§ 39-9-10 Short title
§ 39-9-20 Definitions
§ 39-9-30 Certain weighing devices are subject to standards and inspection
§ 39-9-40 Systems of weights and measures which are recognized; definitions and tables published by National Institute of Standards and Technology govern
§ 39-9-50 State’s primary standards; verification of secondary standards
§ 39-9-60 Specifications, tolerances, and other technical requirements for commercial weighing and measuring devices
§ 39-9-62 Requirements for packaging and labeling of commodities
§ 39-9-64 Requirements for method of sale of commodities
§ 39-9-65 Registration of servicepersons and service agencies for commercial weighing and measuring devices
§ 39-9-66 Requirements for type evaluation
§ 39-9-68 Department of Agriculture Consumer Services Division; fee for calibrations performed for private sector entities
§ 39-9-70 Duties of Commissioner of Agriculture
§ 39-9-80 Inspection and testing of moisture meters
§ 39-9-90 Powers of Commissioner of Agriculture
§ 39-9-100 Powers and duties of county and municipal weights and measures officials
§ 39-9-110 Selling less or taking more than quantity represented prohibited
§ 39-9-120 Misrepresentation of price prohibited; display of price
§ 39-9-130 Standard cord-equivalent weights for pulpwood
§ 39-9-140 Measures by which commodities are sold
§ 39-9-150 Delivery ticket must accompany certain bulk sales and bulk deliveries; information to be contained on ticket
§ 39-9-160 Information on packages
§ 39-9-170 Situation in which package must show price per single unit of weight
§ 39-9-180 Declaration of quantity required in advertisement stating retail price
§ 39-9-190 Sale of leaf tobacco; weights and measures in auction warehouse
§ 39-9-200 Unlawful acts
§ 39-9-203 Civil penalties; civil action to recovery penalty
§ 39-9-206 Administrative hearing before assessment of a civil penalty; amount of penalty
§ 39-9-208 Unlawful acts; criminal penalties
§ 39-9-210 Restraining orders, temporary or permanent injunctions
§ 39-9-220 Presumption as to use of weight, measure, or weighing or measuring device
§ 39-9-230 Implementation of metric system; duties of Commissioner of Agriculture; advisory committee
§ 39-9-240 Metric Education Committee
lawyer at desk

Ask a business law question, get an answer ASAP!
Thousands of highly rated, verified business lawyers.
Click here to chat with a lawyer about your rights.

Terms Used In South Carolina Code > Title 39 > Chapter 9 - Weights and Measures

  • agricultural products: shall include horticultural, viticultural, forestry, dairy, livestock, poultry, bee and any other farm products;

    (2) The term "member" shall include actual members of associations without capital stock and holders of common stock in associations organized with capital stock; and

    (3) The term "association" means any corporation organized under this chapter. See South Carolina Code 33-47-20
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • association: means any corporation organized under this chapter. See South Carolina Code 33-47-20
  • Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Agriculture of South Carolina. See South Carolina Code 39-9-20
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Net weight: means the weight of a commodity excluding materials, substances, or items not considered to be part of the commodity. See South Carolina Code 39-9-20
  • Person: means both plural and singular, as applicable, and includes individuals, partnerships, corporations, companies, societies, and associations. See South Carolina Code 39-9-20
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • Primary standards: means the physical standards of South Carolina which serve as the legal reference from which all other standards and weights and measures are derived. See South Carolina Code 39-9-20
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Secondary standards: means the physical standards traceable to the primary standards through comparisons using acceptable laboratory procedures and used in the enforcement of weights and measures law and regulations. See South Carolina Code 39-9-20
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.