Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 7. LOCAL GOVERNMENT

CHAPTER 21. BUSINESS, AGRICULTURE, AND LIVESTOCK SERVICES AND REGULATION

Part 31. Public Scales

Record Of Weighing

7-21-3106. Record of weighing. (1) Each public weigher shall keep a stub record of all weighing done by that weigher. The record and the receipt issued by the public weigher must show for whom property was weighed and the character and kind of property and is prima facie evidence of the facts contained in the record and receipt.

(2) All stub records or other records that the county commissioners may require the public weigher to keep must at all times be open to public inspection during business hours, between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. of any day, except Sundays and legal holidays.

(3) A public weigher shall file a sworn statement with the clerk and recorder of the county, as prescribed by the county commissioners. The statement must show the date and character or kind of property weighed, for whom it was weighed, and a complete statement of all fees collected.

History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 22, L. 1905; re-en. Sec. 2902, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 4474, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 4474, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 16-1111; amd. Sec. 653, Ch. 61, L. 2007.