Tennessee § 47-26-1011 - Employment of public weighmasters required.
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§ 47-26-1011. Employment of public weighmasters required.
Every stockyard, slaughterhouse, tobacco warehouse or loose floor, dairy products plant, cotton gin or compress, and agricultural grain or seed buying/receiving station which buys or sells commodities on a bulk basis shall have in its employ one or more public weighmasters. All livestock, tobacco, milk, cream, cotton, and agricultural grains or seeds which are purchased, processed, or sold on a bulk weight basis at the above mentioned establishments shall be weighed only by a public weighmaster. Any individual acting on behalf of such individual or an establishment that charges a fee, commission, or any type of payment to perform public weighing, shall also be licensed under this part. Acts 1997, ch. 311, § 2.
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 47-26-1011 ("Employment of public weighmasters required.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. 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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