{"code":"BPC","codeName":"Business and Professions Code","section":"12516","citation":"Bus. & Prof. Code, § 12516","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 5. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES [12001. - 13800.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-5"},{"name":"CHAPTER 5. Weighing and Measuring Devices [12500. - 12519.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-5/chapter-5"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1955, Ch. 117.","effective":null,"html":"<p>It shall be unlawful for any person to locate or position any scale used in connection with the auctioning of livestock so that its indications are not readily and clearly readable to the buyer and seller, unless a state certificate of weights and measures, made at the time of weighing, attesting to the weight of the livestock, is issued upon request to the buyer and seller.</p>","text":"It shall be unlawful for any person to locate or position any scale used in connection with the auctioning of livestock so that its indications are not readily and clearly readable to the buyer and seller, unless a state certificate of weights and measures, made at the time of weighing, attesting to the weight of the livestock, is issued upon request to the buyer and seller.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/weighing-and-measuring-devices-12516","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}