Maryland Offers Online Renewals for Weights & Measures Devices
25 April 2016 - 2:00PM
Business Wire
Renewal Deadline May 31, 2016
Businesses with weighing and measuring devices can now pay for
renewals and obtain certificates online through the Maryland
Department of Agriculture’s Weights & Measures Device
Registration Service. Renewals will be accepted until May 31,
2016.
The service is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and
accepts all major credit cards and eCheck/ACH payments. Businesses
that need to renew their devices can access the online Weights
& Measures Device Registration Service through the State’s
official website, www.maryland.gov or through the Department of
Agriculture’s website, www.mda.maryland.gov.
The Maryland Department of Agriculture mailed renewal postcards
to businesses with active weights and measures devices earlier this
week and is encouraging all businesses to use the online system.
Businesses that need to add new devices or make any changes can
contact the agency directly and then pay any amount due online the
next business day. Last year, nearly 65% of the device renewals
were conducted online with the agency reporting considerable time
savings and efficiencies.
Businesses may easily renew their devices by entering their
Agriculture account number and entering payment information. If a
business has devices in more than one location, all of their
devices may be renewed in one easy transaction. The certificate for
each location is displayed for printing and can also be reprinted
at any time from the online system.
The Department of Agriculture’s Weights and Measures program
ensures the fairness and equity of all commercial transactions
involving determinations of quantity. This includes day-to-day
activities such as the sale of food that is weighed by a scale in a
supermarket, the sale of gasoline through a gasoline pump, or the
sale of fuel oil through a truck mounted meter. Maryland weights
and measures officials inspect and regulate devices used in
determining the quantity of commodities such as fuel oil, food
products, livestock, grain, and precious metals.
The Weights & Measures Device Registration Service was
developed at no charge for the Maryland Department of Agriculture
by NIC Maryland, through the self-funded eGovernment services
contract with the State Department of Information Technology
(DoIT).
About NIC Maryland
NIC Maryland builds, operates, maintains, and markets the
official website of the state of Maryland, www.maryland.gov and its
eGovernment services. NIC Maryland is a collaborative
public/private partnership managed by the Department of Information
Technology (DoIT) and NIC Maryland. NIC Maryland helps Maryland
state and local government entities web-enable their services and
operates without tax funds through a Self-funded eGovernment
Services contract. NIC Maryland has developed more than 65 eGov
services for the state of Maryland since the contract was awarded
in August 2011.
About NIC
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provider of official government websites, online services, and
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eGovernment services help make government more accessible to
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NIC MarylandJanet Grard, 443-924-7405jgrard@egov.com
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