Title 71 — WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
4 chapters · 41 sections in this title.
Idaho Code § 71-108 Definitions
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71-108. Definitions. When used in this act: (1) The word "person" shall be construed to mean both the plural and singular, as the case demands, and shall include individuals, partnerships, corporations, companies, societies, and associations. (2) The words "weight(s) and (or) mea…
Idaho Code § 71-109 Bureau of weights and measures
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71-109. Bureau of weights and measures. Within the department of agriculture there shall be a bureau of weights and measures. The director of the department of agriculture shall be the director of weights and measures. He shall appoint an inspection staff of weights and measures …
Idaho Code § 71-110 Duties of director
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71-110. Duties of director. The director shall have the custody of the state standards of weight and measure and of the other standards and equipment provided for by this act, and shall together with the supervisory personnel and the inspectors enforce the provisions of this act …
Idaho Code § 71-111 Regulations for enforcement
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71-111. Regulations for enforcement. The director shall issue regulations for the enforcement of this act, which regulations shall have the force and effect of law. The specifications, tolerances, and other technical requirements for commercial weighing and measuring devices, tog…
Idaho Code § 71-112 Testing weights and measures used in public institutions
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71-112. Testing weights and measures used in public institutions. The director shall from time to time, test all weights and measures used in checking the receipt or disbursement of supplies in every institution for the maintenance of which moneys are appropriated by the legislat…
Idaho Code § 71-113 Inspection and testing of commercially-used weights and measures
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71-113. Inspection and testing of commercially-used weights and measures. The director shall have the power to inspect and test, to ascertain if they are correct, all weights and measures commercially used, kept, offered, or exposed for sale, and to determine the weight, measurem…
Idaho Code § 71-114 Investigation of complaints of and possible violations of act
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71-114. Investigation of complaints of and possible violations of act. The director shall investigate complaints made to him concerning violations of the provisions of this act, and shall, upon his own initiative, conduct such investigations as he deems appropriate and advisable …
Idaho Code § 71-115 Verification of weight or measure of contents of packages — Sampling procedure — Tagging non-complying packages — Sale of tagged packages prohibited
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71-115. Verification of weight or measure of contents of packages — Sampling procedure — Tagging non-complying packages — Sale of tagged packages prohibited. The director shall, from time to time, weigh or measure and inspect packages or amounts of commodities kept, offered, or e…
Idaho Code § 71-116 Enforcement orders
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71-116. Enforcement orders. The director shall have the power to issue stop-use orders, stop-removal orders, and removal orders with respect to weights and measures being, or susceptible of being, commercially used, and to issue stop-removal orders and removal orders with respect…
Idaho Code § 71-117 Sealing or marking correct weights and measures
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71-117. Sealing or marking correct weights and measures. The director shall approve for use, and seal or mark with appropriate devices, such weights and measures as he finds upon inspection and test to be "correct" as defined in section 71-108, paragraph 12, and shall reject and …
Idaho Code § 71-118 Seizure of weights, measures or packages for evidence
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71-118. Seizure of weights, measures or packages for evidence. With respect to the enforcement of this act and any other acts dealing with weights and measures that he is or may be empowered to enforce, the director is hereby authorized to seize for use as evidence, without forma…
Idaho Code § 71-119 Rejected weights and measures — Correction or disposal
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71-119. Rejected weights and measures — Correction or disposal. Weights and measures that have been rejected under the authority of the director or of an inspector shall remain subject to the control of the rejecting authority until such time as suitable repair or disposition the…
Idaho Code § 71-120 Service for federal government — Testing and weighing or measuring apparatus
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71-120. Service for federal government — Testing and weighing or measuring apparatus. (1) The director on behalf of the bureau of weights and measures may with the approval of the governor contract to perform services similar to those provided for by this act for any agency or su…
Idaho Code § 71-121 Rules — Fees — Weights and measures inspection fund
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71-121. Rules — Fees — Weights and measures inspection fund. The director shall have the authority to promulgate rules to establish fees for the licensing of weighing and measuring devices to compensate the state for the expense of administering weights and measures laws. The dir…
