Massachusetts General Laws & Civil Penalties

Examples of MGL's Enforced by Weights & Measures Division

  1. Section 115A Unit Pricing
  2. Section 176 Weight-definition- tolerances or variations
  3. Section 177 False or insufficient weight or measure- misrepresentation of weight, quantity- or price- penalties
  4. Section 26 Use or possession of false or condemned devices
  5. Section 295B Licensing of retail dealers engaged in the business of selling motor fuel or automotive lubricating oil
  6. Section 295C Display of price of motor fuel on dispensing devices
  7. Section 295CC Handicapped persons- motor fuel dispensing
  8. Section 295F Marking of brand name- etc- of product on storage or dispensing equipment for motor fuel or automotive lubricating oil
  9. Section 299 Delivery ticket or sales invoice for sales of cordwood or firewood
  10. Section 29A Civil citation for violation of weights and measures laws- appeal
  11. Section 31- Use of seals- imitation or counterfeit seals
  12. Section 42- Failure to comply with notice- sealing on premises- interference with sealer- penalty
  13. Section 55 Seizure of devices not conforming to legal standards- destruction
  14. Section 56A Location of scales for food sold at retail
  15. Section 56B Computing scales for prepackaged meat- poultry or fish- penalty for failure to provide
  16. Section 56C Placement of cash register- observation of total by customer- penalty
  17. Section 56D Examination and testing of automated retail checkout systems