Section 9.10. Weighmaster’s certificate  


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  • (a) Certificates required. A licensed public weighmaster shall, at the licensed public weighmaster’s own expense, have a supply of weighmaster’s certificates formatted in accordance with subsection (b). The Bureau will provide a sample weighmaster’s certificate upon request.

    (b) Contents. A weighmaster’s certificate shall contain the following information:

    (1) The kind and size of the commodity.

    (2) The name and address of the seller.

    (3) The name and address of the purchaser.

    (4) The license number of the vehicle and trailer, or other means of its permanent identification.

    (5) The signature and license number of the licensed public weighmaster who weighed the commodity and who issued the weighmaster’s certificate.

    (6) The date and hour when weighed.

    (7) The gross weight in avoirdupois pounds of the vehicle and the load, the tare weight and net weight of the commodity, and, if the load is divided into lots, the net weight of each lot.

    (8) A sequential serial number.

    (9) Other relevant information the licensed public weighmaster deems necessary.

    (c) Triplicate form. A weighmaster’s certificate shall be prepared in triplicate.

    (d) Distinguishing original from copies. The original weighmaster’s certificate shall bear the words ‘‘Customer’s Copy,’’ and the two copies shall bear the words ‘‘Void—Customer Do Not Accept.’’

    (e) Variations in format and size. The form and size of a weighmaster’s certificate may be such as to suit any system or accounting device, as long as the certificate otherwise meets the requirements of this chapter.