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2018 Georgia Code 10-2-2 | Car Wreck Lawyer

TITLE 10 COMMERCE AND TRADE

Section 2. Weights and Measures, 10-2-1 through 10-2-54.

ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

10-2-2. Recognized systems of weights and measures.

The system of weights and measures in customary use in the United States and the metric system of weights and measures are jointly recognized; and either one, or both, of these systems shall be used for all commercial purposes in the state. The definitions of basic units of weight and measure, the tables of weight and measure, and weights and measures equivalents as published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology are recognized and shall govern weighing and measuring equipment and transactions in the State of Georgia.

(Ga. L. 1972, p. 654, § 1; Ga. L. 2015, p. 385, § 4-1/HB 252.)

The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, substituted "National Institute of Standards and Technology" for "National Bureau of Standards" in the middle of the second sentence.

Editor's notes.

- Ga. L. 2015, p. 385, § 1-1/HB 252, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: "This Act shall be known and may be cited as the 'J. Calvin Hill, Jr., Act.'"

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in Gaudlock v. State, 310 Ga. App. 149, 713 S.E.2d 399 (2011).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 79 Am. Jur. 2d, Weights and Measures, §§ 1 et seq., 28 et seq.

C.J.S.

- 94 C.J.S., Weights and Measures, § 1 et seq.

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 10-2-2

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Lamb v. Candler Gen. Hosp., Inc., 413 S.E.2d 720 (Ga. 1992).

Cited 47 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Feb 27, 1992 | 262 Ga. 70, 49 Fulton County D. Rep. 23

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Gillis v. Goodgame, 414 S.E.2d 197 (Ga. 1992).

Cited 47 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Feb 27, 1992 | 262 Ga. 117, 49 Fulton County D. Rep. 23

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Lutz v. Foran, 427 S.E.2d 248 (Ga. 1993).

Cited 46 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Mar 8, 1993 | 262 Ga. 819

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Sermons v. State, 417 S.E.2d 144 (Ga. 1992).

Cited 26 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Jun 25, 1992 | 262 Ga. 286, 92 Fulton County D. Rep. 1086

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West v. Waters, 533 S.E.2d 88 (Ga. 2000).

Cited 20 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Jul 10, 2000 | 272 Ga. 591, 2000 Fulton County D. Rep. 2583

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Minnix v. Dep't of Transp., 533 S.E.2d 75 (Ga. 2000).

Cited 16 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Jul 5, 2000 | 272 Ga. 566, 2000 Fulton County D. Rep. 2497

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Harrell v. Lusk, 439 S.E.2d 896 (Ga. 1994).

Cited 16 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Feb 7, 1994 | 263 Ga. 895, 94 Fulton County D. Rep. 484

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Cochran v. State, 609 S.E.2d 353 (Ga. 2005).

Cited 2 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Feb 21, 2005 | 279 Ga. 51