San Diego County
County of San Diego Department of Agriculture, Weights and Measures
In short
County of San Diego Department of Agriculture, Weights and Measures issues 1 permit we publish for San Diego County, last verified 2026-09-27. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.
What this agency issues
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial Device / Point-of-Sale (POS) System Registration | County of San Diego Department of Agriculture, Weights and Measures | $120/year location fee per business location with one or more devices, plus a per-device fee and admin charge (examples: Class II Scales $80 + $2.20; Computing Scales under 100 lb $25 + $2.20, 100-2,000 lb $50 + $2.20; Counter Scales under 100 lb $26 + $2.20; Prescription/Jewelry Scales $80 + $2.20; Grease/Lube Meters $26 + $2.20; Retail Motor Fuel Meters $26 + $2.20), capped at $1,200/location for most small device types; POS system registration is separate and billed by station count: $178/year for 1-3 stations, $242/year for 4-9, $302/year for 10+; a 50% late-payment surcharge applies 30 days after the due date. | annual registration and renewal for every device type | 2026-09-27 |
Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.
About each permit
Commercial Device / Point-of-Sale (POS) System Registration
AWM requires 'each scale, submeter, gas pump, taximeter, or other commercial device or point-of-sale system used by a business or retail operation ... in San Diego County' to be registered, and its own examples of covered businesses name 'grocery stores, coffee shops, gas stations, recyclers, airports' by name. Unlike DEHQ's food and hazmat pages, AWM's own page does not add an explicit 'including inside all 18 incorporated cities' sentence, so this record's countywide scope is stated as very likely rather than confirmed to that same standard. A retail store or coffee shop with a POS terminal and a bulk-goods scale pays both the device fee and the separate POS registration; an auto-repair shop with a fuel, grease or lube meter registers under the device schedule. AWM no longer issues physical device or POS permit copies to businesses even though registration itself is still required.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- San Diego County
- Phone
- (858) 694-2811
Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.
Sources
Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.
- Annual Device Registration Application/Fee Schedule (Rev. 1-1-24) — $120/year location fee plus per-device feesCounty of San Diego Department of Agriculture, Weights and Measures · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-27
- Annual Point of Sale (POS) Registration Application (7-10-26) — $178/$242/$302 per year by station countCounty of San Diego Department of Agriculture, Weights and Measures · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-27
- Device and Point of Sale (POS) Registration — 'Any business that operates a commercial weighing and measuring device in San Diego County, such as grocery stores, coffee shops, gas stations...'County of San Diego Department of Agriculture, Weights and Measures · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-27
Other offices serving San Diego County
- County of San Diego Department of Environmental Health and Quality (DEHQ), Food and Housing Division
- County of San Diego Planning & Development Services (PDS), Zoning and Building Divisions
- County of San Diego (general administration)
- County of San Diego Department of Environmental Health and Quality (DEHQ), Hazardous Materials Division
- San Diego County Fire, Community Risk Reduction Division (Fire Marshal Program)
- County of San Diego Assessor/Recorder/County Clerk (ARCC), Office of the Recorder/County Clerk
- County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA), Public Health Services, Tobacco Retail Licensing Program
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