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GA Code § 10-4-76 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 4 - Warehousemen|Article 2 - State Warehouse Commissioner; Cotton Warehousing|Part 2 - Storage of Cotton|§ 10-4-76. Investigation of Liens and Titles by Warehouseman; Priority of Claim of Receipt Holder

  If the warehouseman to whom cotton is offered for storage shall have cause to believe there is an adverse lien, title, or claim to the cotton, he shall make reasonable investigation; and to that end he may require the party so offering the cotton for storage to make affidavit in writing as to such liens, adverse title, or claims.   Any transferee or holder for value of any receipt issued under this article, without notice of any adverse lien, title, or claim to the cotton represented by such receipt, shall have a superior claim to the cotton as against such adverse lien, title, or claim, unless the holder of the adverse lien, title, or claim within seven days after the date on which the cotton was so stored in such warehouse shall begin action on such lien, title, or adverse claim in a court of competent jurisdiction, and give to the warehouse where the cotton is stored written notice of such action.    (Ga. L. 1918, p. 246, § 20; Code 1933, § 5-316.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 78 Am. Jur. 2d, Warehouses, § 68 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 93 C.J.S., Warehousemen and Safe Depositaries, § 143 et seq.
GA Code § 10-4-77 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 4 - Warehousemen|Article 2 - State Warehouse Commissioner; Cotton Warehousing|Part 2 - Storage of Cotton|§ 10-4-77. Penalty for Failure to Give Notice of Lien on Cotton

 Any person who shall deposit, or attempt to deposit, cotton upon which a lien, mortgage, or adverse claim exists, without notifying the manager of the warehouse thereof and having this fact so entered on the warehouse receipt, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.   (Ga. L. 1918, p. 246, § 19; Code 1933, § 5-9905.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 78 Am. Jur. 2d, Warehouses, § 69 et seq.
GA Code § 10-4-78 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 4 - Warehousemen|Article 2 - State Warehouse Commissioner; Cotton Warehousing|Part 2 - Storage of Cotton|§ 10-4-78. Penalty for False Affidavit as to Lien on Cotton

 Should any party required by Code Section 10-4-76 to make an affidavit as to an adverse lien, title, or claim to cotton offered to a warehouseman for storage make a false affidavit, he shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment and labor in the penitentiary for not less than three years nor more than ten years.   (Ga. L. 1918, p. 246, § 20; Code 1933, § 5-9906.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 78 Am. Jur. 2d, Warehouses, § 34.   C.J.S.   - 93 C.J.S., Warehousemen and Safe Depositaries, § 173.
GA Code § 10-4-79 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 4 - Warehousemen|Article 2 - State Warehouse Commissioner; Cotton Warehousing|Part 2 - Storage of Cotton|§ 10-4-79. Penalties for Delivering Cotton Without Production of Receipt or Failing to Cancel Receipt

 Any manager, employee, agent, officer, or other person who shall deliver cotton from a warehouse under this article, except upon the production of the receipt therefor, or who shall fail to mark such receipt "canceled" on the delivery of the cotton shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000.00, or imprisonment for not more than five years in the state penitentiary, or both, in the discretion of the court.   (Ga. L. 1918, p. 246, § 18; Code 1933, § 5-9902.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 93 C.J.S., Warehousemen and Safe Depositaries, § 173.
GA Code § 10-4-80 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 4 - Warehousemen|Article 2 - State Warehouse Commissioner; Cotton Warehousing|Part 2 - Storage of Cotton|§ 10-4-80. Penalties for Issuing Receipt for Cotton Not in Warehouse

 The manager of any warehouse, or agent, employee, or servant, who issues or aids in issuing a receipt for cotton, knowing that such cotton has not been actually placed in the warehouse under the control of the manager thereof, shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a period of not less than one nor more than five years, or by a fine not exceeding $5,000.00.   (Ga. L. 1918, p. 246, § 16; Code 1933, § 5-9903.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 78 Am. Jur. 2d, Warehouses, § 34.   C.J.S.   - 93 C.J.S., Warehousemen and Safe Depositaries, § 173.
GA Code § 10-4-81 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 4 - Warehousemen|Article 2 - State Warehouse Commissioner; Cotton Warehousing|Part 2 - Storage of Cotton|§ 10-4-81. Penalty for Issuing Duplicate or Additional Receipt; Lost or Destroyed Receipts

