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If a person timely requests a hearing under section 2751-B, the Commissioner of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry must give notice and hold the hearing.
This section says penalties assessed under section 2751-A must be paid to the department, an appeal stays collection, interest accrues during and after appeal under cross-referenced interest rules, and unpaid final penalties can affect license renewal or enforcement.
The Commissioner of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry must adopt rules to carry out this subchapter.
A person may not use incorrect weights or measures, remove seals or marks without written authorization, obstruct weights-and-measures officials, use a relocated permanent scale before testing and approval, or misrepresent quantities or sale conditions.
The District Court and the Superior Court share jurisdiction over prosecutions for offenses involving weights and measures.
The state sealer may apply to a court for a temporary or permanent injunction against violations of this chapter or related rules.
Whenever there shall exist a weight or measure or weighing or measuring device in or about any place in which or from which buying or selling is commonly carried on, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that such weight or measure or
This section says adopting the Act does not affect regulations made under an earlier enabling statute, unless they conflict with the Act or are modified or revoked by the state sealer.
A county may spend up to $5,000 each year, under the county commissioners’ direction, to advertise or promote the county’s natural resources, advantages, and attractions.
A person who performs labor or supplies labor or wood for making and burning bricks has a lien on those bricks for 30 days after they are burned and suitable for use, if the bricks remain in the yard where burned.
Certain workers, suppliers, and service providers have a lien for payment when their work or materials are provided by contract with or consent of the owner.
An owner may prevent a lien under section 3251 for unpaid labor, materials, or services not yet performed or furnished by giving written notice to the person providing them.
A lien under section 3252 is dissolved unless the claimant files a sworn statement within 90 days after stopping work or supplying materials or services, and sends a copy to the owner or owners by ordinary mail.
An inaccuracy in the section 3253 statement does not invalidate the proceedings if the property can be reasonably recognized, unless the filer willfully claims more than is due.
Liens under sections 3251 to 3254 may be enforced by action if filed within 120 days, with special notice and timing rules when there is no direct contract with the owner.
If the owner dies or becomes bankrupt, and related timing conditions are met, the action may be started within 90 days and the lien must be extended.
The complaint must state the lien claim and related facts, and ask that the property be sold to satisfy the lien.
The court must determine the amount of each lien on property. If either party asks in the complaint or answer, the determination is by jury trial; otherwise the court sets the procedure. The determination is conclusive as to the fact and amount of the lien, subject to appeal, and any lienor may contest another lienor’s
The court may order a lien-related property sale, set the sale details, allow adjournments, and in some cases give the owner a redemption right.
If sale proceeds after costs are not enough to pay lien claims and costs, the court may enter judgment against the debtor for the unpaid balance and issue executions. If proceeds exceed all lien claims and costs, the remaining balance must be paid to those legally or equitably entitled to it.
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