N.Y. Agriculture & Markets Law § 183: Sealing of approved devices

§ 183. Sealing of approved devices. 1. Whenever any weights and

measures official inspects any weighing or measuring device or system

and finds that it corresponds with, or causes it to correspond with, the

standards in his possession, and further finds that it meets the

specifications, tolerances and variations allowable as established by

the commissioner, he or she shall attach an appropriate official seal to

such device or system, or a security seal, as appropriate for purposes

of this subdivision. The term "official seal" shall mean an approval

notice, decal or label affixed to a device or system indicating that the

device or system has been inspected by a weights and measures official

and found to be in compliance as described in this section. The term

"security seal" shall mean a wire or paper seal or similar nonreusable

closure or an electronic audit trail, used to indicate that

modifications or adjustments have been made to a device or system.

2. No person, except a weights and measures official, shall remove any

official seal or security seal from any such weighing or measuring

device or system, or obliterate or deface any such seal or cause any of

the foregoing, except that the device owner, or his or her agent, may

remove a seal to perform repairs and maintenance provided that he or

she: (a) has first notified the appropriate municipal director of

weights and measures as set forth in section one hundred eighty-two of

this article; (b) otherwise complies with section one hundred eighty-two

of this article; and (c) in the case of a security seal, replaces it

with an equivalent security seal.

3. All users of commercial weighing or measuring devices or systems

shall permit the inspection and testing of the same by any weights and

measures official for the purpose of emplacing or examining such seals.