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AL Code § 8-15-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.|Chapter 15 - Public Warehouses.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 8-15-3 - Permit - Required; Application; Fees.

Section 8-15-3Permit - Required; application; fees. (a) The judge of probate of the county may not issue a license permitting anyone to transact business as a public warehouseman unless the person presents to the judge of probate a permit to transact such business issued by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries showing that he or she has complied with all the provisions of the law and rules and regulations promulgated by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries relative to public warehouses. (b) Any person desiring to operate a public warehouse shall file with the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, upon forms prescribed by the commissioner, a written application, verified by affidavit, which shall set forth the location and the name of such warehouse and the name of such person interested as owner or principal in the management of the same or, if it is managed or controlled by a corporation, the names of the president, secretary, and treasurer of such corporation shall be stated, and the location of the principal office of such corporation. The application shall also state the character of goods or articles for the storage of which the public warehouse will be operated, and the estimated value of articles stored in such warehouse at the time, and during the preceding 12 months, when the value of the articles stored was the greatest. (c) In the event cotton is stored in the warehouse, the verified application shall also state the number of bales of cotton stored therein during the 12 months next preceding the date of the application. (d) Where no business has been done during the previous year, the application must state an estimate of the value of the articles which it is anticipated will be stored during the first year in the warehouse. (e) The application shall also show what persons are authorized to sign receipts for the warehouse. (f) A filing fee established by the Board of Agriculture and Industries not to exceed one hundred fifty dollars ($150) shall accompany the application, which shall accrue to the credit of the Agricultural Fund to be used in defraying the expenses of executing the provisions of this chapter. (g) The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries may issue a permit to a federally bonded warehouse upon the payment of the fee established by the board not to exceed one hundred fifty dollars ($150) without the filing of any bond with the state. (Ag. Code 1927, §390; Acts 1939, No. 443, p. 586; Code 1940, T. 2, §570; Acts 1981, No. 81-693, p. 1165, §1; Act 2004-516, p. 996, §1.)
AL Code § 8-15-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.|Chapter 15 - Public Warehouses.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 8-15-4 - Permit - False Statements in Application.

Section 8-15-4Permit - False statements in application. Any person making a false material statement in an application filed under this chapter to secure a permit to operate a public warehouse shall be guilty of perjury and, upon conviction, shall be punished as now provided by law for the commission of such offense. (Ag. Code 1927, §407; Acts 1935, No. 13, p. 12; Acts 1939, No. 443, p. 586; Code 1940, T. 2, §586.)
AL Code § 8-15-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.|Chapter 15 - Public Warehouses.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 8-15-5 - Permit - Investigation of Building and Applicant.

Section 8-15-5Permit - Investigation of building and applicant. (a) Upon the filing of an application with the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries to secure a permit for the operation of a public warehouse, the commissioner or his duly authorized agent shall make such investigation as necessary to ascertain whether or not the statements contained in such application are true and correct, whether or not the building, structure, or protected enclosure is reasonably suited or adequate for the purpose for which it is intended to be used and whether or not there has been a compliance with all conditions as required by the law and the rules and regulations of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries relative to public warehouses. (b) The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries may investigate and consider the responsibility, reliability, and qualifications, as well as the capacity of the person or persons filing with him an application, for a permit to operate a public warehouse, both with reference to the person or persons applying for such permit and the person who is shown in the application as the person authorized to sign receipts for the warehouse. (Ag. Code 1927, §391; Acts 1935, No. 13, p. 12; Acts 1939, No. 443, p. 586; Code 1940, T. 2, §571.)
AL Code § 8-15-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.|Chapter 15 - Public Warehouses.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 8-15-6 - Permit - Notification of Grant or Denial; Appeals.

Section 8-15-6Permit - Notification of grant or denial; appeals. (a) The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries shall promptly notify any person applying for a permit to operate a public warehouse whether or not such application has been granted. (b) In the event the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries refuses to grant such permit, the applicant may give written notice, by filing the same with the chief clerk of the Department of Agriculture and Industries, that he appeals from the decision of the commissioner to the State Board of Agriculture and Industries. Such appeal must be heard at the next meeting of the board, at which time the board shall investigate the facts and hear from both the commissioner or his duly authorized agent and the applicant and, after due consideration, enter a written finding determining whether or not such permit should be issued, spreading the same upon the minutes of the board. (c) From the findings of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, an appeal lies to the Circuit Court of Montgomery County. In the trial in the circuit court, the order of the board shall be presumed to be correct, and the burden shall be upon the applicant to show to the satisfaction of the court beyond a reasonable doubt that he is entitled to be permitted to engage in the operation of a public warehouse under the laws and rules and regulations relating to the same. (Ag. Code 1927, §392; Acts 1939, No. 443, p. 586; Code 1940, T. 2, §572.)
AL Code § 8-15-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.|Chapter 15 - Public Warehouses.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 8-15-7 - Permit - Bond and Proof of Insurance; Prerequisite to Issuance of Permit; Filing of Additional Bonds; Actions on Bond.