 Any manager, employee, servant, or other person who shall issue or aid in issuing a duplicate or additional receipt for cotton, knowing that the former receipt or any part thereof is outstanding, commits the offense of forgery in the first degree, provided that the party applying for a duplicate, upon the representation that the original has been lost or destroyed, may receive the same upon giving an indemnifying bond to the state warehouse commissioner to protect the commissioner against any loss that might occur thereby.   (Ga. L. 1918, p. 246, § 17; Ga. L. 1920, p. 282, § 1; Code 1933, § 5-9904.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 78 Am. Jur. 2d, Warehouses, § 33.   C.J.S.   - 93 C.J.S., Warehousemen and Safe Depositaries, § 173.
GA Code § 10-4-100 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 4 - Warehousemen|Article 3 - Tobacco Warehousing|Part 1 - Leaf Tobacco Sales and Storage|§ 10-4-100. Legislative Intent and Findings

 It is the intent and purpose of this part to enable producers to have sufficient time to cure, prepare, and market their flue-cured leaf tobacco in a proper and orderly manner. It is found by the General Assembly that the provisions of this part are necessary to the proper marketing of flue-cured leaf tobacco.   It is further found that external disruptive forces and influences upon buyers and sales opportunity have operated to effect discrimination and disadvantage upon flue-cured leaf tobacco producers in this state in the free entry and sale of their tobacco in interstate commerce. It is the intent and purpose of this part to eliminate discrimination in the entry and sale of tobacco in commerce by providing for equitable allocation of sales opportunity and by providing for licensing of flue-cured leaf tobacco auction sales which will optimize the movement and sale in commerce of tobacco produced in this state and eliminate discrimination against such movement and sale.   (Ga. L. 1960, p. 214, § 1; Ga. L. 1968, p. 1242, § 1; Ga. L. 1974, p. 518, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 78 Am. Jur. 2d, Warehouses, § 5 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 93 C.J.S., Warehousemen and Safe Depositaries, § 4.
GA Code § 10-4-101 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 4 - Warehousemen|Article 3 - Tobacco Warehousing|Part 1 - Leaf Tobacco Sales and Storage|§ 10-4-101. Licenses for Flue-Cured Leaf Tobacco Auction Sales; "Clean-Up" Sale Licenses

 No person, real or corporate, shall operate, hold, or conduct an auction sale for the sale of flue-cured leaf tobacco within this state without first having obtained a license for the regular selling season in which the sale is made from the Commissioner of Agriculture. Each license so issued shall automatically expire at the end of the regular selling season. The regular selling season shall be deemed to have ended at the close of business on the marketing day any regulatory group or committee shall cause any of the sets of buyers normally assigned to the Georgia flue-cured leaf tobacco auction markets to be withdrawn for the purpose of reassigning them to auction markets in other tobacco belts. The Commissioner, in his or her discretion, may issue additional licenses to warehousemen at the end of the regular selling season as he or she deems necessary and desirable for "clean-up" sales or special sales, such licenses to terminate at the conclusion of the "clean-up" or special sale. The license fee shall be $150.00 for each regular selling season with no additional fee for licenses issued for "clean-up" or special sales. Licenses shall be subject to renewal from one regular selling season to another under such rules and regulations as the Commissioner shall prescribe. Any fees collected pursuant to this Code section shall be retained pursuant to the provisions of Code Section 45-12-92.1.   (Ga. L. 1960, p. 214, § 2; Ga. L. 1968, p. 1242, § 2; Ga. L. 1970, p. 4, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 1023, § 1; Ga. L. 2010, p. 9, § 1-30/HB 1055.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 78 Am. Jur. 2d, Warehouses, §§ 5 et seq., 13 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 93 C.J.S., Warehousemen and Safe Depositaries, §§ 8, 9.
GA Code § 10-4-102 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 4 - Warehousemen|Article 3 - Tobacco Warehousing|Part 1 - Leaf Tobacco Sales and Storage|§ 10-4-102. Physical Standards for Leaf Tobacco Warehouses; Compliance as Prerequisite for License

