DIVISION 5. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES 12001-13800›CHAPTER 5. Weighing and Measuring Devices 12500-12519

§ 12516

California Business and Professions Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

It shall be unlawful for any person to locate or position any scale used in connection with the auctioning of livestock so that its indications are not readily and clearly readable to the buyer and seller, unless a state certificate of weights and measures, made at the time of weighing, attesting to the weight of the livestock, is issued upon request to the buyer and seller.

(Amended by Stats. 1955, Ch. 117.)

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