If any commercial fertilizer in the possession of the consumer is found by the commission to be short in weight, the registrant of such commercial fertilizer shall, within thirty days after official notice from the commission or its duly authorized representative, pay to the consumer a penalty equal to four times the value of the actual shortage. Underweight commercial fertilizer stored or offered for sale, other than in the possession of the consumer, shall be deemed misbranded.
S.C. Code Ann. § 46-25-1080
Penalty for shortage in weight
Known as the South Carolina Fertilizer Law
The act spans §§ 46–46 (42 sections).
1962 Code SECTION 3-588; 1952 Code SECTION 3-575; 1942 Code SECTION 6375; 1939 (41) 360; 1954 (48) 1509; 1992 Act No. 388, SECTION 3, eff May 15, 1992.
Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.