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MS Code § 75-43-37 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 43 - Farm Warehouses|§ 75-43-37. Maintenance of grade of grain; failure to maintain grade

  It shall be the duty of each farm warehouseman to whom a warehouse receipt or receipts have been issued to maintain the grade of the grain which he certified in his application for a warehouse receipt, as required by Section 75-43-7.   If the farm warehouseman does not maintain the grade of the grain which he certified in the application, he shall be liable on his bond, or on the amount posted in lieu of the bond, to the holder of the warehouse receipt who has made demand for the redemption of the receipt for the amount of the damages sustained by the holder of the receipt. The holder of the receipt shall give notice to the commissioner, and payment shall be made, in accordance with the procedure set forth in Section 75-43-35.   The right of the holder of the warehouse receipt to make a claim against the bond or amount posted in lieu of the bond for failure of the warehouseman to maintain the grade of the grain shall exist only while the grain is still in the warehouse or on the premises of the storage facility. Once the holder of the receipt removes the grain from the premises of the storage facility, he relinquishes all right to make a claim against the bond or amount posted in lieu of the bond for damages sustained because of a decrease in the grade of the grain.
MS Code § 75-43-39 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 43 - Farm Warehouses|§ 75-43-39. Examination of warehouse by commissioner

 Every farm warehouse for which there is a warehouse receipt outstanding shall be examined monthly by the commissioner. The cost of such examination shall be included in the annual license fee. The commissioner, at his discretion, may make additional examinations of any public grain warehouse at any time. If any discrepancy is found as a result of additional examination, the cost of such examination is to be paid by the farm warehouseman. The commissioner shall examine and inspect the grain stored in the farm warehouse, and shall determine the quantity of the grain stored in each container in the warehouse. The commissioner shall maintain a record and file of all inspections made of the warehouses and of the results of such inspections.
MS Code § 75-43-41 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 43 - Farm Warehouses|§ 75-43-41. Copies of warehouse receipts

 At least one (1) actual or skeleton copy of all receipts shall be made and retained by the commissioner, and all copies shall have clearly and conspicuously printed or stamped on them the words "Copy-Not Negotiable."
MS Code § 75-43-43 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 43 - Farm Warehouses|§ 75-43-43. Commissioner to approve form of warehouse receipts; printing of warehouse receipts by state printer

 The form of all receipts shall be approved by the commissioner. The commissioner shall be authorized to have printed by the state printer all warehouse receipts to be issued by the commissioner.
MS Code § 75-43-45 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 43 - Farm Warehouses|§ 75-43-45. Issuance of new warehouse receipt for undelivered portion of grain

 If a farm warehouseman delivers only a part of a lot of grain for which a warehouse receipt has been issued, the commissioner, upon proper notice, shall take up and cancel such receipt and issue a new receipt for the undelivered portion of grain.
MS Code § 75-43-47 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 43 - Farm Warehouses|§ 75-43-47. Delivery of grain pursuant to warehouse receipts

 A farm warehouseman shall not deliver grain for which a warehouse receipt has been issued until the receipt has been returned to him and cancelled.
MS Code § 75-43-49 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 43 - Farm Warehouses|§ 75-43-49. Warehouse receipts not to be issued except for actual storage nor for quantities greater than actually stored

 No warehouse receipt shall be issued, unless the grain for which it is to be issued is actually present in storage in the warehouse, nor shall any receipt be issued for a greater quantity of grain than is in storage in the warehouse, nor shall more than one (1) receipt be issued for the same lot of grain, except in cases where a receipt for a part of a lot is desired, and then the aggregate receipts for a particular lot shall cover that lot and no more.
MS Code § 75-43-51 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 43 - Farm Warehouses|§ 75-43-51. Notice by warehouseman of discontinuance of operations or of suspension, revocation or cancellation of license

 Any person operating a farm warehouse who desires to discontinue such operation at the expiration of his license, or whose license is suspended, revoked or cancelled by the commissioner or his designated representative, shall notify the commissioner and all holders of warehouse receipts, if known, or if not know, by advertising in the newspaper or newspapers of largest general circulation in the community in which the farm warehouse is located once per week for three (3) consecutive weeks, at least thirty (30) days prior to the date of expiration of his license, of his intention to discontinue the farm warehouse business, and the owners of the grain shall remove, or cause to be removed, their grain from such farm warehouse before the expiration of the license.
MS Code § 75-43-53 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 43 - Farm Warehouses|§ 75-43-53. Information relating to affairs or transactions of warehouse not to be disclosed by commissioner's inspectors or employees