Idaho Code § 71-229 United States and metric systems jointly recognized
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71-229. United States and metric systems jointly recognized. The system of weights and measures in customary use in the United States and the metric system of weights and measures are jointly recognized, and either one (1) or both of these systems shall be used for all commercial…
Idaho Code § 71-230 "Barrel," "ton" and "cord" defined
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71-230. "Barrel," "ton" and "cord" defined. The term "barrel" when used in connection with fermented liquor shall mean a unit of thirty-one (31) gallons. The term "ton" shall mean a unit of two thousand (2,000) pounds avoirdupois weight. The term "cord" when used in connection wi…
Idaho Code § 71-231 Certification of state standards — Field standards
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71-231. Certification of state standards — Field standards. The weights and measures of the state used as state standards shall, when they have been certified as being satisfactory for use by the national bureau of standards or its successor organization, the national institute o…
Idaho Code § 71-232 Sale of commodities by weight or measure — Exceptions
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71-232. Sale of commodities by weight or measure — Exceptions. Commodities in liquid form shall be sold only by liquid measure or by weight, and, except as otherwise provided in this act, commodities not in liquid form shall be sold only by weight, by measure of length or area, o…
Idaho Code § 71-233 Packaged commodities — Label required — Contents
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71-233. Packaged commodities — Label required — Contents. Any packaged commodity, introduced or received into intrastate commerce or kept, offered or exposed for sale shall bear on the outside of the package declarations of: (1) the identity of the commodity in the package, (2) t…
Idaho Code § 71-234 Misrepresentation of price prohibited — Fractions of cents
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71-234. Misrepresentation of price prohibited — Fractions of cents. Whenever any commodity or service is sold, or is offered, exposed, or advertised for sale, by weight, measure, or count, the price shall not be misrepresented, nor shall the price be represented in any manner cal…
Idaho Code § 71-235 Sale of meat, poultry and seafood by weight required — Exceptions
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71-235. Sale of meat, poultry and seafood by weight required — Exceptions. Except for immediate consumption on the premises where sold, or as one (1) of several elements comprising a ready-to-eat meal sold as a unit for consumption elsewhere than on the premises where sold, all m…
Idaho Code § 71-236 Sizes of loaves of bread permitted
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71-236. Sizes of loaves of bread permitted. Each loaf of bread kept, offered, or exposed for sale, or sold, whether or not the bread is packaged or sliced, shall be sold by weight unless specifically exempted by rules promulgated by the director.
Idaho Code § 71-237 Butter, oleomargarine, margarine, butter-like and margarine-like spreads
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71-237. Butter, oleomargarine, margarine, butter-like and margarine-like spreads. Butter, oleomargarine, margarine, butter-like and margarine-like spreads shall be offered and exposed for sale and sold by weight. Butter-like and margarine-like spreads are those products that meet…
Idaho Code § 71-238 Fluid dairy and milk products
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71-238. Fluid dairy and milk products. All fluid dairy and milk products including, but not limited to, whole milk, skimmed milk, cultured milk, sweet cream, sour cream, and buttermilk, shall be sold in units of fluid volume.
Idaho Code § 71-239 Flour, hominy grits and corn meal
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71-239. Flour, hominy grits and corn meal. When in package form and when packed, kept, offered, or exposed for sale or sold, wheat flour, whole wheat flour, graham flour, self-rising wheat flour, phosphated wheat flour, bromated flour, enriched flour and enriched self-rising flou…
Idaho Code § 71-240 Delivery in bulk — Duplicate delivery ticket showing weight
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71-240. Delivery in bulk — Duplicate delivery ticket showing weight. When a vehicle delivers to an individual purchaser a commodity in bulk, and the commodity is sold in terms of weight units, the delivery shall be accompanied by a duplicate delivery ticket with the following inf…
Idaho Code § 71-241 Petroleum products — How sold — Measurement
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71-241. Petroleum products — How sold — Measurement. (1) All petroleum products shall be sold by liquid measure or by net weight in accordance with the provisions of section 71-232, Idaho Code, and in accordance with regulations to be made by the director. (2) Sellers of motor fu…
Idaho Code § 71-242 Berries and small fruit — How sold
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71-242. Berries and small fruit — How sold. Berries and small fruits shall be offered and exposed for sale and sold by weight, or by measure in open containers having capacities of one-half (1/2) dry pint, one (1) dry pint, or one (1) dry quart.
