{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-3.2-5818","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 3.2-5818","heading":"Requesting false weighing or false weight certificate; issuance of weight certificate by unlicensed person","body":"Any person who requests a licensed public weighmaster to weigh any property, produce, commodity, or article falsely or incorrectly, or who requests a false or incorrect weight certificate, or any person who issues a weight certificate simulating the weight certificate prescribed in this chapter and who is not a licensed public weighmaster, is guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor; and upon a second or subsequent conviction such person is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.Code 1950, § 3-709.19; 1962, c. 126; 1966, c. 702, § 3.1-988; 2008, c. 860.","path":["Title 3.2. AGRICULTURE, ANIMAL CARE, AND FOOD","Subtitle IV. FOOD AND DRINK; WEIGHTS AND MEASURES","Chapter 58. PUBLIC WEIGHMASTERS"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/3.2-5818/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:19Z","sha256":"dd28e4f31c3831eb665dcbeda59a7fd9974bf6eabd56b4663a805d1a99514fcb","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-3.2-5817","next":"us-va/va.-code-3.2-5819"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}