Responsibilities & Services

Inspections– accuracy and suitability of commercial weighing & metering devices; correct net contents labeling of packaged products by weight, volume, or count; investigation of short delivery or misleading advertising; and octane label monitoring.

Device Licensing – weighing/measuring devices used for commercial purposes are required to be licensed annually.

Weighmaster – any person acting as a public weighmaster of grains, dry peas, potato starch, dry beans, leguminous, and all small seeds, hay, wool, bulk potatoes, bulk fertilizers, sugar beets, and feeds are required to follow the weighmaster statute.

Registered Servicemen – individuals who install, service, or repair commercial scales or meters may voluntarily apply to become a registered serviceman in Idaho.

Metrology Lab – maintains standards of mass and volume; recognized by NIST; calibration services for Echelon II & Echelon III.

PO Box 7249, Boise ID 83707  –  2216 Kellogg Ln, Boise ID 83712  –  208-332-8690