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.