§ 12700 Weighmaster Certification Requirements

Business and Professions Code·California

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•A weighmaster is someone who weighs, measures, or counts things for others.
•They give a paper or note with the weight or count of the thing.
•This paper is used to decide how much to pay or charge for the thing.

Example

You sell apples at a farmers market.

If someone weighs your apples and gives you a paper saying how much they weigh, that person is a weighmaster. You use that paper to decide how much to charge for the apples.

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§ 12700 Weighmaster Certification Requirements

A weighmaster is any person who, for hire or otherwise, weighs, measures, or counts any commodity and issues a statement or memorandum of the weight, measure, or count which is used as the basis for either the purchase or sale of that commodity or charge for service. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 646, Sec. 4.)

Last verified: January 22, 2026

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weighmaster commodity statement or memorandum weight, measure, or count

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Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Business and Professions Code. Section 12700.

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