Tennessee § 47-26-1017 - Scales open to view.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 47-26-1017 — Scales open to view., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 47-26-1017. Scales open to view.
It is the duty of each public weighmaster to permit any interested party to read the indications on the weighing device or on an accurately projected image of the weight indicator when a commodity is weighed. In the event the public weighmaster fails or refuses to permit an interested party to observe the weighing of a commodity at such time, the interested party shall have the right to have the commodity immediately reweighed without any additional charges. Acts 1997, ch. 311, § 2.
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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