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KRS 363.660

Police powers of director

Known as the Weights and Measures Act

The act spans §§ 363–363 (85 sections).

History: Created 1970 Ky

With respect to the enforcement of KRS 363.510 to 363.850 and any other law dealing with weights and measures that he is or may be empowered to enforce, the director is hereby vested with special police powers, and is authorized to arrest, without formal warrant, any violator of the said law, and to seize for use as evidence, without formal warrant, incorrect or unsealed weights and measures or amounts or packages of commodity found to be used, retained, offered, or exposed for sale or sold in violation of law. In the performance of his official duties, the director is authorized to enter and go into or upon, without formal warrant, any structure or premises, and to stop any person whatsoever and to require him to proceed, with or without any vehicle of which he may be in charge, to some place which the director may specify.

Official source: Kentucky General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Kentucky statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.