Weights and Measures

The Weights and Measures Bureau responsibilities, mandated in Title 30, Chapter 12, and Title 82, Chapter 15, MCA, and implemented in the Administrative Rules of Montana, ARM 24.351.101 through 1117 include licensing, inspecting, testing, and certifying all weighing or measuring devices used in commercial transactions in the State of Montana.  Weights and Measures has adopted in part the 2023 editions of NIST Handbook 44 and NIST Handbook 130; see ARM for specific instances where Montana uses different standards. 
 

Contact Information

Main Office - Plan Review Support Staff
Phone: (406) 841-2056
Fax: (406) 841-2050
Email: weightsandmeasures@mt.gov


Physical Address:
3806 Hwy 12 East - East Helena, MT 59635


Mailing Address:
PO Box 200516
Helena, MT  59620-0516


Brent Ricks, Program Manager
Phone: (406) 202-2755
Email: bricks@mt.gov

Sam Osborne, Program Manager
Phone: (406) 461-7997
Email: samuel.osborne@mt.gov

Dave Fraser - Metrologist & Metrology Lab
Phone: (406) 461-4168
Email: dafraser@mt.gov

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