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KS Stat § 34-278 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 34 - Grain And Forage|Article 2 - Inspecting, Sampling, Storing, Weighing And Grading Grain; Terminal And Local Warehouses|34-278 Negotiations of negotiable receipts by endorsement.

34-278. Negotiations of negotiable receipts by endorsement. A negotiable receipt may be negotiated by the endorsement of the person to whose order the grain is by the terms of the receipt deliverable. Such endorsement may be in blank, to the bearer, or to a specified person. If endorsed to a specified person it may be again negotiated by the endorsement of such person in blank, to bearer, or to another specified person. Subsequent negotiation may be made in like manner.History: L. 1931, ch. 194, § 56; July 1.
KS Stat § 34-279 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 34 - Grain And Forage|Article 2 - Inspecting, Sampling, Storing, Weighing And Grading Grain; Terminal And Local Warehouses|34-279 Transfer of receipt.

34-279. Transfer of receipt. A receipt which is not in such form that it can be negotiated by delivery may be transferred by the holder by delivery to a purchaser or donee. A nonnegotiable receipt cannot be negotiated, and the endorsement of such a receipt gives the transferee no additional right.History: L. 1931, ch. 194, § 57; July 1.
KS Stat § 34-280 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 34 - Grain And Forage|Article 2 - Inspecting, Sampling, Storing, Weighing And Grading Grain; Terminal And Local Warehouses|34-280 Who may negotiate a receipt.

34-280. Who may negotiate a receipt. A negotiable receipt may be negotiated: (a) By the owner, thereof; or (b) by any person to whom the possession or custody of the receipt has been entrusted by the owner, or holder, if, by the terms of the receipt, the warehouseman undertakes to deliver the grain to the order of the person to whom the possession or custody of the receipt has been entrusted, or if at the time of such entrusting the receipt is in such form that it may be negotiated by delivery.History: L. 1931, ch. 194, § 58; July 1.
KS Stat § 34-281 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 34 - Grain And Forage|Article 2 - Inspecting, Sampling, Storing, Weighing And Grading Grain; Terminal And Local Warehouses|34-281 Rights of person to whom a receipt has been negotiated.

34-281. Rights of person to whom a receipt has been negotiated. A person to whom a negotiable receipt has been duly negotiated acquires thereby: (a) Such title to the grain as the person negotiating the receipt to him had or had ability to convey to a purchaser in good faith for value and also such title to the grain as the depositor to whose order the grain was to be delivered by the terms of the receipt had or had ability to convey to a purchaser in good faith for value; and (b) the direct obligation of the warehouseman to hold possession of the grain for him according to the terms of the receipt as fully as if the warehouseman had contracted directly with him.History: L. 1931, ch. 194, § 59; July 1.
KS Stat § 34-282 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 34 - Grain And Forage|Article 2 - Inspecting, Sampling, Storing, Weighing And Grading Grain; Terminal And Local Warehouses|34-282 Rights of person to whom a receipt has been transferred, but not negotiated.

34-282. Rights of person to whom a receipt has been transferred, but not negotiated. A person to whom a receipt has been transferred, but not negotiated, acquires thereby, as against the transferer, the title to the grain, subject to the terms of any agreement with the transferer. If the receipt is nonnegotiable such person also acquires the right to notify the warehouseman of the transfer to him of such receipt, and thereby to acquire the direct obligation of the warehouseman to hold possession of the grain for him, according to the terms of the receipt. Prior to the notification of the warehouseman by the transferer of a nonnegotiable receipt, the title of the transferee to the grain and the right to acquire the obligation of the warehouseman may be defeated by the levy of an attachment or execution upon the grain by a creditor of the transferer, or by a notification to the warehouseman by the transferer or a subsequent purchaser from the transferer of a subsequent sale of the grain by the transferer.History: L. 1931, ch. 194, § 60; July 1.
KS Stat § 34-283 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 34 - Grain And Forage|Article 2 - Inspecting, Sampling, Storing, Weighing And Grading Grain; Terminal And Local Warehouses|34-283 Transfer of negotiable receipt without endorsement.

