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MN Stat § 227.52 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 223 - 236A — Farm Products, Commercial Practices|Chapter 227 — Crimes Involving Warehouse Receipts|Section 227.52 — Issuing A Second Receipt Without "duplicate" On It.

227.52 ISSUING A SECOND RECEIPT WITHOUT "DUPLICATE" ON IT. Subdivision 1. Elements of crime. A warehouse operator, or an officer, agent, or employee of a warehouse operator, who issues or helps to issue a negotiable receipt for goods knowing that another negotiable receipt for some or all of the goods is outstanding and uncanceled, without putting the word "duplicate" plainly on the face of the receipt is guilty of a crime. Subd. 2. Exception. If the original receipt is lost, stolen, or destroyed, and if proceedings have been conducted as provided by law, it is not a crime under subdivision 1 to issue a duplicate receipt without putting the word "duplicate" plainly on it. Subd. 3. Penalty. Whoever commits the crime described in subdivision 1 may be sentenced for each offense to imprisonment for not more than five years or to payment of a fine of not more than $10,000, or both. History:  (5161) 1913 c 161 s 52; 1965 c 812 s 3; 1984 c 628 art 3 s 11; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 469 art 3 s 1
MN Stat § 227.53 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 223 - 236A — Farm Products, Commercial Practices|Chapter 227 — Crimes Involving Warehouse Receipts|Section 227.53 — Issuing Receipt Not Showing Operator Owns Goods.

227.53 ISSUING RECEIPT NOT SHOWING OPERATOR OWNS GOODS. Subdivision 1. Elements of crime. If: (1) a warehouse operator owns goods solely, jointly, or in common with others; (2) the goods are deposited with or held by the warehouse operator; (3) the warehouse operator or an officer, agent, or employee of the warehouse operator issues or helps to issue a negotiable receipt for the goods; (4) the receipt does not show the warehouse operator's ownership interest; and (5) the issuer or helper knows of the warehouse operator's ownership interest; then the issuer or helper is guilty of a crime. Subd. 2. Penalty. Whoever commits the crime described in subdivision 1 may be sentenced for each offense to imprisonment for not more than one year or to payment of a fine of not more than $3,000, or both. History:  (5162) 1913 c 161 s 53; 1984 c 628 art 3 s 11; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 469 art 3 s 1
MN Stat § 227.54 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 223 - 236A — Farm Products, Commercial Practices|Chapter 227 — Crimes Involving Warehouse Receipts|Section 227.54 — Delivery Of Goods Without Getting Negotiable Receipt.

227.54 DELIVERY OF GOODS WITHOUT GETTING NEGOTIABLE RECEIPT. Subdivision 1. Elements of crime; exception. If: (1) a warehouse operator, or an officer, agent, or employee of a warehouse operator, delivers goods out of the possession of the warehouse operator; (2) the deliverer knows that a negotiable receipt is outstanding and uncanceled and that if the receipt were negotiated it would transfer the right to possess the goods; and (3) the deliverer does not get possession of the receipt at or before the delivery; then the deliverer is guilty of a crime, unless the delivery is permitted by law. Subd. 2. Penalty. Whoever commits the crime described in subdivision 1 may be sentenced for each offense to imprisonment for not more than one year or to payment of a fine of not more than $3,000, or both. History:  (5163) 1913 c 161 s 54; 1965 c 812 s 4; 1984 c 628 art 3 s 11; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 469 art 3 s 1
MN Stat § 227.55 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 223 - 236A — Farm Products, Commercial Practices|Chapter 227 — Crimes Involving Warehouse Receipts|Section 227.55 — Negotiating Receipt Without Clear Title To Goods.

227.55 NEGOTIATING RECEIPT WITHOUT CLEAR TITLE TO GOODS. Subdivision 1. Elements of crime. If: (1) a person deposits goods without having title to the goods or with a lien or mortgage on them; (2) the person takes a negotiable receipt for the goods; and (3) the person later negotiates the receipt for value with intent to deceive and without disclosing the lack of title or the existence of the lien or mortgage; then the person is guilty of a crime. Subd. 2. Penalty. Whoever commits the crime described in subdivision 1 may be sentenced for each offense to imprisonment for not more than one year or to payment of a fine of not more than $3,000, or both. History:  (5164) 1913 c 161 s 55; 1984 c 628 art 3 s 11; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 469 art 3 s 1
MN Stat § 228.45 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 223 - 236A — Farm Products, Commercial Practices|Chapter 228 — Crimes Involving Bills Of Lading|Section 228.45 — Issuing Bill For Goods Not Received, Controlled.

