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MO Rev Stat § 411.280 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 411 - Missouri Grain Warehouse Law|Section 411.280 - Warehouseman's net worth, requirements — deficiency, how corrected.

Effective - 28 Aug 2011   411.280. Warehouseman's net worth, requirements — deficiency, how corrected. — Every warehouseman licensed under the provisions of this chapter shall have and maintain a net worth equal to the greater of ten thousand dollars or the amount which results from multiplying the storage capacity of the warehouse by twenty-five cents per bushel. Capital stock, for the purpose of determining the net worth, shall not be considered a liability. Any deficiency in required net worth above the ten thousand dollar minimum requirement may be met by supplying additional bond in an amount equal to one thousand dollars for each one thousand dollars or fraction thereof of deficiency. ­­-------- (L. 1941 p. 373 § 46, A.L. 1965 p. 606, A.L. 1977 S.B. 75, A.L. 1980 S.B. 601, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1578, A.L. 1997 H.B. 211, A.L. 2011 H.B. 458 merged with S.B. 356)
MO Rev Stat § 411.281 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 411 - Missouri Grain Warehouse Law|Section 411.281 - Additional bond required, when — amount, how determined.

Effective - 28 Aug 1977   411.281. Additional bond required, when — amount, how determined. — 1. The director, after a hearing held in accordance with this chapter and regulations promulgated hereunder, may make a determination that the warehouseman has failed, or is unable, to meet storage or dollar obligations, and thus an additional bond is essential to adequately protect the warehouseman's depositors. Upon such a determination, the director shall require to be filed, within a reasonable period, as determined by the director, an additional bond in such amount as the director deems to be necessary to assure protection to the warehouseman's depositors.  2. The amount of the additional bond required under this section shall not exceed the amount necessary to fulfill the storage and dollar obligation which the warehouseman has failed or is unable to meet. ­­-------- (L. 1977 S.B. 75 § 5)
MO Rev Stat § 411.285 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 411 - Missouri Grain Warehouse Law|Section 411.285 - Procedure after license is revoked — injunction to sell or remove grain, hearing, notice.

Effective - 22 Apr 1986   411.285. Procedure after license is revoked — injunction to sell or remove grain, hearing, notice. — 1. When a license is revoked, the warehouseman shall terminate, in a manner prescribed by the director, all arrangements covering the storing of grain in the warehouse covered by the license, but shall be permitted, under the supervision of the director, to deliver or purchase grain previously received.  2. In terminating arrangements regarding the storing of grain, the warehouseman shall prepare and send a notice, in a form approved by the director, to all depositors. The notice shall set forth the fact of termination and provide for a schedule of deliveries.  3. When a license is revoked, the director shall notify each depositor or holder of an outstanding warehouse receipt of the revocation. The director shall further notify each depositor or receipt holder that his grain must be sold or removed from the warehouse. The notice shall be by ordinary mail sent to the last known address of each receipt holder. Upon receipt of the notice, it shall be the legal duty imposed hereby of each depositor or receipt holder to so sell, or remove or cause to be removed his grain from the warehouse forthwith.  4. When a warehouseman's license is revoked pursuant to this section, the director may apply to the circuit court for a mandatory injunction ordering depositors to sell, remove or cause to be removed their grain from the warehouse and the circuit courts are hereby empowered to enter such an order. A hearing shall be held within ten days of the filing of any such petition. Notice of hearing to depositors, receipt holders, warehouseman, surety, all interested persons and the director shall be by any practicable means effecting actual notice. Further, the circuit courts are empowered to enter any order pertaining to the warehouseman, director, depositors, receipt holders, surety, or other interested persons that is appropriate in the circumstances to effectuate such removal or sale consistent with the purpose of this chapter. The court may enforce any order entered pursuant to this section by its contempt powers or as otherwise provided by law. ­­-------- (L. 1977 S.B. 75 § 9, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1578)  Effective 4-22-86
MO Rev Stat § 411.287 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 411 - Missouri Grain Warehouse Law|Section 411.287 - Director may monitor operations, when — fee for monitoring — director may order shipments of grain stopped, failure to obey order, penalty.

Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories   411.287. Director may monitor operations, when — fee for monitoring — director may order shipments of grain stopped, failure to obey order, penalty. — 1. If a license is suspended, revoked or a shortage is known to exist and the director determines that there is danger of loss to depositors, the director or his authorized agents may enter the premises of the warehouseman, monitor the activities of the warehouseman and take any actions authorized by this chapter which are necessary to protect the interests of depositors of grain. Additionally, when a shortage exists, the director or his designated representative may order, verbally or in writing, the warehouseman to cease shipping any grain until such shortage is corrected. Should the warehouseman continue to ship grain after being advised of such order to cease shipping, such action of the warehouseman shall constitute a class D felony. The director and his designated representative shall notify local law enforcement officials and request the immediate arrest of the warehouseman.  2. Whenever the director or his authorized agents monitor the operation of any warehouse, the warehouseman, upon a finding by a court of competent jurisdiction that the director had reasonable grounds to believe that this action was necessary to protect the depositors, may be assessed and shall pay a fee of one hundred dollars per person for each day or part thereof that the director or his authorized agents monitored the operations. ­­-------- (L. 1977 S.B. 75 § 10, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1578, A.L. 1997 H.B. 211, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)  Effective 1-01-17
MO Rev Stat § 411.295 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 411 - Missouri Grain Warehouse Law|Section 411.295 - Director may hold hearings, administer oaths, subpoena witnesses and evidence, and punish for contempt.

Effective - 02 Jan 1979   411.295. Director may hold hearings, administer oaths, subpoena witnesses and evidence, and punish for contempt. — The director shall have power in the conduct of any investigation or hearing authorized or held by him to examine, or cause to be examined, under oath, any person, and to examine, or cause to be examined, books and records of any warehouseman; to hear testimony and take proof material for his information in the discharge of his duties under this chapter; to administer or cause to be administered oaths; and for any such purposes to issue subpoenas, to require the attendance of witnesses and the production of books which shall be effective in any part of this state; and any circuit court may, by order duly entered, require the attendance of witnesses and the production of relevant books and records subpoenaed by the director, and the court may compel obedience to its order by proceedings for contempt. ­­-------- (L. 1965 p. 606, A.L. 1977 S.B. 75, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)  Effective 1-02-79
MO Rev Stat § 411.301 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 411 - Missouri Grain Warehouse Law|Section 411.301 - Director may enjoin violations.

Effective - 28 Aug 1965   411.301. Director may enjoin violations. — The director may enjoin a warehouseman from violating or continuing to violate the provisions of this chapter and the rules and regulations adopted by the director pursuant to this chapter by filing injunction proceedings in the circuit court and in any such proceedings the circuit court, if it deems it proper, may order the warehouseman to not receive any more grain into such warehouse or to deliver any grain therefrom except as the court by its order shall direct. The injunction shall be prosecuted by the attorney general or the prosecuting attorney of the proper county upon request of the director. ­­-------- (L. 1965 p. 606)
MO Rev Stat § 411.311 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 411 - Missouri Grain Warehouse Law|Section 411.311 - Operation without license prohibited, penalty.

Effective - 22 Apr 1986   411.311. Operation without license prohibited, penalty. — 1. Any person who:  (1) Operates a warehouse for storage of grain;  (2) Holds himself out as being in the grain storage business, or as offering storage facilities for grain;  (3) Advertises for, solicits or accepts grain for storage;  (4) Carries on a grain bank operation, or receives and stores grain for which a like quantity of grain is to be returned or delivered in any form to the depositor thereof without first obtaining and keeping in force an annual license issued by the department authorizing the operation of a public grain warehouse, or without having the license displayed in a conspicuous place, or who shall continue to transact any such business as a public warehouse after the license has been revoked or suspended, except that he may purchase from or deliver to depositors property previously stored in the warehouse; is guilty of a misdemeanor.  2. The director may refuse to renew any license or grant a new one to any person whose license has been revoked for a period of one year from the date of the revocation. ­­-------- (L. 1965 p. 606, A.L. 1977 S.B. 75, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1578)  Effective 4-22-86
MO Rev Stat § 411.321 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 411 - Missouri Grain Warehouse Law|Section 411.321 - Terminal warehouseman to receive, inspect, weigh and grade grain.