34-283. Transfer of negotiable receipt without endorsement. Where a negotiable receipt is transferred for value by delivery, and the endorsement of the transfer [transferer] is essential for negotiation, the transferee acquires a right against the transferer to compel him to endorse the receipt unless a contrary intention appears. The negotiation shall take effect as of the time when the endorsement is actually made.History: L. 1931, ch. 194, § 61; July 1.
KS Stat § 34-284 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 34 - Grain And Forage|Article 2 - Inspecting, Sampling, Storing, Weighing And Grading Grain; Terminal And Local Warehouses|34-284 Warranties on sale of receipt.

34-284. Warranties on sale of receipt. A person who for value negotiates or transfers a receipt by endorsement or delivery including one who assigns for value a claim secured by a receipt unless a contrary intention appears, warrant: (a) That the receipt is genuine; (b) that he has a legal right to negotiate or transfer it; (c) that he has knowledge of no fact which would impair the validity or worth of the receipt, and (d) that he has a right to transfer the title to the grain, and that the grain is merchantable or fit for a particular purpose whenever such warranties would have been implied if the contract of the parties had been to transfer the grain without receipts represented thereby.History: L. 1931, ch. 194, § 62; July 1.
KS Stat § 34-285 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 34 - Grain And Forage|Article 2 - Inspecting, Sampling, Storing, Weighing And Grading Grain; Terminal And Local Warehouses|34-285 Endorser not a guarantor.

34-285. Endorser not a guarantor. The endorsement of a receipt shall not make the endorser liable for any failure on the part of the warehouseman or previous endorsers of the receipt to fulfill their respective obligations.History: L. 1931, ch. 194, § 63; July 1.
KS Stat § 34-286 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 34 - Grain And Forage|Article 2 - Inspecting, Sampling, Storing, Weighing And Grading Grain; Terminal And Local Warehouses|34-286 No warranty implied from accepting payment of a debt.

34-286. No warranty implied from accepting payment of a debt. A mortgagee, or pledgee, or holder for security, of a receipt who in good faith demands or receives payment of the debt for which such receipt is security whether from a party to a draft drawn for such debts, or from any other person, shall not by so doing be deemed to represent or to warrant the genuineness of such receipt or the quantity or quality of the grain therein described.History: L. 1931, ch. 194, § 64; July 1.
KS Stat § 34-287 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 34 - Grain And Forage|Article 2 - Inspecting, Sampling, Storing, Weighing And Grading Grain; Terminal And Local Warehouses|34-287 When negotiations not impaired by fraud, mistake or duress.

34-287. When negotiations not impaired by fraud, mistake or duress. The validity of the negotiation of a receipt is not impaired by the fact that such negotiation was a breach of duty on the part of the person making the negotiation, or by the fact that the owner of the receipt was induced by fraud, mistake or duress to entrust the possession or custody of the receipt to such person, if the person to whom the receipt was subsequently negotiated paid value therefor without notice of the breach of duty or fraud, mistake or duress.History: L. 1931, ch. 194, § 65; July 1.
KS Stat § 34-288 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 34 - Grain And Forage|Article 2 - Inspecting, Sampling, Storing, Weighing And Grading Grain; Terminal And Local Warehouses|34-288 Effect of negotiation of receipt on previous sale, mortgage or pledge.

34-288. Effect of negotiation of receipt on previous sale, mortgage or pledge. When a person having sold, mortgaged or pledged grain which is in a warehouse and for which a negotiable receipt has been issued, or having sold, mortgaged, or pledged the negotiable receipt representing such grain, continues in possession of the negotiable receipt, the subsequent negotiation thereof by that person under any sale, or other disposition thereof, to any person receiving the same in good faith, for value and without notice of the previous sale, mortgage or pledge, shall have the same effect as if the first purchaser of the grain or receipt had expressly authorized the subsequent negotiations.History: L. 1931, ch. 194, § 66; July 1.
KS Stat § 34-289 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 34 - Grain And Forage|Article 2 - Inspecting, Sampling, Storing, Weighing And Grading Grain; Terminal And Local Warehouses|34-289 Rights of purchaser for value in good faith of negotiable receipt.

