{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-215.19","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 215.19","heading":"Automatic recorders on scales.","body":"Except for scales used by packers slaughtering fewer than one hundred twenty head of livestock per day, all scales with a capacity over five hundred pounds, which are used for commercial purposes in this state, and installed after January 1, 1981, shall be equipped with a type-registering weigh beam, a dial with a mechanical ticket printer, an automatic weight recorder, or some similar device which shall be used for printing or stamping the weight values on scale tickets. A scale equipped with a malfunctioning automatic weight recorder may be used for not more than seven days if the device is unable to print or stamp the ticket so long as a repair to the automatic recorder is immediately initiated and the user dates, signs, and accurately handwrites the required information on the ticket until the device is operational.","path":["Title V - AGRICULTURE (Ch. 159 - 215A)","Chapter 215 - INSPECTION OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/215.19.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:05Z","sha256":"25918f9407452bf8fab091c4f76298f66d003b52d0d85abe42bfb1c9dbdb4039","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-215.18","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-215.20"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}