2013 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 13 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food
Chapter 618 - Weights and Measures
Section 618.096 - Prohibited acts involving commercial weights and measures.


OR Rev Stat § 618.096 (2013) What's This?

No person shall:

(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]

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