 In addition to other authority granted him by this part, the Commissioner of Agriculture shall be authorized to promulgate regulations prescribing physical standards for buildings used as warehouses for the storage or sale of leaf tobacco. Such standards shall be reasonably designed to ensure the protection of producers and others from loss or damage to tobacco while held or stored in such warehouses and to provide for the safety and welfare of such persons while upon the warehouse premises. It shall be a prerequisite to the issuance of a license under this part that the applicant has complied with all standards promulgated pursuant to this Code section.   (Ga. L. 1972, p. 351, § 1; Ga. L. 1994, p. 97, § 10.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 78 Am. Jur. 2d, Warehouses, § 5 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 93 C.J.S., Warehousemen and Safe Depositaries, §§ 5, 6, 7.
GA Code § 10-4-103 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 4 - Warehousemen|Article 3 - Tobacco Warehousing|Part 1 - Leaf Tobacco Sales and Storage|§ 10-4-103. Insurance as Prerequisite for License

 As a prerequisite to the issuance of a license under this part, each applicant shall furnish evidence to the Commissioner of Agriculture that he has in force a standard fire and extended coverage insurance policy for the full market value of the tobacco in his sales warehouse for the marketing season for which the license is sought. The insurance policy shall be written by an insurance company, of the warehouseman's choice, authorized to transact business in this state, and such insurance coverage shall be approved in form by the Commissioner of Insurance, and a copy of the insurance policy shall be filed with the Commissioner of Agriculture. The policy shall cover both first-hand and resale tobacco. The insurance policy shall contain an endorsement requiring notification to the Commissioner of Agriculture by the insurance company of its intention to cancel the policy at least ten days prior to cancellation.   (Ga. L. 1960, p. 214, § 3; Ga. L. 1970, p. 222, § 1; Ga. L. 1989, p. 14, § 10.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 78 Am. Jur. 2d, Warehouses, § 116 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 93 C.J.S., Warehousemen and Safe Depositaries, § 65 et seq.
GA Code § 10-4-104 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 4 - Warehousemen|Article 3 - Tobacco Warehousing|Part 1 - Leaf Tobacco Sales and Storage|§ 10-4-104. Allocating Sales Opportunities Among Licensed Warehouses

 In the event sales opportunity shall be designated or allocated to this state by any regulatory group or committee, the Commissioner of Agriculture shall be authorized to allocate such sales opportunity among the warehouses operating under license issued under this part in such manner as to effectuate the expressed intent and purpose of this part. The Commissioner may consider, among other factors, the history factor used by the regulatory group or committee for assigning sales opportunity for cross-belt tobacco, the previous five-year sales history of such licensees, and the previous five-year sales history of such licensees of selling Georgia grown tobacco in order to effectuate an allocation which will eliminate or reduce discrimination against producers in this state in the entry and sale of their tobacco in commerce. In recognition of the unique characteristics of the marketing of tobacco by auction, and the necessity of immediate response to marketing conditions, such allocation of sales time need not be effected by the promulgation of regulations but may be issued and published in such manner as the Commissioner deems necessary and expedient, provided that no such allocation shall be effective upon less than 24 hours' actual notice to the affected licensee.   (Ga. L. 1974, p. 518, § 3.)
GA Code § 10-4-105 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 4 - Warehousemen|Article 3 - Tobacco Warehousing|Part 1 - Leaf Tobacco Sales and Storage|§ 10-4-105. Denial of Issuance or Suspension or Revocation of License

 In addition to other authority granted him by this part, the Commissioner of Agriculture shall be authorized to deny issuance of, or to suspend or revoke, any license provided in this part for any violation of this part, or upon a finding that the applicant or licensee has engaged in conduct contrary to the expressed intent and purpose of this part with respect to discrimination in the sale of tobacco. In the determination of discrimination in the sale of tobacco, the Commissioner is authorized to consider, among other factors, the solicitation of tobacco for auction by an applicant or licensee in such manner as to deplete unreasonably sales opportunity required for the equitable movement and sale of tobacco produced in this state.   (Ga. L. 1974, p. 518, § 2.)   Cross references.   - Authority of Commissioner of Agriculture to impose penalty in lieu of other action, § 2-2-10.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 78 Am. Jur. 2d, Warehouses, § 14.   C.J.S.   - 93 C.J.S., Warehousemen and Safe Depositaries, §§ 8, 9.
GA Code § 10-4-106 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 4 - Warehousemen|Article 3 - Tobacco Warehousing|Part 1 - Leaf Tobacco Sales and Storage|§ 10-4-106. Georgia Tobacco Marketing Act of 1995

