Article 19.--UNIFORM ACT REGULATING TRAFFIC; SIZE, WEIGHT AND LOAD OF VEHICLES
8-1910.Enforcement of vehicle weight laws; officers may weigh
vehicles; portable scales; required drive to stationary scales;
off-loading or load redistribution required, when.
(a) Any police officer having reason to believe that the gross weight of a
vehicle or combination of vehicles or the gross weight on any axle or sets
of axles is unlawful is authorized to require the driver to stop and
submit to a weighing of the same by means of either portable or
stationary scales and may require that such vehicle be driven to any
scales suitable for this purpose within five miles. When portable
scales are used for weighing for the purpose of this section, the
location of such portable scales shall be not more than 10 miles from
any stationary scales whose accuracy is certified in accordance with
law.
(b) Whenever a police officer, upon weighing a vehicle or combination of
vehicles, determines that the weight is unlawful, such officer may require
the driver to stop the vehicle in a suitable place
and remain standing until such portion of the load is removed as may be
necessary to reduce the gross weight of such vehicle or combination of
vehicles or remove or redistribute the gross weight on any axle or sets
of axles to such limit as permitted under article 19 of chapter 8 of
Kansas Statutes Annotated. All material so unloaded shall be cared for
by the owner, lessee or operator of such vehicle at the risk of such
owner, lessee or operator.
(c) Any driver of a vehicle or combination of vehicles who fails or
refuses to stop and submit such vehicle or combination of vehicles to
weighing as provided in this section or who fails or refuses when
directed by a police officer to comply with the provisions of this section shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor.
History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1910; L. 1975, ch. 39, § 32; L.
1975, ch. 427, § 49; L. 1977, ch. 304, § 17; L. 1980, ch. 46, § 1;
L. 1986, ch. 45, § 3;
L. 1988, ch. 266, § 2; July 1.
Article 19.--UNIFORM ACT REGULATING TRAFFIC; SIZE, WEIGHT AND LOAD OF VEHICLES
8-1910.Enforcement of vehicle weight laws; officers may weigh
vehicles; portable scales; required drive to stationary scales;
off-loading or load redistribution required, when.
(a) Any police officer having reason to believe that the gross weight of a
vehicle or combination of vehicles or the gross weight on any axle or sets
of axles is unlawful is authorized to require the driver to stop and
submit to a weighing of the same by means of either portable or
stationary scales and may require that such vehicle be driven to any
scales suitable for this purpose within five miles. When portable
scales are used for weighing for the purpose of this section, the
location of such portable scales shall be not more than 10 miles from
any stationary scales whose accuracy is certified in accordance with
law.
(b) Whenever a police officer, upon weighing a vehicle or combination of
vehicles, determines that the weight is unlawful, such officer may require
the driver to stop the vehicle in a suitable place
and remain standing until such portion of the load is removed as may be
necessary to reduce the gross weight of such vehicle or combination of
vehicles or remove or redistribute the gross weight on any axle or sets
of axles to such limit as permitted under article 19 of chapter 8 of
Kansas Statutes Annotated. All material so unloaded shall be cared for
by the owner, lessee or operator of such vehicle at the risk of such
owner, lessee or operator.
(c) Any driver of a vehicle or combination of vehicles who fails or
refuses to stop and submit such vehicle or combination of vehicles to
weighing as provided in this section or who fails or refuses when
directed by a police officer to comply with the provisions of this section shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor.
History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1910; L. 1975, ch. 39, § 32; L.
1975, ch. 427, § 49; L. 1977, ch. 304, § 17; L. 1980, ch. 46, § 1;
L. 1986, ch. 45, § 3;
L. 1988, ch. 266, § 2; July 1.
Article 19.--UNIFORM ACT REGULATING TRAFFIC; SIZE, WEIGHT AND LOAD OF VEHICLES
8-1910.Enforcement of vehicle weight laws; officers may weigh
vehicles; portable scales; required drive to stationary scales;
off-loading or load redistribution required, when.
(a) Any police officer having reason to believe that the gross weight of a
vehicle or combination of vehicles or the gross weight on any axle or sets
of axles is unlawful is authorized to require the driver to stop and
submit to a weighing of the same by means of either portable or
stationary scales and may require that such vehicle be driven to any
scales suitable for this purpose within five miles. When portable
scales are used for weighing for the purpose of this section, the
location of such portable scales shall be not more than 10 miles from
any stationary scales whose accuracy is certified in accordance with
law.
(b) Whenever a police officer, upon weighing a vehicle or combination of
vehicles, determines that the weight is unlawful, such officer may require
the driver to stop the vehicle in a suitable place
and remain standing until such portion of the load is removed as may be
necessary to reduce the gross weight of such vehicle or combination of
vehicles or remove or redistribute the gross weight on any axle or sets
of axles to such limit as permitted under article 19 of chapter 8 of
Kansas Statutes Annotated. All material so unloaded shall be cared for
by the owner, lessee or operator of such vehicle at the risk of such
owner, lessee or operator.
(c) Any driver of a vehicle or combination of vehicles who fails or
refuses to stop and submit such vehicle or combination of vehicles to
weighing as provided in this section or who fails or refuses when
directed by a police officer to comply with the provisions of this section shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor.
History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1910; L. 1975, ch. 39, § 32; L.
1975, ch. 427, § 49; L. 1977, ch. 304, § 17; L. 1980, ch. 46, § 1;
L. 1986, ch. 45, § 3;
L. 1988, ch. 266, § 2; July 1.