Authority to weigh vehicles and require removal of excess loads.
Kansas City Code § 70-912
in effectSec. 70-912. - Authority to weigh vehicles and require removal of excess loads.
(a) Any police officer having reason to believe that the weight of a vehicle and load is unlawful is authorized to require the driver to stop and submit to a weighing of the vehicle and load by means of either portable or stationary scales and may require that such vehicle be driven to the nearest public scales if such scales are within two miles.
(b) Whenever an officer, upon weighing a vehicle and load, as provided in subsection (a) of this section, determines that the weight is unlawful, such officer may require the driver to stop the vehicle in a suitable place and remain standing until such portion of the load is removed as may be necessary to reduce the gross weight of such vehicle to such limit as permitted in this article. All material so unloaded shall be cared for by the owner or operator of such vehicle at the risk of such owner or operator.
(c) It shall be unlawful for a driver of a vehicle to fail or refuse to stop and submit the vehicle and load to a weighing or to fail or refuse when directed by an officer upon a weighing of the vehicle to stop the vehicle and otherwise comply with the provisions of this article.
(Code of Gen. Ords. 1967, § 34.253; Ord. No. 41525, 10-20-72; Ord. No. 56381, 8-16-84)
Source: City of Kansas City, Missouri, Code of Ordinances, Charter and Zoning and Development Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/mo/kansas_city/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COORKAMIVOII_CH70TRVE_ARTXIVEWESILO_S70-912AUWEVEREREEXLOFetched: 10/28/2026