Title 51, Title 51: STANDARDS, WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND CONTAINERS

51:7-7. Enforcement of chapter All weights and measures officers in this State, in addition to their various duties now provided for by law, are hereby charged with the duty of enforcing and executing the provisions of this chapter, and the superintendent of the department shall …

51:7-8. Penalty for violations Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter shall upon being found guilty of such offense pay a fine of not less than $250.00 nor more than $1,000.00 or if unable to pay such fine shall be committed to a county jail for a period no…

51:7-9. Procedure for recovery of penalties; jurisdiction 51:7-9. Any penalty incurred under the provisions of this chapter shall be sued for in the name of the State of New Jersey by any weights and measures officer. Jurisdiction of all cases arising out of violations of the pro…

51:8-1. Definitions For the purpose of this chapter the following words shall be deemed to have the meaning herein given them: a. "Department" shall mean the Division of Weights and Measures in the Department of Law and Public Safety. b. "Solid fuel" shall mean any anthracite, se…

51:8-10. Substituting name of another person in weight certificate Where any person shall be unable to deliver solid fuel to the purchaser originally designated in the weight certificate, he may, by direction of any weighmaster, designated to weigh solid fuel, substitute the name…

51:8-11. Weighing fuel in process of delivery Any weights and measures officer who finds any quantity of solid fuel ready for or in process of delivery may direct the person in charge of the solid fuel to convey the same to the nearest available accurate scales designated by said…

51:8-12. Who may issue weight certificates; certificate of designation as weighmaster; application; period; revocation; substitution of weighmaster It shall be unlawful for any person to make or issue a weight certificate for solid fuel unless certified as a weighmaster by the su…

51:8-13. Disposition of license fees; payments to counties and municipalities of moneys collected All license fees required to be collected by the superintendent of the division under the provisions of this chapter shall be turned over to the treasurer of the State of New Jersey …

51:8-14. Violations; penalties It shall be unlawful: a. For any weighmaster to issue a false or incorrect weight certificate or for any person to solicit him so to do. b. For any weighmaster to permit any weight certificate to be issued or used which purports to bear his signatur…

51:8-15. Procedure for recovery of penalties An action to recover any penalty incurred under the provisions of this chapter may be brought in the name of the State of New Jersey by any duly appointed weights and measures officer. The summons or warrant issued may be directed to a…

51:8-16. Arrest without warrant 51:8-16. For violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, done within the view of any weights and measures officer, such weights and measures officer is authorized, without warrant, to arrest the offender or offenders and to conduct him or t…

51:8-19. Disposition of penalties All fines and penalties collected from persons offending against the provisions of this chapter shall be paid by the magistrate or court clerk receiving the same, when recovered by a State weights and measures officer, to the State Treasurer; whe…

51:8-2. Sale, etc., not in accordance with chapter unlawful It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, deliver, or sell and deliver, or weigh or issue weight certificates for, solid fuel in this state except in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

51:8-3. Enforcement; jurisdiction over inspectors All weights and measures officers in this state, in addition to their various duties now provided for by law, are hereby charged with the duty of enforcing and executing the provisions of this chapter. Inspectors shall report to a…

51:8-4. General supervision by superintendent; rules and regulations The superintendent of the department shall have general supervision of the administration of this chapter and shall make such rules and regulations as he may deem necessary for its enforcement.

51:8-5. License to sell or deliver solid fuel; certificates of license; license plates; issuance; terms; fees; display; emergency plates; expiration; revocation or refusal to issue; names on vehicles It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the business of selling, delive…

51:8-6. Sale by weight only; pounds to the ton; weighmaster to weigh All solid fuel shall be sold by weight. It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or deliver or start out for delivery less than two thousand pounds by weight to the ton of solid fuel or a proper proportion th…

51:8-7. Weighing fuel of unequipped dealer on scales of equipped dealer Unequipped dealers engaged in the sale, or sale and delivery of solid fuel in this state purchased from and weighed over the scales of an equipped dealer or wholesale pocket dealer in this state shall be furn…

51:8-8. Weighing fuel of unequipped dealer on approved scales; procedure Unequipped dealers engaged in the sale and delivery of solid fuel in this state, except as provided in section 51:8-7 of this title, shall have such solid fuel weighed on scales tested and approved by the pr…

51:8-9. Weight certificates; necessity of; contents; delivery tickets; exceptions It shall be unlawful for any person to deliver or cause to be delivered or to be started out for delivery any solid fuel without each lot in each separate compartment of any vehicle being accompanie…

51:9-1. Definitions As used in this chapter: a. The words "liquid fuels" shall be deemed to mean and to include fuel in liquid form, which can or may be used for heating purposes; Provided, however, that oils shall not be included if they possess a flash point of one hundred five…

51:9-10. Rules and regulations The State Superintendent of Weights and Measures shall make such rules and regulations governing the type of all measuring devices and equipment used in the delivery of liquid fuel, and the manner of approval, testing, or calibrating of the same and…

51:9-11. Penalties; amount; disposition; municipal attorney to assist in prosecution Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, pay a penalty of not less than $50.00 nor more than $100.00, for the first offense, or for failure to fo…

51:9-12. Summons or warrant to issue 51:9-12. A complaint having been made to the Superior Court or a municipal court by any weights and measures official, that any person has violated any of the provisions of this chapter, a summons or a warrant may issue directed to any weights…

51:9-16. Request to Attorney-General to attend The county prosecutor of any county, charged with the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter, may request the Attorney-General to attend personally, or by such assistant or assistants, as he shall designate to aid in any appea…

51:9-17. Entitling proceedings All proceedings for the violation of the provisions of this chapter shall run in the name of the State of New Jersey with the weights and measures official who institutes the proceeding as prosecutor. Amended by L.1953, c. 48, p. 849, s. 30.

