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§ 47-26-921. Prohibited acts.

TN Code § 47-26-921 (2019) (N/A)
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(a) Any person who, personally or by a servant or agent, or as the servant or agent of another person, performs any of the acts enumerated in this section commits a Class C misdemeanor.

(b) No person shall:

(1) Use or have in possession for use in commerce any incorrect weight or measure;

(2) Sell or offer for sale for use in commerce any incorrect weight or measure;

(3) Remove any tag, seal, or mark from any weight or measure without specific authorization from the proper authority;

(4) Hinder or obstruct any weights and measures official in the performance of the official's duties; or

(5) Violate any provisions of this part or regulations promulgated under it;

(6) Impersonate the commissioner, representative, or sealer;

(7) Dispose of any rejected or condemned weight or measure in a manner contrary to law or regulation;

(8) Sell or offer or expose for sale, less than the quantity such person represents of any commodity, thing or service;

(9) Take more than the quantity such person represents of any commodity, thing or service when, as buyer, such person furnishes the weight and measure by means of which the amount of the commodity, thing or service is determined;

(10) Keep for the purpose of sale, advertise or offer or expose for sale, or sell any commodity, thing or service in a condition or manner contrary to law or regulation;

(11) Use in retail trade, except in the preparation of packages put up in advance of sale and of medical prescriptions, a weight or measure that is not so positioned that its indications may be accurately read and the weighing or measuring operation observed from some position which may reasonably be assumed by a customer unless the consumer receives a label or ticket printed by the device that includes a declaration of net weight, unit price, and tare weight that has been deducted to obtain the net weight.

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§ 47-26-921. Prohibited acts.