Section 8-15-7Permit - Bond and proof of insurance; prerequisite to issuance of permit; filing of additional bonds; actions on bond. (a) In the event the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries decides that a permit to operate a public warehouse should be issued, he shall fix the amount of the bond, which shall be furnished by the applicant and approved by the commissioner prior to the issuance of the permit. In addition to the requirement of bond, the commissioner may require the applicant, as a prerequisite to the issuance of such bond, to furnish legal proof of warehouseman's legal liability insurance in effect on the commodities to be stored in any such public warehouse. (b) Such bond shall be made with some surety company that has complied with the laws of the State of Alabama and which has a reputation for promptly settling claims upon their merits and shall be payable to the State of Alabama in such sum as the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries may fix, but in no event be more than $5,000. Said bond shall be conditioned upon the faithful performance of his or its duties as a public warehouseman for the period covered by the permit and for a faithful compliance with all laws, rules, and regulations relating to the operation of a public warehouse. (c) Notwithstanding the above bond requirements the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries may require the filing of additional bonds at any time by any warehouseman storing agricultural commodities, and the failure to file any such additional bonds, within the time to be fixed by the commissioner, shall be sufficient cause for revoking the permit issued such warehouseman. (d) The bond required of an applicant for a permit to operate a public warehouse shall also undertake to pay to the State of Alabama all expenses of any successful litigation which the state institutes to compel a compliance with the laws and rules and regulations relative to public warehouses. (e) Any person who suffers a loss because of a breach of the conditions of the required public warehouseman's bond may bring an action on such bond in his own name against the principal and surety thereon for any such breach and loss until the penalty of said bond is exhausted; provided, that the aggregate liability of the surety to all such persons shall in no event exceed the amount of such bond. In the event the penalty is exhausted, the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries shall require the filing of an additional bond within a reasonable time period, or revoke the permit heretofore issued. (Ag. Code 1927, §§393, 394; Acts 1931, No. 737, p. 844; Acts 1939, No. 443, p. 586; Code 1940, T. 2, §§573, 574; Acts 1980, No. 80-83, p. 107.)
AL Code § 8-15-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.|Chapter 15 - Public Warehouses.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 8-15-8 - Permit - Recordation.

Section 8-15-8Permit - Recordation. Repealed by Act 2014-315, §1, effective April 8, 2014. (Ag. Code 1927, §396; Acts 1939, No. 443, p. 586; Code 1940, T. 2, §576.)
AL Code § 8-15-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.|Chapter 15 - Public Warehouses.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 8-15-9 - Permit - Issuance; Term; Expiration Date.

Section 8-15-9Permit - Issuance; term; expiration date. (a) Upon the filing and approval of a bond with the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, the commissioner must issue a permit which will authorize the applicant to operate a public warehouse at the place, building, structure, or enclosure named in the application upon such applicant's securing from the probate judge of the county a license required by law to transact such business. (b) Such permit shall not be issued for a longer period than one year and shall expire on July 31 next after the issuance thereof. (Ag. Code 1927, §395; Acts 1939, No. 443, p. 586; Code 1940, T. 2, §575; Acts 1945, No. 476, p. 708.)
AL Code § 8-15-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.|Chapter 15 - Public Warehouses.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 8-15-10 - Permit - Penalty for Operating Without Permit; Disposition of Proceeds From Penalties.

Section 8-15-10Permit - Penalty for operating without permit; disposition of proceeds from penalties. (a) Any person operating a public warehouse without a permit required by this chapter shall be subject to a penalty of not over $1,000, which may be collected in a civil action instituted at the instance of the Governor, the Attorney General or the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries. (b) All moneys received from the collection of such penalty shall accrue to the Agricultural Fund. (Ag. Code 1927, §407; Acts 1935, No. 13, p. 12; Acts 1939, No. 443, p. 586; Code 1940, T. 2, §586.)
AL Code § 8-15-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.|Chapter 15 - Public Warehouses.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 8-15-11 - Inspection of Warehouses by Commissioner and Agents.

