California Legal Codes and Statutes

§ 12300

Added by Stats. 1939, Ch. 43.

Contracts made within this State for work to be done or for anything to be sold or delivered by weight or measure shall be construed according to the common standards, or according to the weights and measures of the metric system authorized by Congress, as the contract provides.

Cite this section

Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 12300 (2026)
https://ca.codecond.com/codes/bpc/division-5-weights-and-measures/chapter-3-standards-of-weights-and-measures/section-12300

Other sections in Chapter 3 - Standards of Weights and Measures

§ 12300§ 12301§ 12303§ 12304§ 12305§ 12308§ 12309§ 12310§ 12310.5§ 12311§ 12312§ 12313§ 12314

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