Stop-use, stop-removal, and removal orders.
Miss. Code Ann. § 75-27-29
in effectThe director shall have the power to issue stop-use orders, stop-removal orders, and removal orders with respect to weights and measures being, or susceptible of being, commercially used, and to issue stop-removal orders and removal orders with respect to packages or amounts of commodities kept, offered, or exposed for sale, sold, or in process of delivery, whenever in the course of his enforcement of the provisions of this article he deems it necessary or expedient to issue such orders, and no person shall use, remove from the premises specified, or fail to remove from the premises specified, any weight, measure, or package or amount of commodity contrary to the terms of a stop-use order, stop-removal order, or removal order issued under the authority of this section. However, the director must give a five-day written notice to the affected person, business or corporation before issuing a stop-use order on any weighing device with a weight capacity of ten thousand (10,000) pounds or greater.
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