Title 47. Weights and Measures

Chapter 47-1. Duties of Director of Labor and Training

• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-1-1 Standards Received From United States As Standards For Towns
• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-1-1.1 Certification of Local Sealer Required - Training Provision - Renewal and Revocation of Certificate
• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-1-2 Custody and Maintenance of State Standards - Testing of Standards
• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-1-3 Sets of Standards Furnished to Cities and Towns
• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-1-4 Annual Inventory of Local Standards
• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-1-5 Inspection of Mercantile Weights and Measures - Reports of Inaccuracy
• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-1-5.1 Fees and Compensation of Director of Labor and Training
• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-1-6 Records and Reports of Director

Chapter 47-2. Produce Scales In Markets

• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-2-1 Custody and Maintenance of Standards - Stamps and Branding Irons
• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-2-2 Penalty For Improper Care of Standards
• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-2-3 Periodical Testing of Municipal Sealers' Weights and Measures By State - Fee
• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-2-4 Annual Adjustment of Mercantile Weights and Measures Brought to Sealer
• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-2-5 Adjustment of Weights and Measures Not Brought In
• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-2-6 Penalties For Neglect of Duty
• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-2-7 Fees and Compensation of Sealer - Condemnation of Incorrect Scales Or Balances
• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-2-8 Deputy Sealers
• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-2-9 Inspection Fees
• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-2-10 Produce Scales In Markets

Chapter 47-3. Criminal Offenses

• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-3-1 Possession of Unsealed Or Incorrect Weights Or Measures - Removal of Notice Forbidding Use
• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-3-2 Use of Unsealed Weights Or Measures - Alteration - Refusal to Allow Examination - Adjustable Face
• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-3-3 Giving False Or Insufficient Weight Or Measure
• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-3-3.1 Delivery of Fuel Oil - Fraud - Penalty
• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-3-4 Arrests and Prosecutions By Director and Sealers

Chapter 47-4. Standard Measures

• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-4-1 Dimensions of Bushel and Half Bushel Boxes - Marking
• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-4-2 Weights of Bushels, Barrels, and Tons of Specific Commodities

Chapter 47-5. Gauging of Casks

• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-5-1 - 47-5-6 Repealed

Chapter 47-6. Hay Scales and Platform Balances

• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-6-1 Periodical Testing and Sealing
• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-6-2 Use of Unsealed Scales
• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-6-3 Testing When Office of Sealer Is Vacant

Chapter 47-7. Public Weighers

• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-7-1 Appointment of Public Weighers - Fees
• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-7-2 Sale of Merchandise Without Certificate From Weigher

Chapter 47-8. Gasoline and Petroleum Products

• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-8-1 Testing of Measuring Devices - Forbidding Use - Fee
• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-8-2 Sealed Measure to Be Used On Demand of Purchaser
• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-8-3 Use of Sealed Measure After Seal On Measuring Device Broken
• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-8-4 Standard Measure Furnished to Towns By Director of the Department of Labor and Training
• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-8-5 Testing and Marking of Tank Vehicles and Meters
• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-8-6 Use of Unsealed Or Condemned Measuring Device
• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-8-7 Liability Insurance - Marking of Vehicles
• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-8-8 Licensing of Petroleum Products Delivery Companies
• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-8-9 Definitions

Chapter 47-9. Grain and Salt

• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-9-1 - 47-9-9 Repealed

Chapter 47-10. Cotton

• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-10-1 - 47-10-4 Repealed

Chapter 47-11. Neat Cattle

• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-11-1 - 47-11-5 Repealed

Chapter 47-12. Firewood and Charcoal

• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-12-1 Standard Cord
• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-12-2 Cording Fees
• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-12-3 Sale of Firewood
• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-12-3.1 Repealed
• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-12-4 Fraudulent Sale of Firewood
• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-12-5 Repealed
• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-12-6 Standard Charcoal Basket
• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-12-7 Sealing of Charcoal Baskets
• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-12-8 Sale of Charcoal In Unsealed Or Nonstandard Basket
• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-12-9 Seizure of Nonstandard Charcoal Baskets - Prosecution of Violations
• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-12-10 Seizure of Nonstandard Baskets By Town Sealer - Prosecution of Violations
• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-12-11 Penalty For Sealing Nonstandard Basket

Chapter 47-13. Fish

• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-13-1 - 47-13-3 Repealed

Chapter 47-14. Hay and Straw

• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-14-1 Weighing and Marking of Bundles
• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-14-2 Concealment of Wet, Damaged, Or Inferior Hay Or Straw
• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-14-3 Penalty For Violations - Sale For Consumption Or By Weight

Chapter 47-15. Containers

• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-15-1 Purpose
• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-15-2 Applicability
• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-15-3 Exemptions
• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-15-4 "Container" Defined
• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-15-5 "Lidded Container" and "Closed Container" Defined
• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-15-6 False Construction
• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-15-7 Net Quantity Labels
• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-15-8 Designation to Be Net - Non-Rigid Containers
• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-15-9 Solids and Fluids - Trade Custom
• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-15-10 Statements of Weight and Measure
• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-15-11 Largest Unit Statement of Quantity
• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-15-12 Designation to Be Minimum Without Tolerance Below
• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-15-13 Violations
• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-15-14 Federal Laws and Regulations
• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-15-15 Permissible Discrepancies
• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-15-16 Penalty

Chapter 47-16. Public Utilities Metering Devices

• R.I. Gen. Laws § 47-16-1 Forbidding Use of Metering Devices