a) The county commission of each county and the mayor or other governing body of any city may appoint for their respective county or city one or more sealers of weights and measures; provided, however, that two or more counties may appoint jointly for their counties a sealer, su…

(a) Local sealers of weights and measures shall hold office for such terms and receive such salaries as the appointing power may prescribe. (b) The salary shall be paid out of the county or city treasury, as the case may be, and no fee shall be charged by the local sealer or by t…

(a) A local sealer of weights and measures shall keep a complete record of all of his official acts and shall make an annual report duly sworn to on October 1 to the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries on blanks to be furnished by the commissioner, which report shall be in…

(a) Any person engaged in the business of weighing for hire who shall weigh or measure any commodity, produce or article and issue therefor a weight certificate which shall be accepted as the accurate weight upon which the purchase or sale of such commodity, produce or article is…

(a) The term of appointment for weighmasters shall be for one year. (b) A fee established by the Board of Agriculture and Industries not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100), which shall accrue to the Agricultural Fund, shall be paid to the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industr…

The rights and duties of all weighmasters shall be prescribed by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries with the approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries. Such weighmasters shall not receive compensation from the state for the duties so performed. (Ag. Co…

(a) It shall be the duty of every weighmaster in this state to provide himself with a seal at his own expense which shall have inscribed on the outer margin thereof his name and the word “Alabama,” with the words “Public Weigher” inscribed in the center of such seal. (b) Such sea…

All public weighmasters shall keep and preserve correct and accurate records of all public weighings as provided by this article, which records shall be open at all times for inspection by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries or his assistants. (Ag. Code 1927, §269; Cod…

(a) The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries shall prescribe the form of weight certificate to be used by all public weighmasters in this state. (b) Such certificate shall state thereon the kind of commodity, produce or article, the number of units of the same, the date of …

All certificates of weights and measures, as provided by this article, shall contain the accurate and correct weight of any and all commodities weighed when issued by the public weighmaster. (Ag. Code 1927, §270; Code 1940, T. 2, §626.)

When doubt or differences arise as to the correctness of the net or gross weight of any amount or part of any commodity, produce or article for which a certificate of weights and measures has been issued by a public weighmaster, the owner, agent or consignee, upon complaint to th…

Any weighmaster who shall issue a certificate of weights and measures giving a false weight or measure of any article or commodity weighed or measured by him or his representative to any person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. In addition thereto, he shall forfeit his certificat…

(a) The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries is authorized to designate and appoint any competent employee or agent of the State Department of Agriculture and Industries or United States Department of Agriculture to weigh or supervise the weighing of any agricultural commod…

The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, with the approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, may fix, assess and collect, or cause to be collected, fees and charges for weighing services furnished by the Department of Agriculture and Industries through serv…

The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, with the approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, may adopt and promulgate reasonable rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this division, to the end that persons, firms, corporations, or association…

When a dealer or dealers in coal in cities or towns where public sales are kept may be requested by a person or persons buying as much as 500 pounds of coal at any one time to weigh such coal upon the public scales, such dealer or dealers shall do so. The person or persons buying…

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this article or when sold in the original standard container, all fruit, nuts, vegetables and grain shall be sold at retail by avoirdupois weight or numerical count. (b) The words “original standard container,” as used in this section, shall me…

(a) No person shall sell, offer for sale, expose for sale, have in possession with intent to sell, pack or deliver in this state cornmeal or grits in packages of sizes other than five pounds, 10 pounds, 25 pounds, 50 pounds, 100 pounds and 200 pounds; provided, that any person ma…

(a) No person shall sell, offer for sale, expose for sale, have in possession with intent to sell, pack or deliver in this state flour in packages of sizes other than five pounds, 10 pounds, 25 pounds, 50 pounds, 100 pounds and 200 pounds; provided, that any person may weigh and …

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to sell ice in any other manner than by weight. (b) All ice shall be correctly weighed by the seller at the time of delivery to the purchaser. All agents or employees of any person, firm or corporation engaged in the sa…

Any person engaged in the business of the sale of oil at retail shall use a standard liquid measure, which measure shall not be a larger capacity than the amount of the purchase by any purchaser; provided, however, that this section shall not prevent the use of a correct liquid-m…

Any person, firm or corporation who shall request a weighmaster to weigh any product, commodity or article falsely or incorrectly or who shall request a false or incorrect certificate of weight or measure and any person issuing a certificate of weights and measures who is not a w…

It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any weighing or measuring device in any other manner than that which would be a regular and intended method of operation by the manufacturer, as is evidenced by the make-up of the device itself as being the proper method of operation…

Any person who, by himself or his servant or agent, or as the servant or agent of another person, shall offer or expose for sale, sell, use in the buying or selling of any commodity or thing or for hire or reward or in the computation of any charge for services rendered on the ba…

Whenever any commodity, other than bale cotton, is sold on a basis of weight, it shall be unlawful to employ any other weight in such sale than the net weight of the commodity; and all contracts concerning goods sold on a basis of weight shall be understood and construed accordin…

(a) It shall be unlawful to keep for the purpose of sale, offer or expose for sale or sell any commodity in package form unless the net quantity of the contents is plainly and conspicuously marked on the outside of the package in terms of weight, measure or numerical count; provi…

(a) Whenever any commodities shall be sold or delivered and no special written contract or agreement shall be made to the contrary, if sold or authorized to be sold by the bushel or barrel, said bushel or barrel of such commodities shall be the weight per bushel or barrel as is g…

(a) Bottles or other containers used for the sale of milk or cream shall be of the capacity of one gallon, three quarts, one-half gallon, one quart, one-third quart, one pint, one-half pint, and one gill. (b) Each bottle or other container used for the sale of milk or cream shall…

(a) Any manufacturer or dealer who sells, or offers to sell, milk or cream bottles or containers to be used in the state that do not comply as to size and marking with the provisions of this article shall suffer a penalty of $500, to be recovered by the Attorney General in an act…

Local sealers of weights and measures are not required to seal bottles or containers for milk or cream marked as provided in this article; but they shall have the power to, and shall from time to time, make tests on individual bottles or containers in order to ascertain if the pr…

(a) It shall be unlawful to sell, or offer to sell, any coal, coke, or charcoal in any other manner than by weight. When sold by the ton, 2,000 pounds avoirdupois shall be the weight of the ton. (b) No coal, charcoal or coke shall be sold at retail which contained, at the time th…