228.45 ISSUING BILL FOR GOODS NOT RECEIVED, CONTROLLED. Subdivision 1. Elements of crime. An officer, agent, or employee of a carrier, who with intent to defraud issues or helps to issue a bill knowing that all or part of the goods for which the bill is issued are not received or are not under the carrier's control at the time of issuing the bill, is guilty of a crime. Goods are received if they are received by the carrier, by an agent of the carrier, or by a connecting carrier. Subd. 2. Penalty. Whoever commits the crime described in subdivision 1 may be sentenced for each offense to imprisonment for not more than five years or to payment of a fine of not more than $10,000, or both. History:  (5002) 1917 c 399 s 44; 1984 c 628 art 3 s 11; 1988 c 469 art 4 s 1
MN Stat § 228.46 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 223 - 236A — Farm Products, Commercial Practices|Chapter 228 — Crimes Involving Bills Of Lading|Section 228.46 — Issuing A Bill With A False Statement In It.

228.46 ISSUING A BILL WITH A FALSE STATEMENT IN IT. Subdivision 1. Elements of crime. An officer, agent, or employee of a carrier, who with intent to defraud issues or helps to issue a bill for goods knowing that the bill contains a false statement, is guilty of a crime. Subd. 2. Penalty. Whoever commits the crime described in subdivision 1 may be sentenced for each offense to imprisonment for not more than one year or to payment of a fine of not more than $3,000, or both. History:  (5003) 1917 c 399 s 45; 1984 c 628 art 3 s 11; 1988 c 469 art 4 s 1
MN Stat § 228.47 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 223 - 236A — Farm Products, Commercial Practices|Chapter 228 — Crimes Involving Bills Of Lading|Section 228.47 — Issuing A Duplicate Bill With Fraud In Mind.

228.47 ISSUING A DUPLICATE BILL WITH FRAUD IN MIND. Subdivision 1. Elements of crime. An officer, agent, or employee of a carrier, who with intent to defraud issues or helps to issue a negotiable bill for goods, knowing that another negotiable bill for some or all of the goods is outstanding and uncanceled, is guilty of a crime. Subd. 2. Exceptions. Issuing bills in a set over issue of documents for fungible goods and issuing substitutes for lost, stolen, or destroyed documents are not violations of subdivision 1. Subd. 3. Penalty. Whoever commits the crime described in subdivision 1 may be sentenced for each offense to imprisonment for not more than five years or to payment of a fine of not more than $10,000, or both. History:  (5004) 1917 c 399 s 46; 1965 c 812 s 5; 1984 c 628 art 3 s 11; 1988 c 469 art 4 s 1
MN Stat § 228.48 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 223 - 236A — Farm Products, Commercial Practices|Chapter 228 — Crimes Involving Bills Of Lading|Section 228.48 — Negotiating Bill Without Clear Title To Goods.

228.48 NEGOTIATING BILL WITHOUT CLEAR TITLE TO GOODS. Subdivision 1. Elements of crime. If: (1) a person ships goods without having title to the goods or with a lien or mortgage on them; (2) the person takes a negotiable bill for the goods; and (3) the person later negotiates the bill for value with intent to deceive and without disclosing the lack of title or the existence of the lien or mortgage; then the person is guilty of a crime. Subd. 2. Penalty. Whoever commits the crime described in subdivision 1 may be sentenced for each offense to imprisonment for not more than one year or to payment of a fine of not more than $3,000, or both. History:  (5005) 1917 c 399 s 47; 1984 c 628 art 3 s 11; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 469 art 4 s 1
MN Stat § 228.49 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 223 - 236A — Farm Products, Commercial Practices|Chapter 228 — Crimes Involving Bills Of Lading|Section 228.49 — Negotiating Bill For Goods Carrier Does Not Have.

