Section 37-22-13 - Tagging of inaccurate scales--Removal of tag as misdemeanor--Repair, retesting, anduse of scales.
37-22-13. Tagging of inaccurate scales--Removal of tag as misdemeanor--Repair, retesting, and use of scales. If the person making an inspection pursuant to § 37-22-9 finds any scales in use in such place inaccurate, the inspector shall condemn, or reject for repair, the scales and attach thereto a card, notice, or other device, indicating that the scales are condemned or rejected. It is a Class 2 misdemeanor for any person to remove, deface, or destroy such card, notice, or other device placed upon condemned or rejected scales. Scales tagged as "condemned for repairs" shall be repaired or corrected within sixty days, and they may not be used for any purpose until they have been repaired, retested, found to be correct, and are placed in service by a registered service agency or agent or until the Division of Commercial Inspection and Licensing shall consent to the further use of such scales. The owner or operator of any weighing device tagged or marked "rejected for repair" may continue to use the device but shall have the device repaired or corrected within thirty days by a registered service agency or agent.
Source: SDC 1939, § 63.0304; SL 1977, ch 190, § 292; SL 2004, ch 17, § 272; SL 2006, ch 187, § 28.