51:9-18. Arrest without warrant 51:9-18. Any police officer, or weights and measures official is hereby authorized to arrest, without warrant, any person violating, in the presence of such police officer, or weights and measures official any of the provisions of this chapter, and…

51:9-2. Only approved measuring devices to be used; certificate of approval It shall be illegal to use or to employ any measuring device for use in the purchase or sale of any liquid fuel without the same first being approved as to type and construction by the state superintenden…

51:9-20. Summons or warrant valid throughout State; arrest in county other than where violation occurred; procedure 51:9-20. A summons or warrant issued by any court having jurisdiction in accordance with the provisions of this chapter shall be valid throughout the State, and any…

51:9-3. Sale by volume; unit of volume All liquid fuel shall be sold by volume. The unit of volume shall be the standard United States gallon.

51:9-4. Calculating volume by weight; tables for conversion of weight to volume and temperature corrections If the volume be calculated by weight, the net weight shall be determined by means of a scale of approved type and capacity, tested and sealed by any weights and measures o…

51:9-5. Measuring quantities between 50 and 10,000 gallons; exceptions Each sale or delivery of liquid fuel exceeding 50 gallons but not exceeding 10,000 gallons shall be measured by means of a positive displacement liquid flow meter which has been tested and sealed as to its adj…

51:9-6. Measuring quantities over 10,000 gallons Deliveries of quantities in excess of 10,000 gallons may be measured through a meter or from compartments which have been calibrated and whose indicators have been sealed by any weights and measures official. L.1937, c. 183, s. 6, …

51:9-7. Delivery tickets; duplicates; contents A delivery ticket and duplicate thereof shall be issued upon the completion of delivery of each sale or delivery of liquid fuel exceeding 10 gallons. If the sale or delivery exceeds 50 gallons and is of a type of liquid fuel which is…

51:9-8. Adjustment, repair or alteration of measuring device; removing meter from tank It shall be unlawful after the approval, testing and sealing of any measuring device and equipment used in delivering liquid fuel, to adjust, repair or alter the same or to cause said measuring…

51:9-9. Delivery measured by approved device; misrepresenting quantity No person shall deliver any liquid fuel without the same having been measured by a measuring device approved, tested and sealed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, nor shall any person sell or d…

51:9-9.1. Residential oil fill pipe, regulations, violations, fees a. The owner of any residential dwelling served by a home heating oil tank shall provide that the cap of any exterior heating oil fill pipe be colored green or that the tank fill pipe be equipped with a fill tight…

51:10-1. Terms defined 1. For the purpose of this act the following words shall be deemed to have the meaning herein given them: (a) "Liquefied petroleum gas" shall mean and include any material or substance which is composed predominantly of any of the following hydrocarbons or …

51:10-10. Types and designs of scales and meters All scales and meters used for the weighing or measuring of liquefied petroleum gas shall be of types and designs approved by the superintendent of the division of weights and measures of the Department of Law and Public Safety. L.…

51:10-11. Rules, regulations, specifications and tolerances The superintendent of the division of weights and measures of the Department of Law and Public Safety is authorized after a public hearing duly called and held to establish and promulgate such rules, regulations, specifi…

51:10-12. Exemptions from provisions of act The provisions of this act shall not apply to interstate tank car and transport truck deliveries to bulk storage, nor to public utility systems using pipes or other fixtures in the public highways or streets for the transmission of liqu…

51:10-13. Violations; penalties Any person who shall, by himself or by his agent, or as the agent of another, violate any of the provisions of this act, shall upon conviction pay a penalty of not less than twenty-five ($25.00) nor more than fifty dollars ($50.00) for the first of…

51:10-14. Recovery of penalty, jurisdiction 14. Any penalty shall be recovered as specified in sections 51:1-103 and 51:1-105 to 51:1-107 of the Revised Statutes. An action for the recovery of a penalty for violation of any of the provisions of this act shall be within the jurisd…

51:10-15. Supervision of administration and enforcement of act The superintendent of the division of weights and measures of the Department of Law and Public Safety shall have general supervision of the administration and enforcement of this act. The superintendent, deputy superi…

51:10-16. Disposition of penalties Penalties, when imposed or recovered in any action brought by the superintendent, deputy superintendent or assistant superintendents of the division of weights and measures of the Department of Law and Public Safety shall be payable to the State…

51:10-17. Effective date This act shall take effect July first, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-two. L.1952, c. 143, p. 500, s. 17.