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U.S. State Codes
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District-of-Columbia
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Title 37 - Weights, Measure...
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Chapter 2 - Weights, Measur...
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Subchapter I - Weights and Measures Generally.
Subchapter I - Weights and Measures Generally.
§ 37–201.01. Department of Weights, Measures, and Markets created; appointment of Director, assistants and employees.
§ 37–201.02. Director to give bond and take oath.
§ 37–201.03. Exclusive powers of Director; examination of measuring devices; condemnation; charges by Mayor.
§ 37–201.04. Inspection required after repair; alteration of condemnation tag prohibited.
§ 37–201.05. Obstruction of inspection prohibited.
§ 37–201.06. Record of inspections.
§ 37–201.07. False measure prohibited; sale of commodities.
§ 37–201.08. Commodities sold by weight; “ton” defined.
§ 37–201.09. Vending machines.
§ 37–201.10. Sales tickets.
§ 37–201.11. Sale of coal, charcoal, or coke.
§ 37–201.12. Sale of ice.
§ 37–201.13. Sale of bread.
§ 37–201.14. Sale of frozen and fluid dairy products.
§ 37–201.15. Standard containers for sale of fruits, vegetables, and other dry commodities; no sales except in standard containers or by weight or count.
§ 37–201.16. Substitutes for dry measure prohibited.
§ 37–201.16a. Quantity markings required for packages; exemption.
§ 37–201.17. Sale of wood.
§ 37–201.18. Standard liquid measures; automatic gasoline pumps.
§ 37–201.18a. Gasoline and fuel pump octane measurement.
§ 37–201.19. Sale of shucked oysters, fish, meat, butter, and cheese.
§ 37–201.20. Automatic measuring pumps.
§ 37–201.21. Sale of pro rata quantity.
§ 37–201.22. Inspection of commodities by Director.
§ 37–201.22a. Sale of food by false advertising.
§ 37–201.23. Sale of measuring devices by Director prohibited.
§ 37–201.24. Police power conferred upon Director; inspections without warrants.
§ 37–201.25. Council may establish tolerances and specifications.
§ 37–201.26. Weighmasters; public scales; fees. [Repealed]
§ 37–201.27. Powers and duties of Director conferred on assistants and inspectors.
§ 37–201.28. Supervision of markets; investigations and reports.
§ 37–201.29. “Mayor” and “Director” defined.
§ 37–201.30. “Person” defined; meaning of singular words.
§ 37–201.31. Severability.
§ 37–201.32. Penalties; conduct of prosecutions.
§ 37–201.33. Registration and inspection fees for weighing and measuring devices.