Bonded Weighmaster'S License For A Business Or Individual Form printable pdf download

STATE OF MISSISSIPPI

Department of Agriculture and Commerce

Weights and Measures Division

P. O. Box 1609

Jackson, MS 39215-1609

Lester Spell, Jr., D.V.M., Commissioner

Bonded Weighmaster’s License for a Business or Individual

The 1997 Legislature amended the Bonded Weighmaster’s Law to provide that a business may be

licensed as a Bonded Weighmaster and that seals may be inscribed electronically on weight certificates.

A business license will cover all qualified employees of that business. A business with more than one

location will need to obtain a license and have a surety bond, as specified in Section 75-27-313, for each

physical location. The fee for the business license is one hundred dollars ($100.00) and individual

All Weighmaster’s licenses will expire on June 30

of each year.

license is ($25.00).

Completed applications should be mailed to the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and

Commerce/Weights and Measures Division, P. O. Box 1609, Jackson, MS 39215-1609 and must be

accompanied by: (1) the appropriate fee (check or money order should be made payable to the

Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce/Weights and Measures Division), (2) a

signed weighmasters oath, (3) a surety bond in the penal sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00)

with surety to be approved by the Secretary of State and (4) a statement certifying that the

weighing or measuring device used has been tested within the past twelve months, and declared to

be accurate, within tolerance allowed by NIST Handbook 44 for such device, by the State Weights

and Measures jurisdiction.

All persons performing the services of a bonded weighmaster, whether as an individual licensee or as the

employee of a business licensee shall: be a citizen of the United States or has declared his intention of

becoming a citizen, who is a resident of the State of Mississippi, not less than twenty-one (21) years of

age, of good moral character, who has the ability to weigh accurately, and to make correct weight

certificates and comply with all requirements of the Bonded Weighmasters Law.

If your company is continuing a present bond; only provide a continuation certificate of the bond that

will be continued; do not fill out the BLANKET WEIGHMASTER’S BOND. However, if your

company has a new bond; you must fill out the BLANKET WEIGHMASTER’S BOND and upon

receipt of the necessary forms the new bond will be sent to the Insurance Department for approval of the

Mississippi Residence Agent; if approval is granted then the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and

Commerce will release your license.

If you have any questions, please contact our office at 601-359-1149.

Bonded Weighmaster'S License For A Business Or Individual Form