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The code of the city of Charlottesville, Virginia, 1965 :

the charter and the general ordinances of the city
  
  
  
  
  

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Sec. 18-148. Weighing vehicles.[287]

An officer authorized to enforce the law under this chapter,
having reason to believe that the weight of a vehicle and load
is unlawful, is authorized to weigh the same. If the place
where the vehicle is stopped is ten miles or less from a permanent
weighing station, the officer may, and upon demand
of the driver, shall require the vehicle to proceed to such
station. If the distance to the nearest permanent weighing
station is more than ten miles, such vehicle may be weighed
by loadometers. Any operator who fails or refuses to drive
his vehicle to such permanent weighing station or upon such
scales or loadometers upon the request and direction of the
officer to do so, shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not
less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, which
penalty shall be in addition to any other penalties prescribed
for exceeding the maximum gross weight permitted or for
any other violation. Should the officer find that the weight of
any vehicle and its load is greater than that permitted by this
article, or that the weight of the load carried in or on such
vehicle is greater than that which the vehicle is licensed to
carry, he may require the driver to unload, at the nearest
place where the property unloaded may be stored or transferred
to another vehicle, such portion of the load as
may be necessary to decrease the gross weight of the vehicle
to the maximum therefore permitted by this article. If the
driver of an overloaded vehicle is convicted, forfeits bail or
purchases an increased license as a result of such weighing,
the court in addition to all other penalties shall assess and
collect a weighing fee of two dollars from the owner or
operator of the vehicle. (Code 1959, § 18-148.)

 
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For similar state law, see Code of Va., § 46.1-347.