228.49 NEGOTIATING BILL FOR GOODS CARRIER DOES NOT HAVE. Subdivision 1. Elements of crime. If: (1) a carrier issues a bill for goods; (2) the goods by the terms of the bill appear to have been received for transportation by the carrier; and (3) a person intending to deceive negotiates or transfers the bill for value knowing that the carrier or a connecting carrier does not have or control some or all of the goods; then the person is guilty of a crime. Subd. 2. Penalty. Whoever commits the crime described in subdivision 1 may be sentenced for each offense to imprisonment for not more than five years or to payment of a fine of not more than $10,000, or both. History:  (5006) 1917 c 399 s 48; 1984 c 628 art 3 s 11; 1988 c 469 art 4 s 1
MN Stat § 228.50 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 223 - 236A — Farm Products, Commercial Practices|Chapter 228 — Crimes Involving Bills Of Lading|Section 228.50 — Getting Carrier Without Goods To Issue A Bill.

228.50 GETTING CARRIER WITHOUT GOODS TO ISSUE A BILL. Subdivision 1. Elements of crime. If: (1) a person gets an officer, agent, or employee of a carrier falsely to believe that the carrier has or controls goods; (2) the person, with intent to defraud, gets the carrier to issue a bill for the goods; and (3) the person knows that, when the bill is issued, some or all of the goods described in the bill have not been received by the carrier, an agent of the carrier, or a connecting carrier, and are not under the carrier's control; then the person is guilty of a crime. Subd. 2. Penalty. Whoever commits the crime described in subdivision 1 may be sentenced for each offense to imprisonment for not more than five years or to payment of a fine of not more than $10,000, or both. History:  (5007) 1917 c 399 s 49; 1984 c 628 art 3 s 11; 1988 c 469 art 4 s 1
MN Stat § 228.51 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 223 - 236A — Farm Products, Commercial Practices|Chapter 228 — Crimes Involving Bills Of Lading|Section 228.51 — Issuing A Nonnegotiable Bill Not So Marked.

228.51 ISSUING A NONNEGOTIABLE BILL NOT SO MARKED. Subdivision 1. Elements of crime. A person who with intent to defraud issues or helps to issue a nonnegotiable bill without putting the words "not negotiable" plainly on the face of the bill, is guilty of a crime. Subd. 2. Penalty. Whoever commits the crime described in subdivision 1 may be sentenced for each offense to imprisonment for not more than five years or to payment of a fine of not more than $10,000, or both. History:  (5008) 1917 c 399 s 50; 1984 c 628 art 3 s 11; 1988 c 469 art 4 s 1
MN Stat § 230.09 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 223 - 236A — Farm Products, Commercial Practices|Chapter 230 — Public Warehouses, Elevators, Coal Sheds; Sites|Section 230.09 — Railroad Right-of-way; Use For Certain Purposes.

230.09 RAILROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY; USE FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES. On paying reasonable compensation a person, firm, or corporation shall have the right to use the right-of-way of a railroad within the outside switches at a station or siding for any of the following purposes: (1) as a site for a public elevator, warehouse, coal shed, icehouse, buying station, or selling station; (2) as a location for weighing scales or other equipment for weighing livestock; or (3) for receiving, storing, or distributing an article of commerce that has been or is to be transported. History:  (5106) 1921 c 140 s 1; 1925 c 177 s 1; 1989 c 197 art 2 s 1
MN Stat § 230.10 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 223 - 236A — Farm Products, Commercial Practices|Chapter 230 — Public Warehouses, Elevators, Coal Sheds; Sites|Section 230.10 — Procedure Upon Disagreement With Railroad.

230.10 PROCEDURE UPON DISAGREEMENT WITH RAILROAD. If a person, firm, or corporation (1) desires to construct, operate, or use a public elevator, warehouse, coal shed, icehouse, buying station, selling station, or weighing scales or other equipment for weighing livestock, or to use ground space for receiving, storing, or distributing an article of commerce that has been or is to be transported, on the right-of-way of a railroad, and (2) cannot agree with the railroad operator on the site for the buildings, structures, equipment, or ground space or the compensation to be paid, the person, firm, or corporation may file a verified complaint with the Department of Agriculture. The complaint must state the facts and ask the department to establish the site for the buildings, structures, equipment, or ground space or the compensation to be paid, or both. The complaint must be served on the railroad company and 20 days, exclusive of the day of service, must be allowed for answer. After the time for answering has expired, the department shall fix the time and place for a hearing and give at least ten days' notice to both parties. History:  (5107) 1921 c 140 s 2; 1925 c 177 s 2; 1971 c 25 s 67; 1980 c 442 s 5; 1989 c 197 art 2 s 1
MN Stat § 230.11 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 223 - 236A — Farm Products, Commercial Practices|Chapter 230 — Public Warehouses, Elevators, Coal Sheds; Sites|Section 230.11 — Hearing; Order.