Effective - 02 Apr 1997   411.321. Terminal warehouseman to receive, inspect, weigh and grade grain. — 1. It shall be the duty of every terminal warehouseman to receive for storage any grain, dry and suitable for warehousing, that may be tendered to him in the usual manner in which terminal warehouses are accustomed to receive the same, in the ordinary and usual course of business, to the capacity of his warehouse available for public storage. The grain shall be officially inspected, officially weighed, and officially graded, upon receiving grain into the warehouse, except that the owner or warehouseman may direct that the grain not be officially inspected, officially weighed, or officially graded as provided in section 411.030, but shall be inspected, weighed, and graded by an individual, designated by the warehouseman, competent and qualified in performing these services.  2. All grain delivered from the warehouse shall be officially inspected, officially weighed, and officially graded on its delivery by a duly authorized inspector and weighmaster of the department, except that the owner or warehouseman may direct that the grain not be officially inspected, officially weighed, or officially graded as provided in section 411.030, but shall be inspected and weighed by an individual, designated by the warehouseman, competent and qualified in performing these services. ­­-------- (L. 1965 p. 606, A.L. 1997 H.B. 211)  Effective 4-02-97
MO Rev Stat § 411.323 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 411 - Missouri Grain Warehouse Law|Section 411.323 - Nonterminal warehouseman to receive, inspect, weigh and grade grain — exceptions — may issue receipts for own grain, how.

Effective - 02 Apr 1997   411.323. Nonterminal warehouseman to receive, inspect, weigh and grade grain — exceptions — may issue receipts for own grain, how. — 1. Every public warehouseman, other than a terminal warehouseman, shall receive for storage or shipment, so far as the available capacity for public storage of the warehouse shall permit, all grain in a dry and suitable condition for storage tendered him in the usual course of business, the grain to be inspected, weighed, and graded by an individual, designated by the warehouseman, competent and qualified in performing these services except that:  (1) The owner and the warehouseman may agree upon a sample taken from the lot of grain to be offered for storage as being a true and representative sample. This sample shall be sent to an official licensed inspector of the Missouri state grain warehouse division and the official licensed inspector who receives the sample shall grade it according to the official U.S.D.A. grain standards and issue a certificate of grade which shall state the name of the owner, the warehouse at which it is stored and the official grade of the grain and the official grade shall be stated on the warehouse receipt. The sample submitted to the licensed inspector shall be held by him for a period of at least ten days from its receipt and in case that either party of the transaction is dissatisfied with the grade assigned, he may have the right to reinspection and appeal upon request. The fees for the inspection of the sample shall be paid by the warehouseman and added to the storage charges of the grain;  (2) The owner and the warehouseman may agree to the grade of the grain to be offered for storage and a warehouse receipt issued on the agreed grade;  (3) The owner or warehouseman may have an official weight, official inspection, and an official grade on the grain to be offered for storage if requested of the department, the expense thereof paid by the person requesting the service.  2. Any warehouseman desiring to issue warehouse receipts for his own grain in store may do so by complying with the regulations governing the methods as prescribed by the director. ­­-------- (L. 1965 p. 606, A.L. 1997 H.B. 211)  Effective 4-02-97
MO Rev Stat § 411.327 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 411 - Missouri Grain Warehouse Law|Section 411.327 - Grain bank grain, how treated.

