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Town of Middleborough, MA
Plymouth County
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[Adopted 10-2-2017 STM by Art. 30, AG 1-18-2018, eff. 2-15-2018]
Fees and charges in this article may not be current based on the Town’s acceptance of MGL c. 40, § 22F.
The following fees shall be assessed for sealing the following weighing and measuring devices:
A. 
Scales, balances and weights.
(1) 
Each scale with a weighing capacity of more than 10,000 pounds: from $75 to $100.
(2) 
Each scale with a weighing capacity of 5,000 pounds to 10,000 pounds: from $50 to $60.
(3) 
Each scale with a weighing capacity of 1,000 pounds to 5,000 pounds: from $30 to $40.
(4) 
Each scale with a weighing capacity of 100 pounds to 1,000 pounds: from $20 to $25.
(5) 
Scales and balances with a weighing capacity of more than 10 pounds and less than 100 pounds: from $10 to $20.
(6) 
Scales and balances with a weighing capacity of 10 pounds or less: from $10 to $15.
(7) 
All weights (avoirdupois, apothecary, metric): from $0.50 to $1.
B. 
Liquid measuring devices.
(1) 
Gasoline and diesel meters: from $10 to $20.
(2) 
Vehicle tank meters (oil trucks): from $20 to $50.
C. 
Miscellaneous measuring devices.
(1) 
Fabric measures: from $10 to $20.
(2) 
Cordage measures: from $10 to $20.
(3) 
Linear measures (yard sticks, etc.): from $10 to $10.
D. 
Scanners.
(1) 
Automated retail checkout systems with fewer than four units: $75.
(2) 
Automated retail checkout systems with four units and not more than 11 units: $150.
(3) 
Automated retail checkout systems with more than 11 units: $250.