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Local Sealers.

Ala. Code tit. 8, ch. 16, art. 2
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Ala. Code § 8-16-30 Appointment; Qualifications; Keeping of Standards and Apparatus by Cities and Counties.

8-16-30. Appointment; Qualifications; Keeping of Standards and Apparatus by Cities and Counties. (a) The county commission of each county and the mayor or other governing body of any city may appoint for their respective county or city one or more sealers of weights and measures; provided, however, that two or more counties may appoint jointly for their counties a sealer, subject to the approval of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries; provided further, that any county and any city within the county may jointly appoint a sealer of weights and measures, subject to the approval of the commissioner. (b) No person shall be appointed as local sealer of weights and measures until he has received a certificate from the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries showing that such person had the qualifications required by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries. (c) All such counties or cities appointing a sealer of weights and measures shall keep at all times, at the expense of the county or city, or both, such standards and apparatus of such material and construction as the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries may direct. All such standards and apparatus, having been tried and accurately proven, shall be sealed and certified to by the commissioner as provided for in this chapter, and shall be then preserved by the county or city sealer as public standards for such county or city. (Ag. Code 1927, §233; Code 1940, T. 2, §592.)

Ala. Code § 8-16-31 Term of Office; Salary; Removal; Bond.

8-16-31. Term of Office; Salary; Removal; Bond. (a) Local sealers of weights and measures shall hold office for such terms and receive such salaries as the appointing power may prescribe. (b) The salary shall be paid out of the county or city treasury, as the case may be, and no fee shall be charged by the local sealer or by the county or city for inspecting, testing or sealing of weights, measures or weighing or measuring devices. (c) Local sealers may be removed at any time by the authority which appointed them for nonfeasance, misfeasance or malfeasance in office. (d) The local sealer shall forthwith on his appointment give a bond in such penal sum with such surety as is approved by the appointing power for the faithful performance of the duties of his office. (Ag. Code 1927, §234; Code 1940, T. 2, §593.)

Ala. Code § 8-16-32 Records and Reports.

8-16-32. Records and Reports. (a) A local sealer of weights and measures shall keep a complete record of all of his official acts and shall make an annual report duly sworn to on October 1 to the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries on blanks to be furnished by the commissioner, which report shall be included in the commissioner’s general report to the State Board of Agriculture and Industries. (b) Local sealers shall make such reports to the appointing power as may be designated by the appointing power. (Ag. Code 1927, §235; Code 1940, T. 2, §594.)
Source: Alabama Legislature (alison.legislature.state.al.us)URL: https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabamaFetched: 10/20/2026

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