West Virginia § 47-1-17 - 47-1-17. Declarations of unit price on random weight packages.
Full text of West Virginia West Virginia Code § 47-1-17 — 47-1-17. Declarations of unit price on random weight packages., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 47-1-17. 47-1-17. Declarations of unit price on random weight packages.
In addition to the declarations required by section fifteen of this article, any package being one of a lot containing random weights of the same commodity, at the time it is offered or exposed for sale at retail, shall bear on the outside of the package a plain and conspicuous declaration of the price per kilogram or pound and the total selling price of the package.
Source: official West Virginia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 47-1-17 ("47-1-17. Declarations of unit price on random weight packages.") is part of the West Virginia Code, the codified statutory law of West Virginia. 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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