Section 8-15-11Inspection of warehouses by commissioner and agents. (a) The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries and his duly authorized agents or employees shall have full power and authority to inspect public warehouses, to audit the books thereof, to check the articles or goods stored with the records or receipts, and to exercise such other power relative to public warehouses as is necessary to ascertain whether or not the business is conducted in such a manner as to protect the interest of the persons who are storing, or may store, articles in such warehouse. (b) The inspectors, when instructed by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, shall make sworn reports of their findings, within 10 days after the completion of the work assigned, to the commissioner, who shall hold and keep same in the records of his office. Such reports, when sworn to, shall be public records and shall be prima facie evidence of what they charge. (c) Such inspections shall be made at least twice between October 1 and September 30 in each fiscal year. (Ag. Code 1927, §397; Acts 1935, No. 148, p. 192; Acts 1939, No. 443, p. 586; Code 1940, T. 2, §577.)
AL Code § 8-15-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.|Chapter 15 - Public Warehouses.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 8-15-12 - Investigation of Complaints Against Warehouse.

Section 8-15-12Investigation of complaints against warehouse. Upon the filing of a complaint in writing by any person with the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries setting forth a violation of the laws or rules and regulations relating to the operation of a public warehouse, setting forth that the warehouse building, structure, or protected enclosure is not reasonably suitable or adequate for the purpose for which it is used, setting forth facts showing that there is a shortage of the articles which have been stored in said warehouse, setting forth any other facts showing that the interests of the persons who have stored, or who may store, articles in such warehouse are jeopardized or are not properly safeguarded and protected or where such facts are ascertained by the commissioner by an investigation upon his own initiative, or otherwise, the commissioner must make an investigation to ascertain whether or not the facts alleged in the complaint are true or whether or not there is reasonable cause to believe such facts to be true. (Ag. Code 1927, §398; Acts 1935, No. 13, p. 12; Acts 1939, No. 443, p. 586; Code 1940, T. 2, §578.)
AL Code § 8-15-15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.|Chapter 15 - Public Warehouses.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 8-15-15 - Issuance of Receipt by Warehouseman.

Section 8-15-15Issuance of receipt by warehouseman. Every public warehouseman receiving property of any kind for safekeeping must issue, on delivery to him or it of such property, in favor of the person from whom received, a receipt therefor, which shall comply with the requirements of the laws of this state. (Ag. Code 1927, §403; Acts 1939, No. 443, p. 586; Code 1940, T. 2, §582.)
AL Code § 8-15-16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.|Chapter 15 - Public Warehouses.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 8-15-16 - When Receipt to Be Endorsed "Stored in the Open".

Section 8-15-16When receipt to be endorsed "Stored In The Open". Whenever any public warehouseman accepts for storage any cotton or other article of value and keeps or stores the same where it is exposed to weather conditions or in any place except within the warehouse, there shall be endorsed on the warehouse receipt given for such cotton or other article the words "Stored In The Open" in such manner as may be prescribed by the rules and regulations promulgated by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries. (Ag. Code 1927, §404; Acts 1939, No. 443, p. 586; Code 1940, T. 2, §583.)
AL Code § 8-15-17 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.|Chapter 15 - Public Warehouses.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 8-15-17 - Insurance Requirement and Liability of Warehouseman for Articles Not Stored in Warehouse.

Section 8-15-17Insurance requirement and liability of warehouseman for articles not stored in warehouse. (a) A public warehouseman who stores cotton or other article in the open or in any place except in the warehouse shall keep the same insured against destruction or injury by fire and shall be responsible and liable for all injury or damage suffered from the weather or any other cause by reason of the cotton or other article being stored in the open or in any other place except in the warehouse. (b) Such warehouseman shall also have the same responsibility and liability for the cotton or other article as if the same was stored or kept in the warehouse. The warehouseman's bond shall also cover all duties and liabilities of a warehouseman imposed by this section and Section 8-15-16. (Ag. Code 1927, §405; Acts 1939, No. 443, p. 586; Code 1940, T. 2, §584.)
AL Code § 8-15-18 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.|Chapter 15 - Public Warehouses.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 8-15-18 - Insurance of Stored Cotton and Other Raw Agricultural Commodities.

Section 8-15-18Insurance of stored cotton and other raw agricultural commodities. The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries shall have power to require that all bales of cotton or other raw agricultural commodities, accepted for storage by a public warehouseman, other than cotton moving in transit to a compress to be compressed, shall be insured against destruction, damage by fire, and other hazards, or perils that could be incurred by such warehouseman, unless otherwise instructed in writing by the bailor. (Ag. Code 1927, §406; Acts 1939, No. 443, p. 586; Code 1940, T. 2, §585; Acts 1981, No. 81-693, p. 1165, §2.)
AL Code § 8-15-30 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.|Chapter 15 - Public Warehouses.|Article 2 - Self-Service Storage Facilities.|Section 8-15-30 - Short Title.

