If any commercial fertilizer in the possession of the consumer is found by the Commissioner to be short in weight, the registrant of said commercial fertilizer shall within 30 days after official notice from the Commissioner pay to the consumer a penalty equal to four times the value of the actual shortage. The Commissioner may in his discretion allow reasonable tolerance for short weight due to loss through handling and transporting.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-674
Short weight
Known as the North Carolina Commercial Fertilizer Law
The act spans §§ 106–106 (24 sections).
1947, c. 1086, s. 16; 1977, c. 303, s. 20.
Official source: North Carolina General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain North Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.