Effective - 28 Aug 1977   411.327. Grain bank grain, how treated. — Grain which is deposited in a warehouse for processing and which is commonly referred to as grain bank grain shall be considered to be storage grain. Grain bank grain shall be entered into the records of the warehouseman as a storage obligation in the same manner as other storage grain. The grain deposited for grain bank purposes may be accounted for on a separate record. Grain bank grain shall be accounted for on an individual depositor basis and shall not be shown as a total grain bank grain obligation. The records for grain bank grain shall be kept on a pounds or bushels basis for the various kinds of grain deposited. Records for grain bank grain may be kept on a monetary basis only if a check is issued or actual payment made at the time of delivery of the grain to the warehouse. If records are kept on a monetary basis, the warehouseman shall furnish written proof of payment to the director or his authorized agent upon request. The director is authorized to adopt and enforce any procedures and regulations necessary to assure the protection of grain bank obligations in the conduct of grain bank operations in warehouses. ­­-------- (L. 1977 S.B. 75 § 8)
MO Rev Stat § 411.331 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 411 - Missouri Grain Warehouse Law|Section 411.331 - Grain may be withheld from going into terminal warehouse — when — how — penalties.

Effective - 28 Aug 1965   411.331. Grain may be withheld from going into terminal warehouse — when — how — penalties. — In case any owner or consignee of grain to a terminal warehouse shall be dissatisfied with the inspection or grade of any lot of grain received by rail or shall from any cause desire to receive his property without its passing into store, he shall be at liberty to have the same withheld from going into the terminal warehouse, whether the property may have previously been consigned to such terminal public warehouse or not, by giving proper notice prior to unloading to the person or corporation in whose possession it may be at the time of giving such notice; and the grain shall be withheld from going into storage and be delivered to the owner subject only to such proper charges including any advanced draft as may be a lien upon it prior to the notice, the grain in railroad cars to be removed therefrom by the owner or consignor within twenty-four hours after the notice has been given to the railroad company having it in its possession; provided, the railroad company place the same in a proper and convenient place for unloading; and any person or corporation refusing to allow the owner or consignor to receive his grain shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and shall be liable to pay the owner or consignor damages for any conversion. Notice that grain is not to be delivered into store may also be given to the proprietor of any terminal warehouse into which it would otherwise have been delivered, and if after the notice it be taken into store in the terminal warehouse, the proprietor of the terminal warehouse shall be liable to the owner of the grain for conversion. ­­-------- (L. 1965 p. 606)
MO Rev Stat § 411.341 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 411 - Missouri Grain Warehouse Law|Section 411.341 - Grain may be stored in special bin — receipt to indicate.

Effective - 28 Aug 1965   411.341. Grain may be stored in special bin — receipt to indicate. — 1. Any public warehouseman may, upon request of the owner of any grain, and with the consent of the warehouseman, store grain of the same grade in a bin to be kept apart from that of other owners, which bin shall thereupon be marked as a special bin.  2. If a warehouse receipt be issued for grain so kept separate, it shall state on the face of the receipt that it is a special bin, and shall state the number of each bin. ­­-------- (L. 1965 p. 606)
MO Rev Stat § 411.371 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 411 - Missouri Grain Warehouse Law|Section 411.371 - Warehouse receipts, approval by director required — counterfeiting, penalty for — unused receipts returned to director, when — unlawful issuance of receipts, penalty.

Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories   411.371. Warehouse receipts, approval by director required — counterfeiting, penalty for — unused receipts returned to director, when — unlawful issuance of receipts, penalty. — 1. Warehouse receipts shall be issued by any licensed public warehouseman as herein defined upon the request of any depositor, and must be issued in manner and form as provided by this chapter or prescribed by rule, and the form of all receipts shall be approved by the director. The director shall be authorized to have printed all warehouse receipts, grade certificates, and weight certificates issued by public warehousemen licensed under this chapter.  2. It shall be unlawful for any public warehouseman to issue any warehouse receipts for any grain received except upon warehouse receipts approved by the director. Any person who shall issue or cause to be issued any counterfeit warehouse receipt, or any warehouse receipt for grain, other than as authorized and prescribed by the director, shall be guilty of a class D felony.  3. Whenever the license of a public warehouseman expires or is revoked or suspended, he shall return all unused warehouse receipts to the director; the director shall immediately notify the holders of all outstanding receipts of the expiration or revocation of the license.  4. It shall be unlawful for any person, other than a licensed public grain warehouseman, to issue any negotiable warehouse receipt for grain, or any warehouse receipt for grain for collateral purposes. Any person who violates this subsection is, upon conviction, guilty of a class D felony. ­­-------- (L. 1965 p. 606, A.L. 1977 S.B. 75, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1578, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)  Effective 1-01-17
MO Rev Stat § 411.381 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 411 - Missouri Grain Warehouse Law|Section 411.381 - Receipts, contents — prima facie evidence of holder's claim to grain.

Effective - 10 Jun 1981   411.381. Receipts, contents — prima facie evidence of holder's claim to grain. — 1. Every receipt issued for grain stored in a warehouse licensed under this chapter shall embody within its written or printed terms:  (1) The location of the warehouse where the grain is stored;  (2) The date of the issuance of the receipt;  (3) The consecutive number of the receipt;  (4) How received, whether by railroad, car, truck, or other means;  (5) A statement whether the grain received will be delivered to the bearer, to a specified person, or to a specific person or his order;  (6) The rate of storage and handling charges;  (7) The net weight in bushels and pounds and the percentage of dockage together with the grading factors and the grade;  (8) The words "nonnegotiable" or "negotiable" according to the nature of the receipt clearly and conspicuously printed or stamped thereon;  (9) The signature of the warehouseman which may be made by an authorized agent; and  (10) If the receipt is issued for grain of which the warehouseman is owner, either solely or jointly, or in common with others, the fact of such ownership.  2. A receipt, whether negotiable or nonnegotiable, is a document of title. The warehouseman's failure to complete all entries on a receipt as required by this chapter and the rules promulgated pursuant to this chapter shall constitute a violation on the part of the warehouseman, but shall not preclude or restrict a depositor's right to recover stored grain under the provisions of this chapter. The receipt shall constitute prima facie evidence of the holder's claim to the grain regardless of the degree of compliance with this chapter with respect to completion of the entries required by this chapter. ­­-------- (L. 1965 p. 606, A.L. 1981 S.B. 366)  Effective 6-10-81
MO Rev Stat § 411.383 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 411 - Missouri Grain Warehouse Law|Section 411.383 - Warehouse receipt register, how maintained.

Effective - 28 Aug 1977   411.383. Warehouse receipt register, how maintained. — Every licensed warehouseman who issues warehouse receipts shall maintain at his place of business a warehouse receipt register containing the duplicate copy of all issued receipts, each by consecutive number. Upon cancellation of a receipt, the original shall be retained in the warehouseman's files attached to its duplicate. After cancellation neither the original nor the duplicate shall be removed from the files. ­­-------- (L. 1977 S.B. 75 § 11)
MO Rev Stat § 411.391 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 411 - Missouri Grain Warehouse Law|Section 411.391 - Warehouseman may sell or pledge receipts issued for grain owned by him.

Effective - 02 Apr 1997   411.391. Warehouseman may sell or pledge receipts issued for grain owned by him. — Any public warehouseman operating a warehouse in the state may make a valid sale or a pledge of any warehouse receipts issued for grain of which the warehouseman is the owner, either solely or jointly or in common with others, and the recital of ownership in the receipt shall constitute notice of the right to sell or pledge the same and of the title or specific lien of the transferee or pledgee upon the warehouseman's grain represented by the receipts. ­­-------- (L. 1965 p. 606, A.L. 1997 H.B. 211)  Effective 4-02-97