 No inspector or employee of the commissioner's office shall disclose any information obtained by him in the course of his employment related to the affairs or transactions of any farm warehouse without first having obtained the express permission in writing of such farm warehouseman.
MS Code § 75-43-55 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 43 - Farm Warehouses|§ 75-43-55. Uniform Commercial Code as governing law

 The provisions and definitions of the Uniform Commercial Code relating to warehouse receipts, to the extent not inconsistent with this chapter, shall govern warehouse receipts issued by the commissioner under this chapter, and the other provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code shall also be applicable to the provisions of this chapter to the extent not inconsistent with this chapter.
MS Code § 75-44-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 44 - Grain Warehouses|§ 75-44-1. Short title

 This chapter shall be known as the "Mississippi Grain Warehouse Law."
MS Code § 75-44-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 44 - Grain Warehouses|§ 75-44-3. Application of chapter; governing law as to warehouse receipts

  The provisions of this chapter shall apply to all grain warehouses and to the operations of such grain warehouses whether or not any of the grain therein is owned by the warehouseman, unless such grain warehouse is licensed under the provisions of the United States Warehouse Act, as amended.   The provisions and definitions of the Uniform Commercial Code relating to warehouse receipts to the extent not inconsistent with this chapter shall govern warehouse receipts issued by grain warehousemen.
MS Code § 75-44-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 44 - Grain Warehouses|§ 75-44-5. Definitions

 When used in this chapter:   "Person" includes individuals, corporations, partnerships and all associations of two (2) or more persons having a joint or common interest.   The term "commissioner" shall mean the Commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce, or his designated representative.   "Grain" shall mean all grains for which standards have been established pursuant to the United States Grain Standards Act, as amended, and rice as defined by the Agriculture Marketing Act of 1946, as amended.   "Stored grain" shall mean any grain received in any grain warehouse, located in this state, if same is not purchased and beneficially owned by the grain warehouseman.   "Grain warehouse" shall mean any structure or combination of structures operated together, including the machinery and equipment used in connection therewith, in or by means or which grain is unloaded, elevated, stored, loaded for shipment, dried, cleaned, weighed, treated, conditioned or otherwise handled from producers of grain.   "Grain warehouseman" shall mean any person who operates a grain warehouse as herein defined.   "Inspector" shall mean a person authorized by the warehouseman to weigh, inspect, grade and/or certificate the weight and grade of grain stored or to be stored in a grain warehouse.   "Warehouse receipt" shall mean a negotiable grain storage receipt and/or a nonnegotiable scale ticket given by a grain warehouse.
MS Code § 75-44-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 44 - Grain Warehouses|§ 75-44-7. Powers and duties of commissioner of agriculture and commerce

 The commissioner shall carry out and enforce the provisions of this chapter and is hereby empowered to promulgate rules and regulations to carry out necessary inspections and to appoint and fix the duties of his personnel and provide such equipment as may be necessary to assist him in enforcing the provisions thereof.
MS Code § 75-44-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 44 - Grain Warehouses|§ 75-44-9. Necessity of obtaining license

 No person shall operate a grain warehouse or issue a warehouse receipt without first having obtained a license pursuant to this chapter unless such grain warehouse is licensed under the provisions of the United States Warehouse Act, as amended.
MS Code § 75-44-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 44 - Grain Warehouses|§ 75-44-11. Application for license; application fee

 Applications for licenses under this chapter are to be made on forms prescribed by the commissioner for each separate warehouse or, if an applicant owns more than one (1) warehouse at any one (1) location, which does not exceed eight (8) miles in distance, then all the warehouses at that location may be included in one (1) application. Every application is to be accompanied by an application fee of one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) and a certified financial statement in a form prescribed by the commissioner and such further information as the commissioner may by regulation require.
MS Code § 75-44-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 44 - Grain Warehouses|§ 75-44-13. Annual license fee

 Prior to the issuance of a license, every applicant shall pay an annual license fee based upon the capacity of the warehouse, such fee to be determined by the commissioner, but not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00).
MS Code § 75-44-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 44 - Grain Warehouses|§ 75-44-15. Renewal of license

 If a grain warehouseman desires to renew his license for an additional year, application for such renewal shall be made on a form prescribed by the commissioner. At least sixty (60) days prior to the expiration of each license, the commissioner shall notify each grain warehouseman of the date of such expiration and furnish such grain warehouseman with the renewal form.
MS Code § 75-44-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 44 - Grain Warehouses|§ 75-44-17. Copy of schedule of charges for storage and other services to be filed before license granted; changes in schedules