Section 8-15-30Short title. REPEALED IN THE 2021 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2021-183 EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2021. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Self-Service Storage Act." (Acts 1981, No. 81-769, p. 1321, §1.)
AL Code § 8-15-31 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.|Chapter 15 - Public Warehouses.|Article 2 - Self-Service Storage Facilities.|Section 8-15-31 - Definitions.

Section 8-15-31Definitions. REPEALED IN THE 2021 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2021-183 EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2021. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. For purposes of this article, the following words and phrases shall have the respective meanings ascribed by this section: (1) DEFAULT. The failure to perform in a timely manner any obligation or duty set forth in this article or the rental agreement. (2) LAST KNOWN ADDRESS. That address provided by the occupant in the latest rental agreement or the address provided by the occupant in a subsequent written notice of a change of address. (3) LEASED SPACE. The individual storage space at the self-service storage facility which is leased or rented to an occupant pursuant to a rental agreement. (4) OCCUPANT. A person or entity, or his sublessee, successor, or assign, entitled to the use of a storage space at a self-service storage facility, under a written rental agreement with the owner, to the exclusion of others. (5) OWNER. The owner, operator, lessor, or sublessor of a self-service storage facility, his agent, or any other person authorized by him to manage the facility or to receive rent from an occupant under a rental agreement. (6) PERSONAL PROPERTY. Movable property not affixed to land. This term includes, but is not limited to, goods, merchandise, and household items. (7) RENTAL AGREEMENT. Any written agreement or lease which establishes or modifies the terms, conditions, rules, or any other provisions concerning the use and occupancy at a self-service storage facility and which contains a notice stating that all articles stored under the terms of such agreement will be sold or otherwise disposed of if no payment has been received for a continuous 30-day period. Such agreement shall contain a provision directing the occupant to disclose any lienholders with an interest in property that is stored or will be stored in such self-service storage facility. (8) SELF-SERVICE STORAGE FACILITY. Any real property designed and used for the purpose of renting or leasing individual storage space to occupants who are to have access to such facility for the purpose of storing and removing personal property. No occupant shall use a self-service storage facility for residential purposes. A self-service storage facility is not a public warehouse as used in Article 1 of this chapter. If an owner issues any warehouse receipt, bill of lading or other document of title for the personal property stored, the owner and the occupant are subject to the provisions of Article 7 of the Uniform Commercial Code, and the provisions of this article shall not apply. (Acts 1981, No. 81-769, p. 1321, §2.)
AL Code § 8-15-32 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.|Chapter 15 - Public Warehouses.|Article 2 - Self-Service Storage Facilities.|Section 8-15-32 - Vesting of Care, Control, etc., of Stored Property in Occupant; Determination of Risk of Loss.

Section 8-15-32Vesting of care, control, etc., of stored property in occupant; determination of risk of loss. REPEALED IN THE 2021 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2021-183 EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2021. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. Unless the rental agreement specifically provides otherwise, the exclusive care, custody, and control of any and all personal property stored in the leased space shall remain vested in the occupant; and the occupant shall bear all risks of loss or damage to such personal property. (Acts 1981, No. 81-769, p. 1321, §3.)
AL Code § 8-15-33 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.|Chapter 15 - Public Warehouses.|Article 2 - Self-Service Storage Facilities.|Section 8-15-33 - Lien of Owner, etc., of Self-Service Storage Facility Upon Personal Property Located at Facility.

Section 8-15-33Lien of owner, etc., of self-service storage facility upon personal property located at facility. REPEALED IN THE 2021 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2021-183 EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2021. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. Where a rental agreement, as defined in subdivision (7) of Section 8-15-31, is entered into between the owner and the occupant, the owner of a self-service storage facility and his heirs, executors, administrators, successors, and assigns shall have a lien upon all personal property located at a self-service storage facility for rent, labor, or other charges, present or future, in relation to the personal property and for expenses necessary for its preservation or expenses reasonably incurred in its sale or other disposition pursuant to this article. The lien attaches as of the date the personal property is brought to the self-service storage facility and continues so long as the owner retains possession and until the default is corrected, or a sale is conducted, or the property is otherwise disposed of to satisfy the lien. The lien provided for in this section is superior to any other lien or security interest, except for any tax lien as otherwise provided by law. Notice to perfected security interests under the Uniform Commercial Code, with the name of the occupant as debtor, is required before a sale. (Acts 1981, No. 81-769, p. 1321, §4.)