34-289. Rights of purchaser for value in good faith of negotiable receipt. Where a negotiable receipt has been issued for grain, no seller's lien or right of stoppage in transit shall defeat the rights of any purchaser for value in good faith to whom such receipt has been negotiated, whether such negotiation be prior or subsequent to the notification to the warehouseman who issued such receipt of the seller's claim to a lien or right of stoppage in transit. Nor shall the warehouseman be obliged to deliver or be justified in delivering the grain to an unpaid seller unless the receipt is first surrendered for cancellation.History: L. 1931, ch. 194, § 67; July 1.
KS Stat § 34-293 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 34 - Grain And Forage|Article 2 - Inspecting, Sampling, Storing, Weighing And Grading Grain; Terminal And Local Warehouses|34-293 Issuance of receipt for warehouseman's grain; statement of ownership; penalty for violation.

34-293. Issuance of receipt for warehouseman's grain; statement of ownership; penalty for violation. If a warehouseman owns, solely, jointly or in common with others, any grain which is deposited or held by the warehouseman, the warehouseman or any officer, agent or servant of the warehouseman who knows of this ownership and who issues or aids in issuing for that grain a negotiable receipt which does not state the warehouseman's ownership is guilty of a severity level 10, nonperson felony.History: L. 1931, ch. 194, § 71; L. 1983, ch. 135, § 10; L. 1993, ch. 291, § 218; July 1.
KS Stat § 34-295 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 34 - Grain And Forage|Article 2 - Inspecting, Sampling, Storing, Weighing And Grading Grain; Terminal And Local Warehouses|34-295 Negotiation of receipt for grain not owned or encumbered grain with intent to defraud; penalty.

34-295. Negotiation of receipt for grain not owned or encumbered grain with intent to defraud; penalty. Any person who takes a negotiable receipt for grain for which the person does not have title or upon which there is a lien or mortgage and who negotiates the receipt for value with intent to defraud or without disclosing the person's lack of title or the existence of the lien or mortgage is guilty of a severity level 10, nonperson felony.History: L. 1931, ch. 194, § 73; L. 1983, ch. 135, § 11; L. 1993, ch. 291, § 219; July 1.
KS Stat § 34-295a (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 34 - Grain And Forage|Article 2 - Inspecting, Sampling, Storing, Weighing And Grading Grain; Terminal And Local Warehouses|34-295a Warehouse records and accounts; required information; authorized methods of maintaining; examination by secretary; period to be retained.

34-295a. Warehouse records and accounts; required information; authorized methods of maintaining; examination by secretary; period to be retained. (a) Every public warehouseman conducting a warehouse under the statutes contained in article 2 of chapter 34 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, shall keep in a place of safety complete and correct records and accounts pertaining to the licensed warehouse including, but not limited to:(1) Records and accounts of all commodities received therein and withdrawn therefrom;(2) all unissued receipts and tickets in the public warehouseman's possession;(3) all receipts and tickets issued by the public warehouseman; and(4) the receipts and tickets returned and cancelled by the public warehouseman.(b) Such accounts and records shall be sufficient to provide all information required to prepare a current financial statement and other reports required under subsection (b) of K.S.A. 34-228, and amendments thereto, and to determine the total net worth of the public warehouseman under subsection (c) of K.S.A. 34-228, and amendments thereto. Such accounts and records may be kept and maintained on paper or on computer disks, tapes or other electronically accessed media, or any combination thereof, and shall be available for inspection and review by the secretary or an authorized representative of the secretary at all times during business hours. The capability to provide a computer printout or other printed version of any such accounts and records that are kept and maintained on computer disks, tapes or other electronically accessed media shall be maintained to make copies of such accounts and records for examination by the secretary or an authorized representative of the secretary.(c) Such records and accounts shall be retained by the public warehouseman for such period as may be prescribed by the secretary. Copies of receipts or other documents evidencing ownership of any commodity or liability as a warehouseman shall be retained so long as such documents are outstanding and any such document which has been cancelled shall be retained for a period of not less than six years from the date of cancellation.History: L. 1967, ch. 237, § 1; L. 1985, ch. 137, § 6; L. 1997, ch. 160, § 34; Sept. 1.
KS Stat § 34-295b (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 34 - Grain And Forage|Article 2 - Inspecting, Sampling, Storing, Weighing And Grading Grain; Terminal And Local Warehouses|34-295b Same; separation from other records; inspection.

