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What is NYC AC § 20-586?

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This section prohibits the sale, offer for sale, or giveaway of weighing and measuring devices unless they have been approved by the commissioner. The statute requires the commissioner to maintain a public record of approved devices, including serial numbers and inspection details. Applies to vendors of weighing and measuring equipment.

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§ 20-586 Sale of weights and measures.

AC § 20-586

It shall be unlawful to sell, offer for sale, or give away any weighing or measuring devices or the tools, appliances or accessories connected therewith, intended to be used for the purchase or sale of any commodity or article of merchandise, or for public weighing, unless the type or types of such weighing or measuring devices, or the tools, appliances or accessories connected therewith, with specifications as to construction, shall have been submitted to and approved by the commissioner. The commissioner, when such types are approved, shall designate and identify them by a serial number. A record of the serial numbers and the persons to whom such numbers are assigned shall be kept in the office of the commissioner. The commissioner shall keep a register of the name of each person whose weighing or measuring devices have been inspected, together with their serial numbers and size, and whether approved or condemned, with the date of inspection. Such record shall be a public record.

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