230.11 HEARING; ORDER. The hearing must be held pursuant to the notice. If the department finds that the complainant is entitled to it, the department may issue an order establishing the location of the site for buildings, structures, equipment, or ground space at a suitable place within the outside switches at any station or siding, and fixing the reasonable annual compensation to be paid for the space. If buildings, structures, equipment, or ground space are already established or used on the right-of-way and the compensation is not fixed by order of the department or by contract, the department may fix the reasonable compensation to be paid for the occupation of the space. History:  (5108) 1921 c 140 s 3; 1971 c 25 s 67; 1989 c 197 art 2 s 1
MN Stat § 231.035 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 223 - 236A — Farm Products, Commercial Practices|Chapter 231 — Warehouses|Section 231.035 — Inspection Authority.

231.035 INSPECTION AUTHORITY. The commissioner or the commissioner's designee may, upon presentation of appropriate credentials and during regular working hours or at other reasonable times, inspect premises including equipment and stored goods subject to and for reasons relating to the commissioner's enforcement and licensing authority; request information from persons with information relevant to an inspection; and inspect relevant papers and records relating to the storage of goods. History:   1999 c 110 s 2
MN Stat § 231.04 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 223 - 236A — Farm Products, Commercial Practices|Chapter 231 — Warehouses|Section 231.04 — Department To Enforce Warehouse Law.

231.04 DEPARTMENT TO ENFORCE WAREHOUSE LAW. The department shall see that the provisions of the constitution and the statutes of this state affecting warehouse operators or household goods warehouse operators, the enforcement of which is not specifically vested in some other officer or tribunal, are enforced and obeyed, that violations thereof are promptly prosecuted, and that penalties due the state therefor are recovered and collected; and, to this end, it may sue in the name of the state. History:  (5176) 1915 c 210 s 5; 1971 c 25 s 67; 1986 c 444; 1999 c 110 s 3
MN Stat § 231.08 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 223 - 236A — Farm Products, Commercial Practices|Chapter 231 — Warehouses|Section 231.08 — Warehouse Operator And Household Goods Warehouse Operator Requirements.

231.08 WAREHOUSE OPERATOR AND HOUSEHOLD GOODS WAREHOUSE OPERATOR REQUIREMENTS. Subdivision 1. To furnish information. Every warehouse operator and household goods warehouse operator shall furnish all information required by the department to administer this chapter and make specific answers to all questions submitted by the department, under oath. A warehouse operator or household goods warehouse operator which is a corporation shall answer under the oath of one of its duly authorized officers. A warehouse operator or household goods warehouse operator shall obey and comply with every order, decision, direction, or rule made or prescribed by the department in the matters specified in this chapter; and do everything necessary or proper to secure the compliance with and the observance of the same, by all its officers, agents, and employees. Subd. 2. Rights not limited. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as limiting the rights of any warehouse operator or household goods warehouse operator to lease or let for any storage purpose any portion of a building. Subd. 3. Tender for storage. At the time of or prior to tender of goods for storage by a depositor, a storage order must be signed in writing by the depositor or the depositor's duly authorized representative and must show the name and address of the warehouse operator in whose custody the goods are to be deposited. Subd. 4. Identification of goods. A warehouse operator who receives a lot of goods must identify each article or lot by tag or lot number, as recorded on the operator's books and on the warehouse receipt or contract. Subd. 5. Fire protection. All warehouses must be protected against fire in accordance with the State Fire Code. Subd. 6. Floor load. A warehouse floor or part of a floor must not at any time be loaded or stored with a greater weight of goods or materials per square foot than the floor will sustain with safety. If the department directs a warehouse operator to ascertain from a competent registered architect or engineer or from the proper municipal authorities what may be the safe load capacity in pounds per square foot of each floor of the operator's warehouse or warehouses, the operator must do so without unnecessary delay and must post signs in several conspicuous places on each floor stating the safe live load that floor will sustain. Subd. 7. Storage conditions. (a) On each floor where there is open storage of goods, wares, or merchandise, there must be aisles wide enough to permit the free and unimpeded passage of goods, wares, or merchandise. All aisles must be kept free from obstructions, dust, and litter. (b) Pieces of overstuffed furniture, mattresses, rugs, carpets, and other goods not stored in containers must be protected by wrapping before being placed in permanent storage. History:  (5174) 1915 c 210 s 3; 1971 c 25 s 67; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1986 c 444; 1999 c 110 s 4; 2005 c 92 s 1-5; 2005 c 136 art 9 s 2
MN Stat § 231.11 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 223 - 236A — Farm Products, Commercial Practices|Chapter 231 — Warehouses|Section 231.11 — Schedule Of Rates; Storing Household Goods.

