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You cannot sell motor fuel from a commercial motor fuel dispenser without a certificate of registration.
Municipal officers may elect or appoint a sealer of weights and measures, and a deputy sealer if needed, but the appointee must be certified before approving or doing the work.
If municipal officers do not elect or appoint a sealer, or do not return that election or appointment to the state sealer within 30 days, the state sealer has sole enforcement authority in that municipality and may appoint a qualified person to carry out those responsibilities.
A municipal weights and measures official has the duties listed in section 2402(2)-(9) and the powers listed in section 2403.
A sealer must keep records of inspected, sealed, or condemned weights and measures equipment and file an annual report by July 1 to the state sealer, using prescribed forms and providing required information.
To be licensed as a public weighmaster or corporate public weighmaster, an applicant must apply to the state sealer and pay the required annual fee; licenses are issued if the stated qualifications are met and may expire or be revoked or suspended.
A licensed public weighmaster must use a suitable weighing device that was tested and approved for use by the state sealer or a sealer within the prior 12 months when making a weight determination under this chapter.
A licensed public weighmaster may not use a scale to weigh a load that exceeds the scale’s nominal or rated capacity.
A person may not act as a licensed public weighmaster or do public weighing work unless the person has a valid license.
This section bars certain public weighmasters and corporate license holders from falsifying weight certificates, delegating authority to unlicensed persons, or letting unlicensed persons issue certificates using the corporate seal.
The state sealer may refuse to renew a license, and the District Court may suspend or revoke certain licenses, if the licensee violates this chapter or a valid state sealer regulation.
Weight certificate forms must be approved by the state sealer and include specified details about the weighed item and its weight.
A licensed public weighmaster may enter only personally determined weight values on a certificate, and must not enter entries on another person’s certificate.
A licensed public weighmaster must keep a legible carbon copy of each weight certificate for at least one year, or longer if regulations require it.
If another state with public weighmaster licensing law recognizes Maine weighmaster certificates, the state sealer of Maine may recognize and accept that state’s weight certificates.
A person may not sell, offer, or expose for sale less than the quantity represented, and a buyer may not take more than the represented quantity when the buyer provides the weight or measure used to determine it.
A person must not misrepresent the price of a commodity or service sold, offered, exposed, or advertised for sale by weight, measure, or count.
A carrier moving loose sawdust or wood shavings for final delivery to agricultural-commodity production must label the vehicle’s volume capacity in cubic feet or cords.
Sales of commodities must follow specified methods, with extra rules for liquid commodities and for sellers using temperature compensators.
Certain bulk sales and all bulk deliveries of heating fuel must be accompanied by a delivery ticket with specified details; an electronic option is allowed if the vendor has the needed system and gets the purchaser’s written consent.
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