Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 9 Sec. 2764

  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Licensed public weighmaster: means a natural person licensed under this chapter. See
  • Person: means both the plural and singular, as the case demands and includes individuals, partnerships, corporations, companies, societies, and associations. See
  • weight: as used in this chapter in connection with any commodity shall mean net weight. See

§ 2764. Incorrect weight certificates

Any person who requests a licensed public weighmaster to weigh any property, produce, commodity, or article falsely or incorrectly, or who requests a false or incorrect weight certificate, or any person who issues a weight certificate simulating the weight certificate prescribed in this chapter and who is not a licensed public weighmaster, shall be fined not less than $25.00 or more than $100.00; and upon a second or subsequent conviction that person shall be fined not less than $100.00 or more than $500.00, or be imprisoned not less than 30 days or more than 90 days, or both. (Added 1967, No. 102, § 51, eff. April 14, 1967.)