  This Code section shall be known and may be cited as "The Georgia Tobacco Marketing Act of 1995."   The maximum charges and expenses of handling and selling leaf tobacco by warehousemen licensed under this part shall not exceed the following schedule, to wit:   Reserved;   Reserved;   For commissions on the gross sales of leaf tobacco in said warehouses, not to exceed 3.5 percent of said gross sales.      (Ga. L. 1960, p. 214, § 4; Ga. L. 1990, p. 137, § 1; Ga. L. 1995, p. 104, § 1.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Tobacco sheet program fees.    - When the Flue-Cured Tobacco Cooperative Stabilization Corporation intends to establish a program involving the states of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida to purchase, collect, manage, handle, and make necessary repairs to tobacco sheets (burlap sheets used to wrap the bales of tobacco) used in the tobacco industry, a warehouseman may collect a twenty-five cent fee from the seller and the buyer, and, along with the warehouseman's fees for the program, submit such funds to the corporation as such participation would not be in violation of O.C.G.A. § 10-4-106. 1989 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 89-17.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 78 Am. Jur. 2d, Warehouses, § 66.   C.J.S.   - 93 C.J.S., Warehousemen and Safe Depositaries, § 135 et seq.
GA Code § 10-4-107 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 4 - Warehousemen|Article 3 - Tobacco Warehousing|Part 1 - Leaf Tobacco Sales and Storage|§ 10-4-107. Warehousemen to Render Itemized Statements

 The licensee of each and every warehouse shall render to each seller of tobacco of his warehouse an itemized statement plainly stating the amount charged for weighing and handling, the amounts charged for auction fees, and the amounts charged for commission on each sale.   (Ga. L. 1960, p. 214, § 5.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 78 Am. Jur. 2d, Warehouses, § 16.   C.J.S.   - 93 C.J.S., Warehousemen and Safe Depositaries, §§ 8, 9.
GA Code § 10-4-107.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 4 - Warehousemen|Article 3 - Tobacco Warehousing|Part 1 - Leaf Tobacco Sales and Storage|§ 10-4-107.1. Tobacco Contract

  As used in this Code section, the term "tobacco contract" means any contract between a tobacco company and a tobacco grower under which the tobacco company contracts to purchase tobacco to be grown by the tobacco grower other than at a tobacco auction.   No tobacco contract for the purchase of tobacco grown in this state shall be valid or binding unless:   The tobacco grower is given the opportunity to have the proposed tobacco contract reviewed outside the business premises of the tobacco company or its agents by an attorney or adviser of the tobacco grower's choosing prior to execution;   The tobacco contract is written in plain English; and   The tobacco contract quotes the provisions of subsection (c) of this Code section.       The tobacco grower shall have a right to cancel a tobacco contract until 12:00 Midnight of the third business day after the day on which the tobacco grower signs the contract.   Notice of cancellation under this subsection shall be given to the tobacco company at the place of business as set forth in the tobacco contract by certified mail or statutory overnight delivery, return receipt requested, which shall be posted not later than 12:00 Midnight on the third business day following execution of the tobacco contract.   In the event of cancellation pursuant to this subsection, the tobacco grower shall refund to the tobacco company within ten days after the cancellation any consideration received by the tobacco grower from the tobacco company under the tobacco contract.   Notice of cancellation given by the tobacco grower need not take any particular form and, however expressed, is effective if it indicates the intention of the tobacco grower not to be bound by the tobacco contract.       (Code 1981, §10-4-107.1, enacted by Ga. L. 2000, p. 561, § 1; Ga. L. 2001, p. 4, § 10; Ga. L. 2001, p. 1212, § 2.)   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2001, p. 1212, § 7, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the Act is applicable with respect to notices delivered on or after July 1, 2001.
GA Code § 10-4-108 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 4 - Warehousemen|Article 3 - Tobacco Warehousing|Part 1 - Leaf Tobacco Sales and Storage|§ 10-4-108. Records and Reports by Warehousemen