231.11 SCHEDULE OF RATES; STORING HOUSEHOLD GOODS. Subdivision 1. Filing; inspection. A household goods warehouse operator must file with the department and keep open for public inspection a printed schedule of rates and charges complying with subdivision 2. All tariffs of rates and charges must contain terms and conditions under which the rates and charges are assessed. Subd. 2. Rate-making procedure. In order to ensure nondiscriminatory rates and charges for all depositors of household goods, the commissioner shall establish a collective rate-making procedure which will ensure the publication and maintenance of just and reasonable rates and charges under uniform, reasonably related rate structures. These procedures must provide for the joint consideration, initiation, and establishment of rates and charges and ensure that the respective revenues and expenses of household goods warehouse operators are ascertained. Any participating household goods warehouse operator party to a collectively mandated rate or charge has the right to petition the commissioner for the establishment of a rate or charge which deviates from the collectively set rate. Upon receiving the commissioner's approval, that household goods warehouse operator may proceed to establish the requested rate or charge. All household goods warehouse operators subject to rate regulation under this chapter must comply with the commissioner's rate-making procedures. No household goods warehouse operator shall undertake to perform any service or store any household goods until a schedule of rates has been filed and published in accordance with this chapter. In case of emergency, however, a service or storage not specifically covered by the schedules filed, may be performed or furnished at a reasonable rate, which must then be promptly filed, and which is subject to review in accordance with this chapter. History:  (5184) 1915 c 210 s 13; 1971 c 25 s 67; 1983 c 300 s 24; 1986 c 444; 1993 c 212 s 2; 1999 c 110 s 6; 2005 c 92 s 7
MN Stat § 231.12 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 223 - 236A — Farm Products, Commercial Practices|Chapter 231 — Warehouses|Section 231.12 — Change Of Rates; Storing Household Goods.

231.12 CHANGE OF RATES; STORING HOUSEHOLD GOODS. Unless the department otherwise orders, no household goods warehouse operator may change any rate except after ten days' notice to the department and to the public pursuant to this section. Notice must be given by filing with the department and keeping open for public inspection new schedules or supplements stating plainly the changes to be made in the schedules then in force and the time when the changes will go into effect. The department for good cause shown, may, after hearing, allow changes without requiring the ten days' notice by an order specifying the changes to be made, the time when they shall take effect, and the manner in which they shall be filed and published. History:  (5185) 1915 c 210 s 14; 1971 c 25 s 67; 1983 c 300 s 25; 1986 c 444; 1993 c 212 s 3; 1999 c 110 s 7
MN Stat § 231.13 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 223 - 236A — Farm Products, Commercial Practices|Chapter 231 — Warehouses|Section 231.13 — Charging More Or Less Than The Published Rate; Storing Household Goods.

231.13 CHARGING MORE OR LESS THAN THE PUBLISHED RATE; STORING HOUSEHOLD GOODS. Except as specified in sections 231.11 and 231.12, no household goods warehouse operator shall have, demand, collect, or receive, a different compensation for any service rendered or for storing any household goods than the rates applicable to that service or storage, as specified in the schedules of rates on file with the commissioner and in effect at the time. If a household goods warehouse operator has had household goods in store so long that the storage charges accumulated on them are more than the household goods would bring at a forced sale, the department, upon written application and proof thereof, may authorize the household goods warehouse operator to compromise the charges for a sum not less than the amount which the household goods would bring at a forced sale. History:  (5186) 1915 c 210 s 15; 1971 c 25 s 67; 1986 c 444; 1993 c 212 s 4; 1999 c 110 s 8