Find Your State Weights & Measures Office
This is the office to contact about registration, permits, inspections, and local requirements for a commercial scale. Some states handle everything from one statewide office; others delegate to county or city offices — cards below say which. Reaching the right office is the hardest part of compliance; start here.
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State, district and territory offices
Alabama
Alabama Department of Agriculture & Industries
Stacy Boshell — Director
1445 Federal Drive, Montgomery, AL 36107
(334) 240-7134 · stacy.boshell@agi.alabama.gov · Program site
Source: NIST OWM directory (updated Sep 17, 2026) · Verified Sep 22, 2026
Alaska
Alaska Division of Measurement Standards / CVE
Travis Garding — Chief
12050 Industry Way, Bldg O #6, Anchorage, AK 99515
(907) 365-1222 · travis.garding@alaska.gov · Program site
Source: NIST OWM directory (updated Sep 17, 2026) · Verified Sep 22, 2026 · Program site: the agency’s current page (the NIST listing shows an outdated link)
American Samoa
American Samoa Department of Legal Affairs
Silimusa Solomona — Chief
(684) 633-5647/4163 · eleasaloale@gmail.com
Territory program.
Source: NIST OWM directory (updated Sep 17, 2026) · Verified Sep 22, 2026
Arizona
Arizona Department of Agriculture — Weights & Measures Services Division
Michael Brooks — Director, W&M Services Division
1802 W. Jackson Street #78, Phoenix, AZ 85007
(602) 920-4202 · mbrooks@azda.gov · Program site
Department Director: Paul E. Brierley, pbrierley@azda.gov, (602) 542-4373.
Source: NIST OWM directory (updated Sep 17, 2026) · Verified Sep 22, 2026
Arkansas
Arkansas Bureau of Standards
Nikhil Soman — Director
4608 West 61st Street, Little Rock, AR 72209
(501) 570-1156 · nikhil.soman@agriculture.arkansas.gov · Program site
Source: NIST OWM directory (updated Sep 17, 2026) · Verified Sep 22, 2026
California
California Division of Measurement Standards (CDFA)
Kevin Schnepp — Director
6790 Florin Perkins Rd #100, Sacramento, CA 95828-1812
(916) 229-3000 · kevin.schnepp@cdfa.ca.gov · Program site
County-based enforcement — find your county office →
Enforcement is county-based: each County Agricultural Commissioner is Sealer of W&M. Use the ScaleRegistry California county finder — all 58 counties.
Source: NIST OWM directory (updated Sep 17, 2026) · Verified Sep 22, 2026
Colorado
Colorado Department of Agriculture — Measurement Standards (Weights and Measures) Program
Aaron Yanker — Program Administrator
305 Interlocken Parkway, Broomfield, CO 80021
(719) 250-1851 · aaron.yanker@state.co.us · Program site
Title and phone as shown on CDA’s own Measurement Standards page (checked Sep 22, 2026). The NIST directory lists Aaron Yanker as Program Director, (303) 869-9098. CDA main line (303) 869-9000.
Source: NIST OWM directory (updated Sep 17, 2026) + CDA Measurement Standards page (title, phone, program link) · Verified Sep 22, 2026
Colorado
Colorado Division of Oil and Public Safety
Mahesh Albuquerque, P.G. — State Director
633 17th Street, Suite 500, Denver, CO 80202-2660
(303) 318-8502 · mahesh.albuquerque@state.co.us · Program site
Per CDA’s Measurement Standards page, gas stations are inspected by the Division of Oil and Public Safety (Colorado Department of Labor and Employment), not by CDA. For scales, use the Colorado Department of Agriculture card.