 Before a license to conduct a grain warehouse is granted under Section 75-44-23, the grain warehouseman shall file with the commissioner a copy of his schedule of charges for storage and other services. If the grain warehouseman desires to make any change in the schedule of charges during the license period, he shall file with the commissioner a statement in writing showing the change at least thirty (30) days prior to its effective date. Each grain warehouseman shall keep conspicuously posted the schedule of charges for storage and other services as so filed, and shall strictly adhere to these charges.
MS Code § 75-44-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 44 - Grain Warehouses|§ 75-44-19. Posting of license

 Immediately upon receipt of his license or of any modification or extension thereof, the grain warehouseman shall post same and thereafter keep it posted until suspended or terminated in a conspicuous place in the office of the grain warehouse to which such license applies where receipts issued by such grain warehouseman are delivered to depositors.
MS Code § 75-44-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 44 - Grain Warehouses|§ 75-44-21. Maintenance of net assets for payment of indebtedness arising from conduct of warehouse

  Each grain warehouseman shall have and maintain above all exemptions and liabilities, total net assets available for the payment of any indebtedness arising from the conduct of the grain warehouse in an amount equal to at least twenty cents (20¢) multiplied by the maximum number of bushels of grain for which the grain warehouse is licensed, provided that no person may be licensed as a grain warehouseman under the regulations in this part unless he has available net assets of at least twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00); and provided further, that any deficiency in net assets required above the minimum of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00) may, at the discretion of the commissioner, be supplied by a commensurate increase in the amount of the grain warehouseman's bond furnished pursuant to Sections 75-44-29, 75-44-31, 75-44-33 and 75-44-35. In determining total available net assets, credit may be given for insurable assets such as buildings, machinery, equipment and merchandise inventory only to the extent of the current market value of such assets and only to the extent that such assets are protected by insurance against loss or damage. Such insurance shall be in the form of lawful policies issued by one or more insurance companies authorized to do business and subject to service of process in suits brought in this state, and which provide that no cancellation shall be effective unless thirty (30) days' advance notice of such cancellation is given to the commissioner.   If a grain warehouseman is licensed or is applying for license to operate two (2) or more grain warehouses, the maximum total number of bushels which all such facilities will accommodate when stored in the manner customary to the warehouses, as determined by the commissioner, shall be considered in determining whether the grain warehouseman meets the available net assets requirement of subsection (1) of this section.   For the purposes of subsections (1) and (2) of this section only, capital stock as such shall not be considered a liability.
MS Code § 75-44-23 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 44 - Grain Warehouses|§ 75-44-23. Issuance of license; hearing on denial of license

  Upon satisfaction of Sections 75-44-9 through 75-44-21, and 75-44-29 through 75-44-33, and any applicable regulations by an applicant, the commissioner shall issue a license to operate a grain warehouse.   If after proper application, the commissioner denies any person, partnership, association or corporation a license to operate a grain warehouse, the commissioner shall transmit immediately to said applicant by certified mail an order so providing which shall state the reasons for said denial. In the event the applicant is dissatisfied at the decision of the commissioner, the applicant may request a hearing within ninety (90) days with the commissioner to appear and defend its compliance with all appropriate regulations and/or give evidence that all deficiencies have been corrected. If after said hearing, the commissioner denies applicant a license, the commissioner shall transmit immediately to applicant by certified mail an order so providing which shall state the reasons for said denial. In the event the applicant is dissatisfied at the decision of the commissioner after the hearing, the applicant may appeal to the chancery court of the county where the grain warehouse is located within thirty (30) days of the date of said order in accordance with the provisions of subsection (2) of Section 75-44-25.
MS Code § 75-44-25 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 44 - Grain Warehouses|§ 75-44-25. Suspension, cancellation or revocation of license; return of license

