Tennessee § 47-26-1016 - Scale used — Capacity, platform size, one-draft weighing.
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§ 47-26-1016. Scale used — Capacity, platform size, one-draft weighing.
A public weighmaster shall not weigh a vehicle, or combination of vehicles, when part of the vehicle or connected combination, is not resting fully, completely, and as one (1) entire unit on the scale. When weighing a combination of vehicles that will not rest fully, completely, and as one (1) complete unit on the scale platform: The combination shall be disconnected and weighed in single drafts; and The weights of the single drafts may be combined in order to issue a single certificate for the combination; provided, that the certificate indicates that the total represents a combination of single draft weighings. Acts 1997, ch. 311, § 2.
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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