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What is NYC AC § 20-605?

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This section requires individuals who accept condemned weighing or measuring devices to remove and return the condemnation tags to the department within five days. The return must include a description of the device and information about its dismantling or destruction. Applies to businesses involved in the trade of weighing or measuring devices.

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§ 20-605 Condemned devices; return of tags.

AC § 20-605

Any person who accepts weighing or measuring devices in trade for others shall remove the condemned tags from those devices which have been condemned by the department and which are intended for dismantling or destruction. Such tags shall be returned to the department within five days thereafter, with a statement describing the weighing or measuring device, giving the name and address of the person from whom it was received, and a statement to the effect that it has been dismantled or destroyed.

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