  If a grain warehouseman is convicted of any crime involving fraud or deceit or if the commissioner determines that any grain warehouseman has violated any of the provisions of this chapter, or any of the rules and regulations adopted by the commissioner pursuant to this chapter, the commissioner may, at his discretion, suspend, cancel or revoke the license of such grain warehouseman.   All proceedings for the suspension, cancellation or revocation of licenses shall be before the commissioner, and the proceedings shall be in accordance with rules and regulations which shall be adopted by the commissioner. No license shall be cancelled or revoked except after a hearing before the commissioner upon reasonable notice to the licensee and an opportunity to appear and defend. The commissioner may temporarily suspend the license of a licensee for good and reasonable cause before notice or hearing and the licensee shall be entitled to a hearing on such temporary suspension without undue delay. Whenever the commissioner shall suspend, cancel or revoke any license he shall prepare an order so providing which shall state the reason or reasons for such suspension, cancellation or revocation. Said order shall be sent, by certified mail, by the commissioner to the licensee at the address of the grain warehouse licensed. Within thirty (30) days after the mailing of said order, the licensee, if dissatisfied with the order of the commissioner, may appeal to the chancery court of the county where the grain warehouse is located by filing a written notice of appeal alleging the pertinent facts upon which such appeal is grounded. At the time of the filing of the appeal, the appellant shall give a bond for costs conditioned upon his prosecution of the appeal without delay and payment of all costs assessed against him. Appeal may be with supersedeas and shall be subject to the provisions of Section 11-51-31.   In case a license issued to a grain warehouseman expires or is suspended, revoked or cancelled by the commissioner or his designated representative, such license shall be immediately returned to the commissioner and the grain warehouseman shall forthwith comply with the provisions of Section 75-44-67.
MS Code § 75-44-27 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 44 - Grain Warehouses|§ 75-44-27. Lost or destroyed licenses

 Upon satisfactory proof of the loss or destruction of a license issued to a grain warehouseman, a duplicate thereof, or a new license, may be issued under the same number.
MS Code § 75-44-29 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 44 - Grain Warehouses|§ 75-44-29. Warehouseman's bond; cancellation of bond by surety; self-insurance

  Before any person is granted a license pursuant to Section 75-44-23 such person shall give a bond to the commissioner executed by the grain warehouseman as principal and by a corporate surety licensed to do business in this state as a surety. The bond shall be in favor of the commissioner for the benefit of all persons interested, their legal representatives, attorneys or assigns, conditioned upon the faithful compliance by the grain warehouseman with the provisions of this chapter and the rules and regulations of the State Department of Agriculture and Commerce applicable thereto. The aggregate liability of the surety to all depositors or storers of grain shall not exceed the sum of such bond. The bond may be cancelled at any time by the surety by giving written notice to the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce of its intention to cancel the bond and all liability thereunder shall terminate thirty-five (35) days after the mailing of such notice except that such notice shall not affect any claims arising under the bond, whether presented or not, before the effective date of the cancellation notice.   In lieu of the bond required in subsection (1) of this section an applicant for a license may be a self-insurer by posting with the commissioner any of the following:   Cash;   Certificates of deposit from any bank or banking corporation insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation;   Irrevocable letters of credit from any bank or banking corporation insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation;   Federal treasury bills; or   Notes, securities or bonds secured by the federal government or the State of Mississippi.  Self insurers shall post an amount equivalent to the amount of the bond required in Section 75-44-31.
MS Code § 75-44-31 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 44 - Grain Warehouses|§ 75-44-31. Amount of warehouseman's bond; blanket bonds; increasing amount of bond

  The amount of bond to be furnished for each grain warehouse shall be fixed at a rate of twenty-five cents (25¢) per bushel for the first one million (1,000,000) bushels of licensed capacity; twenty cents (20¢) per bushel for the next one million (1,000,000) bushels of licensed capacity; and fifteen cents (15¢) per bushel for all licensed capacity over two million (2,000,000) bushels; provided that in no case shall the amount of the bond be less than fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000.00) or more than one million dollars ($1,000,000.00), except as prescribed in subsection (3) of this section. The licensed capacity shall be equal to the maximum number of bushels of grain that the grain warehouse can accommodate for storage. In no event shall the liability of the surety accumulate for each successive license period during which this bond is in force, but shall be limited in the aggregate to the bond amount or changed by appropriate rider or endorsement.   A grain warehouseman who is licensed or is applying for licenses to operate two (2) or more grain warehouses may give a single bond meeting the requirements of this chapter to cover all such grain warehouses within the state. In such cases all grain warehouses to be covered by the bond shall be deemed to be one (1) warehouse for purposes of determining the amount of bond required under subsection (1) of this section.   In case of a deficiency in the net assets required by Section 75-44-21, there shall be added to the amount of the bond determined in accordance with subsection (1) of this section an amount equal to such deficiency. In any other case in which the commissioner finds that conditions exist which warrant requiring additional bond, there shall be added to the amount of bond such further amount as is determined to be reasonable by the commissioner.