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Ohio Rev. Code § 319.58 (2026)

Use of false weights and measures

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Effective:
August 1, 1959
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 152 - 103rd General Assembly
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If any person uses any weights, measures, or beams, in weighing or measuring, which do not conform to the standards of the state, or any other measures established by law, whereby a dealer in, purchaser of, or seller of any commodity or article of traffic is injured or defrauded, such dealer, purchaser, or seller may maintain a civil action against the offender, and if judgment is rendered him, he shall receive double damages and costs of suit.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case (1 in the last 5 years), 2022–2022 · leading case: Brandt v. Pompa, 2022 Ohio 4525 (Ohio 2022).
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Brandt v. Pompa, 2022 Ohio 4525 (Ohio 2022). · cites it 3× “, R.C. 319.58 (double damages awarded to a plaintiff harmed by a person’s use of false weights and measures); see also Arbino at ¶ 39 (listing statutes allowing treble damages).”
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