Sec. 561.
Any person who shall offer or expose for sale, sell, or use or retain in his or her possession
a false weight or measure or weighing or measuring device or any weight or measure or
weighing or measuring device in the buying or selling of any commodity or thing or for hire or
reward; or who shall dispose of any condemned weight, measure or weighing or measuring
device contrary to law or remove any tags placed thereon by the sealer of weights and
measures; or any person who shall sell or offer or expose for sale less than the quantity he or
she represents, or sell or offer or expose for sale any such commodity in any manner contrary
to law, or any person who shall sell or offer for sale or have in his or her possession for the
purpose of selling any device or instrument to be used to, or calculated to, falsify any weight
or measure, is guilty of a misdemeanor. Upon a second or subsequent conviction, he or she
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 1 year or a
fine of not less than $100.00 or more than $1,000.00.§ 750.561False weights and measures
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