Oregon Statutes 618.096 – Prohibited acts involving commercial weights and measures
No person shall:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 618.096
- Commodity: means any merchandise, product or substance produced or distributed for sale to, or use by, others. See Oregon Statutes 618.010
- Department: means the State Department of Agriculture. See Oregon Statutes 618.010
- Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
- Security seal: means a lead-and-wire seal, or similar nonreusable closure, attached to a weighing or measuring instrument or device for protection against undetectable access, removal, adjustment or unauthorized use. See Oregon Statutes 618.010
- sell: include barter and exchange. See Oregon Statutes 618.010
- Violate: includes failure to comply. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
(1) Use, or have in the possession of the person for the purpose of using for any commercial purpose specified in ORS § 618.056, sell, offer or expose for sale or hire, or have in the possession of the person for the purpose of selling or hiring, an incorrect weight or measure or any device or instrument used or intended for use to falsify any weight or measure.
(2) Use, or have in the possession of the person for the purpose of current use for any commercial purpose specified in ORS § 618.056, a weight or measure that does not bear a seal or mark such as is specified in ORS § 618.076 unless such weight or measure has been exempted from testing by ORS § 618.056 or by a rule of the State Department of Agriculture or unless the device has been placed in service as provided by rule of the department.
(3) Dispose of any rejected or condemned weight or measure in a manner contrary to ORS § 618.010 to 618.246 or rules promulgated pursuant thereto.
(4) Remove, alter or deface any security seal, tag, seal or mark placed on any weight or measure by the department.
(5) Sell, offer or expose for sale, less than the quantity the person represents of any commodity, thing or service.
(6) Take more than the quantity the person represents of any commodity, thing or service when, as buyer, the person furnishes the weight or measure by means of which the amount of the commodity, thing or service is determined.
(7) Keep for the purpose of sale, advertise, sell, offer or expose for sale, any commodity, thing or service in a condition or manner contrary to ORS § 618.010 to 618.246 or rules promulgated pursuant thereto.
(8) Use in retail trade, except in the preparation of packages put up in advance of sale and of medical prescriptions, a weight or measure that is not so positioned that its indications may be accurately read and the weighing or measuring operation observed from a reasonable customer position.
(9) Violate any other provision of ORS § 618.010 to 618.246 or rules promulgated pursuant thereto. [1973 c.293 § 50; 2005 c.22 § 423]
[Repealed by 1973 c.293 § 55]