Source: NIST OWM directory (updated Sep 17, 2026) + CDA Measurement Standards page (who inspects gas stations) · Verified Sep 22, 2026
Connecticut
Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection
Frank Greene — Director
450 Columbus Boulevard, Suite 901, Hartford, CT 06103-1840
(860) 713-6160 · frank.greene@ct.gov · Program site
Source: NIST OWM directory (updated Sep 17, 2026) · Verified Sep 22, 2026
Delaware
Delaware Department of Agriculture
Steve W. Connors — Administrator
2320 S Dupont Highway, Dover, DE 19901
(302) 698-4601 · steven.connors@delaware.gov · Program site
Source: NIST OWM directory (updated Sep 17, 2026) · Verified Sep 22, 2026
District of Columbia
DC Government Weights & Measures
Racquel Carmouche — Director
1110 4th Street SW, Washington, DC 20024
(202) 714-7546 · racquel.carmouche1@dc.gov · Program site
Source: NIST OWM directory (updated Sep 17, 2026) · Verified Sep 22, 2026 · Program site: the agency’s current page (the NIST listing shows an outdated link)
Florida
Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Mauricio Mejia — Bureau Chief
3125 Conner Blvd, Lab 2, Tallahassee, FL 32399
(850) 921-1545 · mauricio.mejia@fdacs.gov · Program site
Source: NIST OWM directory (updated Sep 17, 2026) · Verified Sep 22, 2026
Georgia
Georgia Department of Agriculture
Doug Killingsworth — Director
19 MLK Jr. Drive SW, Ag/Rm 321, Atlanta, GA 30334
(404) 656-3605 · william.killingsworth@agr.georgia.gov · Program site
Source: NIST OWM directory (updated Sep 17, 2026) · Verified Sep 22, 2026
Guam
Guam Department of Revenue and Taxation — Regulatory Division
Michele Santos — Administrator
(671) 635-1816 · michele.santos@revtax.guam.gov
Territory program.
Source: NIST OWM directory (updated Sep 17, 2026) · Verified Sep 22, 2026
Hawaii
Hawaii Department of Agriculture — Measurement Standards Branch
Leo Obaldo, PhD — Administrator, Quality Assurance Division
1851 Auki Street, Honolulu, HI 96819
(808) 832-0705 · leonard.g.obaldo@hawaii.gov · Program site
Source: NIST OWM directory (updated Sep 17, 2026) · Verified Sep 22, 2026
Idaho
ISDA Bureau of Weights & Measures
Stacie Ybarra — Program Manager
P.O. Box 7249, Boise, ID 83707
(208) 332-8692 · stacie.ybarra@isda.idaho.gov · Program site
Source: NIST OWM directory (updated Sep 17, 2026) · Verified Sep 22, 2026 · Program site: the agency’s current page (the NIST listing shows an outdated link)
Illinois
Illinois Department of Agriculture
Brad Lowery — Bureau Chief
PO Box 19281, Springfield, IL 62794
(217) 785-8300 · Brad.Lowery@Illinois.gov · Program site
In Chicago, devices are certified and sealed annually by the City of Chicago (BACP Weights & Measures) — 2350 W. Ogden Ave., 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL 60608 · (312) 746-4882 · bacpweights@cityofchicago.org.
Source: NIST OWM directory (updated Sep 17, 2026) · Verified Sep 22, 2026 · Program site: the agency’s current page (the NIST listing shows an outdated link)
Indiana
Indiana Weights & Measures
Alan Goff — Director
2525 N Shadeland Avenue #D3, Indianapolis, IN 46219
(317) 356-7078 · AGoff@isdh.IN.gov · Program site
County & city inspectors — find your county inspector →
Hybrid system: most counties (plus Indianapolis and Mishawaka) appoint their own W&M inspector; IDOH state inspectors cover the rest — all 92 counties in the ScaleRegistry IN finder.
Source: NIST OWM directory (updated Sep 17, 2026) · Verified Sep 22, 2026 · Program site: the agency’s current page (the NIST listing shows an outdated link)
Iowa
Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship — Weights and Measures Bureau
Mike Harrington — Bureau Chief
2230 South Ankeny Boulevard, Ankeny, IA 50023-9093
(515) 321-0031 · mike.harrington@iowaagriculture.gov
Source: NIST OWM directory (updated Sep 17, 2026) · Verified Sep 22, 2026
Kansas
Kansas Department of Agriculture — Division of Weights & Measures
Leanne Garner — Director
1320 Research Park Drive, Manhattan, KS 66502
(785) 307-2201 · leanne.m.garner@ks.gov · Program site
Source: NIST OWM directory (updated Sep 17, 2026) · Verified Sep 22, 2026
Kentucky
Kentucky Department of Agriculture
Jason W. Glass — Assistant Director
109 Corporate Drive, Frankfort, KY 40601
(502) 782-9215 · jason.glass@ky.gov · Program site
Source: NIST OWM directory (updated Sep 17, 2026) · Verified Sep 22, 2026
Louisiana
Louisiana Department of Agriculture & Forestry
Paul Floyd — Director
5825 Florida Boulevard, Suite 5000, Baton Rouge, LA 70806
(225) 925-3780 · pfloyd@ldaf.state.la.us · Program site
Source: NIST OWM directory (updated Sep 17, 2026) · Verified Sep 22, 2026
Maine
Maine Department of Agriculture
Celeste Poulin — Director
28 State House Station, Deering Bldg, AMHI Complex, Augusta, ME 04333-0028
(207) 287-3841 · celeste.poulin@maine.gov · Program site
Municipalities may appoint local sealers (10 M.R.S. ch. 501, sub-ch. 4-A) with state oversight; Maine publishes no local-sealer directory — start with the state office.
