Section 183. Sealing of approved devices

1.  Whenever any weights and
  measures official inspects any weighing or measuring  device  or  system
  and finds that it corresponds with, or causes it to correspond with, the
  standards  in  his  possession,  and  further  finds  that  it meets the
  specifications, tolerances and variations allowable  as  established  by
  the commissioner, he or she shall attach an appropriate official seal to
  such  device  or system, or a security seal, as appropriate for purposes
  of this subdivision. The term "official seal"  shall  mean  an  approval
  notice, decal or label affixed to a device or system indicating that the
  device  or  system has been inspected by a weights and measures official
  and found to be in compliance as described in  this  section.  The  term
  "security  seal"  shall mean a wire or paper seal or similar nonreusable
  closure  or  an  electronic  audit  trail,   used   to   indicate   that
  modifications or adjustments have been made to a device or system.
    2. No person, except a weights and measures official, shall remove any
  official  seal  or  security  seal  from  any such weighing or measuring
  device or system, or obliterate or deface any such seal or cause any  of
  the  foregoing,  except  that the device owner, or his or her agent, may
  remove a seal to perform repairs and maintenance  provided  that  he  or
  she:  (a)  has  first  notified  the  appropriate  municipal director of
  weights and measures as set forth in section one hundred  eighty-two  of
  this article; (b) otherwise complies with section one hundred eighty-two
  of  this  article;  and  (c) in the case of a security seal, replaces it
  with an equivalent security seal.
    3. All users of commercial weighing or measuring  devices  or  systems
  shall  permit  the inspection and testing of the same by any weights and
  measures official for the purpose of emplacing or examining such seals.