Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 3, § 4609. Approval or disapproval of apparatus; procedure

A. Whenever the department compares weights, measures, or weighing or measuring devices and finds that they correspond or causes them to correspond with the standards in its possession, it shall seal or mark the weights, measures, or weighing or measuring devices with appropriate devices.

B. The department shall condemn and seize and may destroy incorrect weights, measures, or weighing or measuring devices which, in its best judgment, are not susceptible of satisfactory repair. If the apparatus is incorrect and yet, in its best judgment, may be repaired, the department shall mark or tag it as condemned for repairs.

C. The owners or users of any weights, measures, or weighing or measuring devices which are condemned for repairs shall have them repaired and corrected within a reasonable period specified by the department. During that time, the owners or users may neither use nor dispose of the apparatus in any way, but shall hold it at the disposal of the department.

D. Any weights, measures, or weighing or measuring devices which have been condemned for repairs and have not been repaired shall be confiscated by the department.

E. The department may require any weight, measure, or any weighing or measuring device to be issued a certificate of conformance prior to use for commercial or law enforcement purposes.