South Carolina § 39-11-20 - "Public weighmaster" defined.
Full text of South Carolina South Carolina Code of Laws § 39-11-20 — "Public weighmaster" defined., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 39-11-20. "Public weighmaster" defined.
(A) "Public weighmaster" is:
(1) Any person licensed by the Commissioner of Agriculture to weigh, measure, or count any commodity and issue for it a statement or memorandum of the weight, measure, or count accepted as the accurate weight or measure or count.
(2) Any person engaged in the business of public weighing or measuring for hire or award.
(3) Any person engaged in the business of buying or selling grain or soybeans who uses a moisture meter or other measuring device to determine the moisture content of these commodities.
(4) Any person who weighs, measures, or counts any commodity and declares the weight or measurement to be the true and accurate weight or measurement upon which the purchase, sale, or exchange of the commodity is based and received compensation for the act.
(B) The following may not be construed to be public weighmasters:
(1) Retailers weighing or measuring commodities for sale by them at retail directly to consumers.
(2) A person weighing, measuring, or counting property, produce, commodities or articles on which property, produce, commodity or article the package net weight is declared in conformity with the South Carolina weights and measures law.
(3) Employees of the South Carolina Department of Agriculture authorized to perform their department's duties.
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 66-172; 1967 (55) 512; 1971 (57) 498; 1973 (58) 434; 1997 Act No. 30, SECTION 1, eff May 21, 1997.
Effect of Amendment
The 1997 amendment rewrote this section.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 39-11-20 (""Public weighmaster" defined.") is part of the South Carolina Code of Laws, the codified statutory law of South Carolina. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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