Source: NIST OWM directory (updated Sep 17, 2026) · Verified Sep 22, 2026 · Program site: the agency’s current page (the NIST listing shows an outdated link)
Maryland
Maryland Department of Agriculture
Alison Wilkinson — Chief
50 Harry S Truman Parkway, Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 841-5790 · alison.wilkinson@maryland.gov · Program site
Source: NIST OWM directory (updated Sep 17, 2026) · Verified Sep 22, 2026
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Division of Standards
Dave Rodrigues — Commissioner
One Federal Street, Suite 0730, Boston, MA 02110
(617) 727-3480 · dave.rodrigues@mass.gov · Program site
Hybrid: municipal sealers cover about half of Massachusetts' 351 cities and towns; DOS compliance officers cover the rest (M.G.L. c. 98). Find your local sealer in the state license lookup — search by community, or profession "Standards" / license type "Weights and Measures Inspector".
Municipalities over 20,000 must appoint their own sealer; 5,000–20,000 may contract with DOS; under 5,000 are served by DOS (Division of Standards — state and local sealers, checked Sep 22, 2026).
Source: NIST OWM directory (updated Sep 17, 2026) · Verified Sep 22, 2026
Michigan
Michigan Department of Agriculture & Rural Development
Tim White — Director
940 Venture Lane, Williamston, MI 48895
(517) 655-8202 · whitet@michigan.gov · Program site
Michigan law lets cities and counties appoint their own sealers (MCL 290.617–290.620); MDARD publishes no local directory — start with the state office.
Source: NIST OWM directory (updated Sep 17, 2026) · Verified Sep 22, 2026 · Program site: the agency’s current page (the NIST listing shows an outdated link)
Minnesota
Minnesota Department of Commerce — Weights & Measures Division
Brett Willhite — Director
14305 Southcross Drive #150, Burnsville, MN 55306
(651) 539-1564 · brett.willhite@state.mn.us · Program site
Source: NIST OWM directory (updated Sep 17, 2026) · Verified Sep 22, 2026
Mississippi
Mississippi Department of Agriculture & Commerce — Regulatory Services Bureau
Jennifer B. Thompson — Director
P.O. Box 1609, Jackson, MS 39215-1609
(601) 359-1144 · jennifer@mdac.ms.gov · Program site
Source: NIST OWM directory (updated Sep 17, 2026) · Verified Sep 22, 2026
Missouri
Missouri Department of Agriculture
Jimmy Williams — Director
P.O. Box 630, Jefferson City, MO 65102
(573) 751-5641 · jimmy.williams@mda.mo.gov · Program site
Source: NIST OWM directory (updated Sep 17, 2026) · Verified Sep 22, 2026
Montana
Montana Department of Labor & Industry
Brent Ricks — Program Manager
P.O. Box 200516, Helena, MT 59620
(406) 841-2321 · bricks@mt.gov · Program site
Source: NIST OWM directory (updated Sep 17, 2026) · Verified Sep 22, 2026
Nebraska
Nebraska Department of Agriculture — Food Safety & Consumer Protection
Andrew Montanye — Program Manager
245 Fallbrook Blvd, Suite 200, Lincoln, NE 68521
(402) 471-2597 · andrew.montanye@nebraska.gov · Program site
Source: NIST OWM directory (updated Sep 17, 2026) · Verified Sep 22, 2026
Nevada
Nevada Department of Agriculture — Division of Measurement Standards
Bill Striejewske — Division Administrator
405 South 21st Street, Sparks, NV 89431-5557
(775) 353-3726 · wstriejewske@agri.nv.gov · Program site
Source: NIST OWM directory (updated Sep 17, 2026) · Verified Sep 22, 2026
New Hampshire
New Hampshire Dept. of Agriculture, Markets & Food — Division of Weights & Measures
Cheryl Ayer — Director
1 Granite Place South, Suite 211, Concord, NH 03301
(603) 271-3709 · cheryl.e.ayer@agr.nh.gov · Program site
Source: NIST OWM directory (updated Sep 17, 2026) · Verified Sep 22, 2026
New Jersey
New Jersey Office of Weights and Measures
David Freed — Acting Superintendent
1261 Routes 1 & 9 S, Avenel, NJ 07001
(732) 815-4840 · freedd@dca.njoag.gov · Program site
County & city enforcement — find your county or city office →
All 21 county offices plus five city offices (Camden, East Orange, Newark, Trenton, Elizabeth) — in the ScaleRegistry NJ finder.
