Southern Weights and Measures Association (SWMA)

The Southern Weights and Measures Association is a corporation organized as a not for profit business league under section 501(c)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code.

The Association is committed to:

Promoting uniform weights and measures laws, rules, and regulations in the member jurisdictions.
Encouraging uniform weights and measures enforcement methods.
Helping in the development of better weighing and measuring devices.
Discouraging all unfair weights and measures practices.
Cooperating with the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the National Conference on Weights and Measures, the state and regional weights and measures associations, and industry associations interested in the promotion of more uniform and more efficient weights and measures administration.
Securing the cooperation of all concerned in bettering methods of dealing in commodities, and securing honest weights and measures and a fair dealing in commercial quantity determinations for all people.

Membership in the Association is extended to:

Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, the District of Columbia, and the US Virgin Islands.

Any person residing within a member jurisdiction who is employed by a State, County, City, or the District of Columbia, and who is actively engaged in weights and measures work.

Any person having an interest in weighing and measuring problems in any member jurisdiction, regardless of residence.

Manufacturers, jobbers, wholesalers, firms, companies, corporations, associations, or individuals having an interest in or concerned with weights and measures work in any member jurisdiction, regardless of the location of their headquarters.