 Each licensee shall keep a correct daily account of the number of pounds of leaf tobacco sold upon the floor of his warehouse. On or before Monday of each week, the licensee shall make a statement under oath of all of the tobacco sold upon the floor of his warehouse during the preceding week and shall transmit each report to the Commissioner of Agriculture. The report shall be so arranged and classified as to show the number of pounds of tobacco sold for producers, the number of pounds sold for dealers, and the number of pounds resold by the licensee for his own account or for the account of some other warehouse or licensee. In addition thereto, each licensee shall indicate the number of pounds of Type 14 flue-cured leaf tobacco sold upon the floor of his warehouse for producers thereof and the number of pounds of Type 14 flue-cured leaf tobacco sold by persons other than producers upon the floor of his warehouse. The licensee shall report the total number of pounds of other than Type 14 flue-cured leaf tobacco sold for producers and persons other than producers. In addition thereto, each licensee shall make such additional reports as shall be prescribed by the Commissioner.   (Ga. L. 1960, p. 214, § 6.)
GA Code § 10-4-109 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 4 - Warehousemen|Article 3 - Tobacco Warehousing|Part 1 - Leaf Tobacco Sales and Storage|§ 10-4-109. Commissioner of Agriculture to Keep Sales Records; Publication

 The Commissioner of Agriculture shall cause to be kept and compiled the information submitted to him as to the sales of tobacco in this state. He shall cause such records to be kept in a manner so as to show the number of pounds of Type 14 tobacco sold by each warehouse as well as the number of pounds of other than Type 14 tobacco sold by each warehouse. He shall cause such records to be kept in a manner so as to show separately the number of pounds of Type 14 tobacco and other types sold by producers and the number of pounds of each type of tobacco resold. The Commissioner is authorized to cause such information to be published in a manner that he deems most beneficial.   (Ga. L. 1960, p. 214, § 7.)
GA Code § 10-4-110 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 4 - Warehousemen|Article 3 - Tobacco Warehousing|Part 1 - Leaf Tobacco Sales and Storage|§ 10-4-110. Advisory Board; Creation; Membership; Compensation; Expenses

 Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2008, p. 1015, § 2, effective May 14, 2008.   Editor's notes.   - This Code section was based on Ga. L. 1960, p. 214, § 8; Ga. L. 1970, p. 6, § 1.
GA Code § 10-4-111 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 4 - Warehousemen|Article 3 - Tobacco Warehousing|Part 1 - Leaf Tobacco Sales and Storage|§ 10-4-111. Meetings of Advisory Board; Duties; Fixing Opening Date of Marketing Season; Revocation of License for Early Sale

  The board shall meet in June of each year, or upon the call of the chairman, to survey the condition of the tobacco crop and recommend an opening date of the marketing season. The chairman shall determine the time and place of the meeting.   The board shall recommend to the Commissioner of Agriculture a date for the opening of the tobacco marketing season. The Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture shall invite the Florida Commissioner of Agriculture and one member of the Florida Tobacco Advisory Board to attend meetings of the Georgia Tobacco Advisory Board to submit evidence as to the opening date best suited to meet the needs of the Florida flue-cured leaf tobacco producers. The Commissioner shall cause two members of the Tobacco Advisory Board to attend the meeting of the board of governors of the Bright Belt Warehouse Association to make known the recommendations as to the opening of the marketing season in Georgia. One of these members shall be a legislative member and the other member a tobacco farmer member of the board.   The Commissioner shall determine and announce the opening date of the tobacco marketing season in this state. If any licensee shall hold a sale prior to the date determined by the Commissioner, the license of the licensee shall be revoked in accordance with Chapter 13 of Title 50, the "Georgia Administrative Procedure Act," and shall not be reinstated or reissued in the calendar year of the revocation. The revocation provided in this subsection shall be in addition to the other penalties provided for the violation of this part. It is the intent and purpose of this Code section to provide a procedure for the fixing of the opening date of the tobacco marketing season and to place the final authority to fix said date in the Commissioner of Agriculture.    (Ga. L. 1960, p. 214, § 9; Ga. L. 1970, p. 6, § 2.)