2025 Session
Last amended: 1984 session
§ 17A.12 — Weighmaster Qualifications
Plain-Language Summary
This section prohibits state livestock weighmasters from having any financial interest in livestock handling, shipping, purchase, or sale, or in employing anyone engaged in those activities, while serving as weighmaster. This conflict-of-interest prohibition is designed to ensure that state weighmasters provide unbiased, accurate weight certificates.
17A.12 WEIGHMASTER QUALIFICATIONS.
No state livestock weighmaster shall, during the weighmaster’s term of service, be in any manner financially interested in the handling, shipping, purchase, or sale of livestock or in the employment of any person engaged therein.
History:
1974 c 347 s 12; 1984 c 654 art 3 s 28
History: History: 1974 c 347 s 12; 1984 c 654 art 3 s 28
Practical Notes
State livestock weighmasters are prohibited from having any financial stake in the livestock transactions they oversee. This ensures that weight certifications are impartial. Producers who suspect a weighmaster has a conflict of interest should report their concern to the Department of Agriculture.