34-295b. Same; separation from other records; inspection. All such records and accounts shall be kept separate and distinct from the records and accounts of any other business, and shall be subject to the inspection by the secretary or an authorized representative of the secretary at all reasonable times.History: L. 1967, ch. 237, § 2; L. 1997, ch. 160, § 35; Sept. 1.
KS Stat § 34-296 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 34 - Grain And Forage|Article 2 - Inspecting, Sampling, Storing, Weighing And Grading Grain; Terminal And Local Warehouses|34-296 Laws applicable to receipts.

34-296. Laws applicable to receipts. In any case not provided for in this act, the rules of law and equity including the law merchant and in particular the rules relating to the law of principal and agent and to the effect of fraud, misrepresentation, duress or coercion, mistake, bankruptcy or other invalidating cause shall govern.History: L. 1931, ch. 194, § 74; July 1.
KS Stat § 34-297 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 34 - Grain And Forage|Article 2 - Inspecting, Sampling, Storing, Weighing And Grading Grain; Terminal And Local Warehouses|34-297 Effect on prior receipts.

34-297. Effect on prior receipts. The provisions of this act do not apply to receipts made and delivered prior to the taking effect of this act.History: L. 1931, ch. 194, § 75; July 1.
KS Stat § 34-298 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 34 - Grain And Forage|Article 2 - Inspecting, Sampling, Storing, Weighing And Grading Grain; Terminal And Local Warehouses|34-298 Penalty for violation of act; revocation of license; notice and opportunity for hearing.

34-298. Penalty for violation of act; revocation of license; notice and opportunity for hearing. (a) Unless otherwise provided in this act, any person or entity that violates any provision of this act is guilty of a class A nonperson misdemeanor.(b) If, after notice and opportunity for a hearing are given in accordance with the Kansas administrative procedure act, the secretary finds that the provisions of this act have been violated by any person holding a license to conduct a public warehouse in this state, the secretary shall revoke the person's license. No new license shall be granted to the person whose license is revoked or to anyone engaged, either directly or indirectly, in the public warehouse business with that person for a period of one year.History: L. 1931, ch. 194, § 76; L. 1983, ch. 135, § 12; L. 1988, ch. 356, § 73; L. 1997, ch. 160, § 36; L. 2010, ch. 60, § 7; July 1.
KS Stat § 34-299 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 34 - Grain And Forage|Article 2 - Inspecting, Sampling, Storing, Weighing And Grading Grain; Terminal And Local Warehouses|34-299 Disposition of grain upon license expiration; sale of unclaimed grain; disposition of proceeds.

34-299. Disposition of grain upon license expiration; sale of unclaimed grain; disposition of proceeds. (a) It shall be the duty of any person operating a public warehouse in Kansas under this act, who desires to discontinue the operation of a public warehouse at least 30 days prior to the expiration of such warehouse license, to notify: (1) all holders of warehouse receipts and all parties storing grain in such warehouse, if known; (2) if not known, by public notice, by advertising in a newspaper of general circulation in the city in which such warehouse is situated; and (3) the secretary, of such person's intention to discontinue the public warehouse business.(b) It shall be the duty of the owners of such grain to remove, or cause to be removed, their grain from the warehouse, before the expiration of the license. If for any cause the grain is not removed from the warehouse, it shall be the duty of the warehouseman to sell for the account of the depositor the grain at the best market price obtainable and remit the funds to the secretary. The secretary shall deposit the funds with the state treasurer to be held for the account of the depositor. If and when the depositor, or holder of claim, shall appear and present a valid claim to the secretary for the funds so deposited, the secretary shall issue a voucher to the state treasurer withdrawing said funds to the order of the claimant.History: L. 1931, ch. 194, § 77; L. 1967, ch. 236, § 1; L. 1997, ch. 160, § 37; Sept. 1.
KS Stat § 34-2,101 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 34 - Grain And Forage|Article 2 - Inspecting, Sampling, Storing, Weighing And Grading Grain; Terminal And Local Warehouses|34-2,101 Relation of this act to the federal warehouse act.

