can you do jail time if you have a scale in your house?

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A couple I know had a fight and the police came out. While there looking around they found a scale? Can either one of them or both serve time for having the scale in their home?
 
Yes they can. If any drug residue if found on the scales or if they can prove that the scale was used to weigh drugs. If they can prove that is was used to weigh drugs then it is drug paraphernalia. This is a misdemeanor and they could be fined, put on probation for a period of 11 months 29 days, or if they have prior drug convictions and the judge determines that they aren't learning their lesson they can be placed in jail for 11 months 29 days. If one or the other claims the scale as being theirs than that individual person will receive the charges. If neither of them claims the scale as theirs they may both be charged with possession of drug paraphernalia.
 
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