STATE OF ALABAMA

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND INDUSTRIES

Street Address: 1445 Federal Drive 

Montgomery, Alabama 36107-1123

Rick Pate Grain Inspection Office

 Commissioner Alabama State Docks

1901 ASD BLVD. BLDG. 50 SUITE 105

Mobile, Alabama 36602

PHONE: 251-438-2549 

Email: mobileinspection@agi.alabama.gov

www.agi.alabama.gov ● Phone 1-800-642-7761

“We provide employment & services without discrimination.”

SCHEDULE OF AMA INSPECTION FEES UNDER THE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING ACT OF 1946

FRANK GUESNARD, CHIEF INSPECTOR JEFF JEFFERS, DIRECTOR

AMA Inspection Shipping Point Inspection Division

P.O. Box 244, Mobile, AL 36601 P.O. Box 1368, Dothan, AL 36302

Phone: (251) 438-2549 Phone: (334) 792-5185

Effective date: January 3, 2024

REGULAR HOURS:

7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, except holidays. Not to exceed 8 hours per day. The $42.00 hourly rate will 

apply if requested services are not identified by a unit fee.

Commodity Cooperative Service Agreement Fees. In addition to all other applicable fees, commodity cooperative service agreement fees for 

commodity inspection services (pulses, hops, and miscellaneous processed commodities), excluding rice, will be assessed at the current percentage 

rate identified in FGIS Directive 9180.74 (Service Fees and Billing Codes, Attachment 4.) The assessed fees must exclude travel, mailing expenses, 

and state and local taxes. Invoices will identify assessed commodity cooperative service agreement fees as separate line items.

OVERTIME: $52.50 per Individual Hour

A four-hour minimum per individual when called out on overtime.

HOLIDAY: Holidays include New Year’s Day, Veterans’ Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, 

National Memorial Day, and Confederate Memorial Day and those granted by the Governor.

Cancellation of Shift Work - $42.00 per each man hour if not cancelled during workday prior to schedule.

Charges are assessed in half-hour increments in addition to carrier and sample fee with a minimum charge of four hours.

TRAVEL TIME CHARGE: $42.00 per Individual Hour

MILEAGE CHARGE: “The IRS standard mileage rage will be assessed per actual miles traveled plus travel 

time. Any change to the mileage rate is effective when the IRS changes their standard 

mileage rate. Mileage and travel time will be prorated when it is possible.”

OFFICIAL SERVICES: Official Services not covered in this schedule will be 

charged at the appropriate hourly rate.

A. OFFICIAL INSPECTION SERVICES

a. OFFICIAL SAMPLING ONLY – AMA

i. Railcar, Tank, or Container

Hourly Basis of $42.00

ii. Ship

Hourly Basis of $42.00

iii. Truck or Trailer

Hourly Basis of $42.00

iv. Barge

Hourly Basis of $42.00
STATE OF ALABAMA

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND INDUSTRIES

Street Address: 1445 Federal Drive 

Montgomery, Alabama 36107-1123

Rick Pate Grain Inspection Office

 Commissioner Alabama State Docks

1901 ASD BLVD. BLDG. 50 SUITE 105

Mobile, Alabama 36602

PHONE: 251-438-2549 

Email: mobileinspection@agi.alabama.gov

www.agi.alabama.gov ● Phone 1-800-642-7761

“We provide employment & services without discrimination.”

b. STOWAGE EXAMINATIONS (unit fee in addition to hourly fee)

i. Per Tank, Railcar, Truck, or Container $25.00

ii. SHIP: Per Hold Compartment ($300.00 Minimum per Ship) $60.00

iii. Re-inspections ($180.00 Minimum per Ship) Same as original fee

iv. BARGE: Per Barge $36.00