34-2,101. Relation of this act to the federal warehouse act. The provisions of this act relating to licensing, bonding and supervision of warehouses shall not be construed to apply to any public warehouseman who is, or shall hereafter be, duly licensed under the federal warehouse act, except that the provisions of K.S.A. 34-2,112, and amendments thereto, shall apply to all state and federally licensed warehouses.History: L. 1931, ch. 194, § 79; L. 2002, ch. 159, § 30; May 23.
KS Stat § 34-2,102 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 34 - Grain And Forage|Article 2 - Inspecting, Sampling, Storing, Weighing And Grading Grain; Terminal And Local Warehouses|34-2,102 Invalidation of any part of this act.

34-2,102. Invalidation of any part of this act. That if any clause, sentence, paragraph, or part of this act shall, for any reason, be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall be returned.History: L. 1931, ch. 194, § 80; July 1.
KS Stat § 34-2,103 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 34 - Grain And Forage|Article 2 - Inspecting, Sampling, Storing, Weighing And Grading Grain; Terminal And Local Warehouses|34-2,103 Interpretation of act.

34-2,103. Interpretation of act. This act shall be liberally interpreted and construed to effectuate its general purpose.History: L. 1931, ch. 194, § 81; July 1.
KS Stat § 34-2,105 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 34 - Grain And Forage|Article 2 - Inspecting, Sampling, Storing, Weighing And Grading Grain; Terminal And Local Warehouses|34-2,105 Same; no defense in criminal action.

34-2,105. Same; no defense in criminal action. Nothing in this act nor any action under this act shall be a defense or partial defense in any prosecution under any criminal statute.History: L. 1967, ch. 238, § 2; April 26.
KS Stat § 34-2,106 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 34 - Grain And Forage|Article 2 - Inspecting, Sampling, Storing, Weighing And Grading Grain; Terminal And Local Warehouses|34-2,106 Same; severability.

34-2,106. Same; severability. If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this act are severable.History: L. 1967, ch. 238, § 3; April 26.
KS Stat § 34-2,107 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 34 - Grain And Forage|Article 2 - Inspecting, Sampling, Storing, Weighing And Grading Grain; Terminal And Local Warehouses|34-2,107 Priority of owner's interest in stored grain.

34-2,107. Priority of owner's interest in stored grain. The owner of grain held in storage by a public warehouseman, as defined in K.S.A. 34-223, and amendments thereto, in this state, whether such grain is held under open storage or pursuant to the issuance of a warehouse receipt, shall have a prior right to such grain against any other person, subject only to the payment of accrued warehouse charges and the satisfaction of any lien or liens upon such grain and valid against the owner thereof, until the grain is either removed from storage by the owner or sold by the owner.History: L. 1981, ch. 180, § 1; L. 2021, ch. 69, § 3; July 1.
KS Stat § 34-2,109 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 34 - Grain And Forage|Article 2 - Inspecting, Sampling, Storing, Weighing And Grading Grain; Terminal And Local Warehouses|34-2,109 Warehouseman's annual statement of depositor's grain.

34-2,109. Warehouseman's annual statement of depositor's grain. (a) Every public warehouseman shall submit, annually, to each depositor of open storage or grain bank grain, a statement of grain stored in the public warehouse. The statement shall include, but not be limited to, the following information:(1) Type of grain deposited;(2) the total bushels or pounds stored;(3) the year storage of grain began; and(4) the storage rate.(b) The provisions of this section are supplemental to the provisions of chapter 34 of Kansas Statutes Annotated.History: L. 1983, ch. 134, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 34-2,110 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 34 - Grain And Forage|Article 2 - Inspecting, Sampling, Storing, Weighing And Grading Grain; Terminal And Local Warehouses|34-2,110 Warehouseman's annual statement of depositors to secretary.

34-2,110. Warehouseman's annual statement of depositors to secretary. Every public warehouseman shall make available to the secretary a verified composite statement of depositors of open storage grain or grain bank grain. The composite statement shall contain the same information as in K.S.A. 34-2,109, and amendments thereto.History: L. 1983, ch. 134, § 2; L. 1997, ch. 160, § 39; Sept. 1.