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Maine · Through October 1, 2025

10 M.R.S. §2751: Offenses

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. TITLE 10: COMMERCE AND TRADE
  2. PART 6: WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
  3. CHAPTER 501: WEIGHTS AND MEASURES LAW
  4. SUBCHAPTER 10: ENFORCEMENT AND JURISDICTION

A person may not:

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

2. Remove tag, seal or mark. Remove any tag, seal or mark from any weight or measure without specific written authorization from the proper authority;

3. Hinder or obstruct. Hinder or obstruct any weights and measures official in the performance of that official's duties;

4. Use of scale. Use any scale that requires permanent installation that has been relocated without first having the same tested and approved by the state sealer or a sealer;

5. Sale of less quantity represented. Sell, or offer or expose for sale, less than the quantity the person represents of any commodity, thing or service;

6. Take more quantity as buyer. Take more than the quantity the person represents of any commodity, thing or service when, as a buyer, the person furnishes the weight or measure by means of which the amount of the commodity, thing or service is determined; or

7. Commodity in unlawful condition. 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 rule.

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