Source: NIST OWM directory (updated Sep 17, 2026) · Verified Sep 22, 2026
New Mexico
New Mexico Department of Agriculture
Roxanne Chepsongol — Division Director
MSC 3170, PO Box 30005, Las Cruces, NM 88003
(575) 646-1616 · rchepsongol@nmda.nmsu.edu · Program site
Source: NIST OWM directory (updated Sep 17, 2026) · Verified Sep 22, 2026
New York
New York Bureau of Weights & Measures
James Willis — Director
10B Airline Drive, Albany, NY 12235
(518) 457-3146 · james.willis@agriculture.ny.gov · Program site
County & city enforcement — find your county or city office →
60 county and city W&M departments (incl. NYC DCWP) handle local enforcement — all 62 counties covered in the ScaleRegistry NY finder.
Source: NIST OWM directory (updated Sep 17, 2026) · Verified Sep 22, 2026
North Carolina
North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services
Marcus Helfrich — Director
1050 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699
(984) 236-4755 · marcus.helfrich@ncagr.gov · Program site
Source: NIST OWM directory (updated Sep 17, 2026) · Verified Sep 22, 2026
North Dakota
North Dakota Public Service Commission
Konrad Crockford — Director
600 E Blvd Avenue, Dept 408, Bismarck, ND 58505
(701) 328-4097 · kcrockford@nd.gov · Program site
Source: NIST OWM directory (updated Sep 17, 2026) · Verified Sep 22, 2026
Ohio
Ohio Department of Agriculture — Weights & Measures
Daniel Walker — Chief
8995 East Main Street, Building 5, Reynoldsburg, OH 43068
(614) 728-6290 · daniel.walker@agri.ohio.gov · Program site
County enforcement — find your county auditor / city sealer →
County Auditors serve as sealers of W&M across Ohio's 88 counties, plus Columbus and Cleveland city sealers — all 90 in the ScaleRegistry OH finder.
Source: NIST OWM directory (updated Sep 17, 2026) · Verified Sep 22, 2026 · Program site: the agency’s current page (the NIST listing shows an outdated link)
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food & Forestry / CPS
Gary Smith — W&M Program Administrator
2800 North Lincoln, Oklahoma City, OK 73105
(405) 522-5968 · gary.smith@ag.ok.gov · Program site
Source: NIST OWM directory (updated Sep 17, 2026) · Verified Sep 22, 2026
Oregon
Oregon Department of Agriculture — Weights and Measures Program
Steven Harrington — Program Manager
635 Capitol Street NE, Salem, OR 97301
(503) 931-3156 · steven.harrington@oda.oregon.gov · Program site
Source: NIST OWM directory (updated Sep 17, 2026) · Verified Sep 22, 2026 · Program site: the agency’s current page (the NIST listing shows an outdated link)
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture — Bureau of Ride & Measurement Standards
Tammy Luckenbill — Director
2301 North Cameron Street, Harrisburg, PA 17110
(717) 787-9089 · tluckenbil@pa.gov · Program site
County & city programs — find your county office →
Hybrid: PDA’s current regional map (Aug 2026) lists 9 county sealer programs — Adams, Allegheny, Beaver, Bucks, Centre, Cumberland, Delaware, Northampton and Westmoreland; its older (pre-June-2020) inspection search also names Greene, Montour, Sullivan, York and the City of Scranton. PDA covers everywhere else. Local-program inspection data may not appear in the PDA inspection search or PAIRS. The ScaleRegistry PA finder shows what each of those 14 jurisdictions’ own government publishes.
Source: NIST OWM directory (updated Sep 17, 2026) · Verified Sep 22, 2026
Puerto Rico
Department of Consumer Affairs — Weights & Measures
Abner Rodriguez — Director
PO Box 41059, Minillas Station, San Juan, PR 00940
(787) 724-5153 · abrodriguez@daco.gobierno.pr
Territory program.
Source: NIST OWM directory (updated Sep 17, 2026) · Verified Sep 22, 2026
Rhode Island
Rhode Island Department of Labor & Training
Frank Levesque — Director
1511 Pontiac Avenue, Cranston, RI 02920
(401) 462-8570 · frank.levesque@dlt.ri.gov · Program site
Municipal sealers, licensed by DLT, serve all 39 cities and towns — see the official licensed sealers list (state page last updated Sep 22, 2021 — confirm with DLT).
Source: NIST OWM directory (updated Sep 17, 2026) · Verified Sep 22, 2026
South Carolina
South Carolina Department of Agriculture
John Stokes — Director, Consumer Services Dept.
