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What is NYC AC § 20-590?

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This section mandates that owners of condemned weighing or measuring devices must repair them to meet established standards within five days. Additionally, they are required to notify the relevant bureau of such alterations within twenty-four hours. Applies to owners of inaccurate appliances subject to condemnation.

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§ 20-590 Repair of inaccurate appliances.

AC § 20-590

Within five days after the condemnation of a weighing or measuring device, the owner thereof, at his or her own expense, shall cause the same to be conformed to the standards established by article sixteen of the agriculture and markets law, and within twenty-four hours thereof, shall cause notice, in writing, of such alteration to be mailed or served personally upon such bureau. The seal upon any such device shall remain affixed and unbroken unless removed pursuant to section one hundred eighty-three of the agriculture and markets law.

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