Idaho Code § 71-243 Fractional parts of units of weight or measure
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71-243. Fractional parts of units of weight or measure. Fractional parts of any unit of weight or measure shall mean like fractional parts of the value of such unit as prescribed or defined in sections 71-229 and 71-230, and all contracts concerning the sale of commodities and se…
Idaho Code § 71-303 Interfering with officers — Penalty
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71-303. Interfering with officers — Penalty. Any person who shall hinder or obstruct in any way the director, administrator or bureau chief, or any of the inspectors, in the performance of his official duties shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be …
Idaho Code § 71-304 Impersonation of officers — Penalty
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71-304. Impersonation of officers — Penalty. Any person who shall impersonate in any way the director, the administrator or bureau chief, or any one (1) of the inspectors, by the use of his seal or a counterfeit of his seal, or in any other manner, shall be guilty of a misdemeano…
Idaho Code § 71-305 Acts constituting misdemeanors — Penalties
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71-305. Acts constituting misdemeanors — Penalties. Any person who, by himself, or by his servant or agent, or as the servant or agent of another person, performs any one (1) of the acts enumerated in subparagraphs (1) through (9) of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor …
Idaho Code § 71-306 Injunctions — Impounding of commodities
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71-306. Injunctions — Impounding of commodities. The director is authorized to apply to any district court for, and such court upon hearing and for cause shown may grant, a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating any provisions of this act, and may…
Idaho Code § 71-307 Presumptive proof of use of weight or measure
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71-307. Presumptive proof of use of weight or measure. For the purposes of this act, proof of the existence of a weight or measure or a weighing or measuring device in or about any building, inclosure, stand or vehicle in which or from which it is shown that buying or selling is …
Idaho Code § 71-308 Review of orders — Appeal
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71-308. Review of orders — Appeal. (1) Any person aggrieved by any "stop-use order," "stop-removal order," "removal order," "rejection," "condemnation," "off sale order" or other action or investigation made or done pursuant to this act may within thirty (30) days after an order …
Idaho Code § 71-401 Short title — Definitions
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71-401. Short title — Definitions. (1) This chapter may be cited as the "Weighmaster Standards Act." (2) Definitions — When used in this chapter: (a) "Director" means the director of the Idaho department of agriculture. (b) "Department" means the department of agriculture of the …
Idaho Code § 71-402 weighmasters
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71-402. weighmasters. Any person acting as a weighmaster shall comply with the provisions of this act.
Idaho Code § 71-407 Giving false weight tickets
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71-407. Giving false weight tickets. Any person who shall mark, alter, stamp, or write any false weight ticket, scale ticket, or weight certificate, knowing it to be false, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not to exceed three hundred d…
Idaho Code § 71-408 Enforcement of act — Rules and regulations
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71-408. Enforcement of act — Rules and regulations. The director of the department of agriculture may adopt and publish rules and regulations necessary for the administration of this act.
Idaho Code § 71-409 Disposition of fees
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71-409. Disposition of fees. All fees collected by the director of the department of agriculture under the provisions of this act shall be deposited in the weights and measures dedicated fund of the state treasury.
Idaho Code § 71-411 Standard weight and tare ticket
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71-411. Standard weight and tare ticket. (1) All commodities weighed on public platform scales, having a capacity of five (5) tons or more, shall be recorded on standard weight and tare ticket prepared in triplicate, stating: (a) Name and address of licensed weighing agency; (b) …