123 Ballard Court, West Columbia, SC 29172
(803) 737-9690 · jstokes@scda.sc.gov · Program site
Laboratory Services: Adam Leaphart, aleaphart@scda.sc.gov, (803) 737-9714.
Source: NIST OWM directory (updated Sep 17, 2026) · Verified Sep 22, 2026
South Dakota
South Dakota Weights and Measures
Cassandra Robertson — Director
118 West Capitol Avenue, Pierre, SD 57501
(605) 773-3697 · cassandra.robertson@state.sd.us · Program site
Source: NIST OWM directory (updated Sep 17, 2026) · Verified Sep 22, 2026 · Program site: the agency’s current page (the NIST listing shows an outdated link)
Tennessee
Tennessee Department of Agriculture — W&M
Mark Hanes — Program Director
PO Box 40627, Nashville, TN 37204
(615) 837-5145 · mark.hanes@tn.gov · Program site
Source: NIST OWM directory (updated Sep 17, 2026) · Verified Sep 22, 2026
Texas
Texas Department of Agriculture
Christina Osborn — Director, Consumer Product Protection
PO Box 12847, Austin, TX 78711
(512) 463-5706 · christina.osborn@texasagriculture.gov · Program site
Source: NIST OWM directory (updated Sep 17, 2026) · Verified Sep 22, 2026
Utah
Utah Department of Agriculture & Food
Miland Kofford — Program Manager
4315 South 2700 West, TSOB South Bldg Floor 2, Taylorsville, UT 84129-2128
(801) 982-2261 · mkofford@utah.gov
Source: NIST OWM directory (updated Sep 17, 2026) · Verified Sep 22, 2026
Vermont
Vermont Agency of Agriculture / Food & Markets
Marc Paquette — Chief
116 State Street, Montpelier, VT 05620-2901
(802) 828-2426 · marc.paquette@vermont.gov · Program site
Source: NIST OWM directory (updated Sep 17, 2026) · Verified Sep 22, 2026
Virgin Islands
U.S. Virgin Islands Dept. of Licensing and Consumer Affairs
Richard T. Evangelista — Commissioner
3000 Estate Golden Rock, Suite 9, St. Croix, VI 00820-4311
(340) 714-3522 · richard.evangelista@dlca.vi.gov · Program site
Territory program.
Source: NIST OWM directory (updated Sep 17, 2026) · Verified Sep 22, 2026
Virginia
Virginia Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services — Office of Weights and Measures
Anthony B. Ramsey — Program Manager
102 Governor Street, Richmond, VA 23219
(804) 786-1274 · anthony.ramsey@vdacs.virginia.gov · Program site
Source: NIST OWM directory (updated Sep 17, 2026) · Verified Sep 22, 2026
Washington
Washington Department of Agriculture
Robbie Parke — Program Manager
PO Box 42560, Olympia, WA 98504
(360) 902-2035 · robbie.parke@agr.wa.gov · Program site
In Seattle, the city runs its own program (SMC ch. 7.04) — Seattle Weights & Measures, Consumer Protection, Seattle Municipal Tower, 700 Fifth Ave., Floor 4 · (206) 386-1267 · consumerprotection@seattle.gov.
Source: NIST OWM directory (updated Sep 17, 2026) · Verified Sep 22, 2026
West Virginia
WVDOL Weights and Measures
Tory Brewer — Director
570 MacCorkle Avenue West, St. Albans, WV 25177
(304) 722-0602 · tory.d.brewer@wv.gov · Program site
Source: NIST OWM directory (updated Sep 17, 2026) · Verified Sep 22, 2026 · Program site: the agency’s current page (the NIST listing shows an outdated link)
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Dept. of Agriculture, Trade & Consumer Protection
Joseph Smith — Director
P.O. Box 8911, 2811 Agriculture Drive, Madison, WI 53708-8911
(608) 516-5362 · josephj.smith@wisconsin.gov · Program site
Hybrid: municipalities over 5,000 must run their own W&M program or contract with DATCP (Wis. Stat. ch. 98). DATCP refers to the WIWMA association directory for municipal programs (non-government listing).
Source: NIST OWM directory (updated Sep 17, 2026) · Verified Sep 22, 2026
Wyoming
Wyoming Department of Agriculture
Robert Weidler — Director
6607 Campstool Road, Cheyenne, WY 82002
(307) 777-7556 · robert.weidler@wyo.gov · Program site
Source: NIST OWM directory (updated Sep 17, 2026) · Verified Sep 22, 2026
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