When necessary for the enforcement of this chapter or regulations promulgated pursuant to it, the commissioner may: (1) enter commercial premises during normal business hours. If the premises are not open to the public, he first shall present his credentials and obtain consent before making entry. If entry is denied, he may apply for a search warrant from a person authorized to issue it; (2) issue stop-use, hold, and removal orders with respect to weights and measures commercially used and to packaged commodities or bulk commodities kept, offered, or exposed for sale; (3) seize for use as evidence without formal warrant an incorrect or unapproved weight, measure, package, or commodity found to be used, retained, offered, or exposed for sale or sold in violation of this chapter or regulations promulgated pursuant to it; (4) stop a commercial vehicle and after presentation of his credentials inspect the contents and require the person in charge of that vehicle to produce documents in his possession concerning the contents and proceed with the vehicle to some specified place for inspection. Effect of Amendment The 1994 amendment made grammatical changes.
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