Indiana § 24-6-3-5 - Powers and duties of county and city inspectors
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§ 24-6-3-5. Powers and duties of county and city inspectors
Sec. 5. The county or city inspector of weights and measures when appointed shall be a deputy inspector under the direction of the division of weights and measures. The inspector shall take charge of and safely keep the county or city standards. When not otherwise provided by law, the county or city inspector of weights and measures shall have the power within the county or city to inspect, test, try and ascertain if they are correct, all weights, scales, beams, measures of every kind, instruments or mechanical devices for measurement and the tools, appliances or accessories, connected with any or all such instruments or measurements used or employed within the county or city by any proprietor, agent, lessee or employee in determining the size, quantity, extent or measurement of quantities, things, produce, articles for distribution or consumption offered or submitted by such person or persons for sale, for hire or award. The inspector shall at least once in each year and as much oftener as he may deem necessary see that the weights, measures and all apparatus used in the county or city are correct. The county or city inspector of weights and measures shall keep a complete record of the work done by the inspector and shall make a monthly and annual report to the division and the board of county commissioners or to the mayor. The annual report shall be duly sworn and submitted to the division of weights and measures, not later than the fifteenth of October. Upon appointment, the county or city inspector of weights and measures shall, in the manner prescribed by IC 5-4-1, give a bond for the faithful performance of the duties of the office. The county inspector of weights and measures shall have jurisdiction over the whole county except as to incorporated cities which have provided for a city inspector of weights and measures under the provisions of this chapter.
Formerly: Acts 1925, c.86, s.5. As amended by Acts 1981, P.L.47, SEC.19; P.L.2-1992, SEC.753.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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