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PUBLICATIONS

NIST Handbook 44: Specifications, Tolerances, and Other Technical Requirements for Weighing and Measuring Devices (2024 Ed.)

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Author(s)

Juana Williams, Loren Minnich, Jan Konijnenburg, Gloria Lee, Isabel Baucom, Katrice Lippa

Abstract

NIST Handbook 44 is adopted by many state, local, and some federal weights and measures authorities to apply to commercial weighing and measuring equipment and associated equipment and for use in applications for law enforcement and the collection of statistical information by government agencies. This 2024 edition includes amendments made through the Committee on Specifications and Tolerances of the National Conference on Weights and Measures (NCWM) with technical guidance from the Office of Weights and Measures (OWM) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and input from weights and measures officials and industry representatives. These amendments were adopted by the NCWM at its 108th Annual Meeting in July 2023.
Citation
Handbook (NIST HB) - 44 (2024 Ed.)
Report Number
44 (2024 Ed.)
NIST Pub Series
Handbook (NIST HB)
Pub Type
NIST Pubs

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https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.HB.44-2024
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Keywords

devices, dry measures, electric vehicle fueling systems, grain analyzers, grain moisture meters, hydrogen gas-measuring devices, liquid-measuring devices, LPG and anhydrous ammonia liquid-measuring, mass flow meters, measure-containers, measuring, measuring systems, meters, multiple dimension measuring devices, odometers, scales, taximeters, timing devices, transportation network measuring systems, vehicle tanks, weighing, weighing systems.
Weights and measures

Citation

Williams, J. , Minnich, L. , Konijnenburg, J. , Lee, G. , Baucom, I. and Lippa, K. (2023), NIST Handbook 44: Specifications, Tolerances, and Other Technical Requirements for Weighing and Measuring Devices (2024 Ed.), Handbook (NIST HB), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.HB.44-2024, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=956954 (Accessed October 13, 2025)

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Created November 15, 2023, Updated July 14, 2025
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