{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-81a-42","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 81A-42","heading":"Standard weights and measures.","body":"Whenever any commodity named in this section shall be quoted or sold by the bushel, the bushel shall be the number of pounds stated in this section and whenever quoted or sold in subdivisions of the bushel, the number of pounds shall be the fractional part of the number of pounds as set forth herein for the bushel, and when sold by the barrel shall consist of the number of pounds constituting 3.281 bushels.\nLbs.\t\tLbs.\nCommodity\tper bu.\tCommodity\tper bu.\nAlfalfa\t60\tHemp seed\t44\nApples, dried\t24\tHominy\t62\nApple seed\t40\tHorseradish\t50\nBarley\t48\tLand plaster\t100\nBeans, castor\t46\tLime, unslaked\t80\nBeans, dry lima\t60\tLime, slaked\t40\nBeans, green in-pod lima\t30\tMeal, corn, whether\nBeans, soy\t60\tbolted or unbolted\t48\nBeef, net (per bbl.)\t200\tMelon, canteloupe\t50\nBeets\t50\tMillet\t50\nBlackberries\t48\tMustard\t58\nBlackberries, dried\t28\tNuts, chestnuts\t50\nBran\t20\tNuts, hickory, without\nBroomcorn\t44\thulls\t50\nBuckwheat\t50\tNuts, walnut, without\nCabbage\t50\thulls\t50\nCanary seed\t60\tOats, seed\t32\nCarrots\t50\tOnions, button sets\t32\nCement\t80\tOnions, top buttons\t28\nCharcoal\t22\tOnions, matured\t57\nCherries, with stems\t56\tOsage orange seed\t33\nCherries, without stems\t64\tParsnips\t50\nClover seed, red and white\t60\tPeaches, matured\t50\nClover, Burr\t8\tPeaches, dried\t25\nClover, German\t60\tPeach seed\t50\nClover, Japan, Lespedeza\t25\tPeanuts, Spanish\t30\nCoal, stone\t80\tPeanuts\t22\nCoke\t40\tPears, matured\t56\nCorn, shelled\t56\tPears, dried\t26\nCorn, Kaffir\t50\tPeas, dried field\t60\nCorn, pop\t70\tPeas, green in hull field\t30\nCotton seed\t30\tPieplant\t50\nCotton seed, Sea Island\t44\tPlums\t64\nCucumbers\t48\tPork net (per bbl.)\t200\nFish\t100\tPotatoes, Irish\t56\nFlax seed\t56\tPotatoes, sweet green\t56\nGrapes, with stems\t48\tPotatoes, sweet, dry weight\t47\nGrapes, without stems\t60\tQuinces, matured\t48\nGooseberries\t48\tRaspberries\t48\nGrass seed, Bermuda\t14\tRice, rough\t44\nGrass seed, blue\t14\tRye seed\t56\nGrass seed, Hungarian\t48\tSage\t4\nGrass seed, Johnson\t25\tSalads, mustard, spinach,\nGrass seed, Italian rye\t20\tturnips, and kale\t10\nGrass seed, orchard\t14\tSalt\t50\nGrass seed, tall meadow\t\tSorghum molasses (per\nand fescue\t24\tgal.)\t12\nGrass seed, all meadow\t\tSorghum seed\t50\nand fescue except tall\t14\tStrawberries\t48\nGrass seed, perennial rye\t14\tSunflower seed\t24\nGrass seed, timothy\t45\tTeosinte\t59\nGrass [seed], redtop\t14\tTomatoes\t56\nGrass seed, velvet\t7\tTurnips\t50\nHair, plaster\t8\tWheat\t60\nIt shall be unlawful to purchase or sell, or barter or exchange, any article named in this section on any other basis than as stated herein; provided, however, that any such articles may be sold by weight. (Code, ss. 3849, 3850; 1885, c. 26; 1905, c. 126; Rev., s. 3066; 1909, c. 555, s. 1; c. 835; 1915, c. 230, s. 1; 1917, c. 34; Ex. Sess. 1921, c. 87; 1931, c. 76; 1933, c. 523, s. 3; 1937, c. 354; 1949, c. 984; 1975, c. 544.)","path":["Chapter 81A. Weights and Measures Act of 1975.","Article 4. Uniform Weights and Measures."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_81A/GS_81A-42.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:10:42Z","sha256":"ed42003e481a5950eece6370fad26078481ef09d52ab5062062767ca4f157232","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-81a-41","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-81a-43"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}