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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 411 - Missouri Grain Warehouse Law › Section 411.520 - Misfeasance or malfeasance — accepting money — improper influence — penalty.

Title XXVI TRADE AND COMMERCE
Chapter 411
• Effective - 28 Aug 1980
411.520. Misfeasance or malfeasance — accepting money — improper influence — penalty. —
Any duly authorized officer or employee appointed under the provisions of this chapter who shall be guilty of neglect of duty, or who shall knowingly or carelessly inspect, grade, test, or weigh any grain improperly, or who shall accept any money or other valuable consideration, directly or indirectly, for any neglect of duty as such duly authorized officer or employee, or any person who shall improperly influence any duly authorized officer or employee in the performance of his duties as such officer or employee shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or shall be imprisoned in the county jail, or if in the city of St. Louis the jail of said city, not less than six nor more than twelve months, or both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14661, A.L. 1941 p. 373 § 12, A.L. 1965 p. 606, A.L. 1980 S.B. 601)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 13361; 1919 § 6033; 1909 § 6810
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 411 - Missouri Grain Warehouse Law › Section 411.523 - Warehouseman liable for conversion, when.

Title XXVI TRADE AND COMMERCE
Chapter 411
• Effective - 28 Aug 1965
411.523. Warehouseman liable for conversion, when. —
Where a warehouseman delivers the grain to one who is not in fact lawfully entitled to the possession of it, the warehouseman shall be liable as for conversion to all having a right of property or possession in the grain if he delivered the grain otherwise than as authorized by subdivisions (2) and (3) of section 411.511, and though he delivered grain as authorized by that section he shall be liable if prior to the delivery he had either been requested by or on behalf of the person lawfully entitled to a right of property of possession in the grain not to make the delivery, or had information that the delivery about to be made was to one not lawfully entitled to possession of the grain.
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(L. 1965 p. 606)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 411 - Missouri Grain Warehouse Law › Section 411.531 - Failure to take up and cancel receipt — warehouseman liable — when.

Title XXVI TRADE AND COMMERCE
Chapter 411
• Effective - 28 Aug 1965
411.531. Failure to take up and cancel receipt — warehouseman liable — when. —
Except as provided, where a warehouseman delivers grain for which he had issued a negotiable receipt, the negotiation of which would transfer the right to the possession of the grain, and fails to take up and cancel the receipt, he shall be liable to anyone who purchases for value in good faith the receipt, for failure to deliver the grain to him whether the purchaser acquired title to the receipt before or after the delivery of the grain by the warehouseman.
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(L. 1965 p. 606)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 411 - Missouri Grain Warehouse Law › Section 411.541 - Failure to mark receipt upon delivery of part of grain — warehouseman liable — when.

Title XXVI TRADE AND COMMERCE
Chapter 411
• Effective - 28 Aug 1965
411.541. Failure to mark receipt upon delivery of part of grain — warehouseman liable — when. —
Except as provided, when a warehouseman delivers in whole or in part the grain for which he had issued a negotiable receipt and fails either to take up and cancel the receipt, or to place plainly upon it a statement of what grain had been delivered, he is liable to anyone who purchases for value in good faith the receipt, for failure to deliver all the grain specified in the receipt, whether the purchaser acquired title to the receipt before or after the delivery of any portion of the grain by the warehouseman.
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(L. 1965 p. 606)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 411 - Missouri Grain Warehouse Law › Section 411.551 - Alteration of receipt — effect of.

Title XXVI TRADE AND COMMERCE
Chapter 411
• Effective - 28 Aug 1965
411.551. Alteration of receipt — effect of. —
The alteration of a receipt shall not excuse the warehouseman who issued it from any liability if the alteration was:
(1) Immaterial;
(2) Authorized; or
(3) Made without fraudulent intent.
­­If the alteration was authorized, the warehouseman shall be liable according to the terms of the receipt as altered. If the alteration was unauthorized, but made without fraudulent intent, the warehouseman shall be liable according to the terms of the receipt, as they were before alteration. Material and fraudulent alteration of a receipt shall not excuse the warehouseman who issued it from liability to deliver, according to the terms of the receipt as originally issued, the grain for which it was issued, but shall excuse him from any other liability to the person who made the alteration and to any person who took with notice of
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the alteration. Any purchaser of the receipt for value without notice of the alteration shall acquire the same rights against the warehouseman which the purchaser would have acquired if the receipt had not been altered at the time of the purchase.
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(L. 1965 p. 606)
*Word "at" appears in original rolls.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 411 - Missouri Grain Warehouse Law › Section 411.561 - Receipt marked "duplicate" — meaning of.

Title XXVI TRADE AND COMMERCE
Chapter 411
• Effective - 28 Aug 1965
411.561. Receipt marked "duplicate" — meaning of. —
A receipt upon the face of which the word
"duplicate"
is plainly placed is a representation and warranty by the warehouseman that the receipt is an accurate copy of an original receipt properly issued and uncancelled at the date of issue of the duplication but shall impose upon him no other liability.
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(L. 1965 p. 606)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 411 - Missouri Grain Warehouse Law › Section 411.571 - Transferor of receipt to endorse.

Title XXVI TRADE AND COMMERCE
Chapter 411
• Effective - 28 Aug 1965
411.571. Transferor of receipt to endorse. —
Where a negotiable receipt is transferred for value by delivery, and the endorsement of the transferor is essential for negotiation, the transferee acquires a right against the transferor to compel him to endorse the receipt unless a contrary intention appears. The negotiation shall take effect as of the time when the endorsement is actually made.
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(L. 1965 p. 606)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 411 - Missouri Grain Warehouse Law › Section 411.581 - Warranties on negotiation or transfer of receipt.

Title XXVI TRADE AND COMMERCE
Chapter 411
• Effective - 28 Aug 1965
411.581. Warranties on negotiation or transfer of receipt. —
A person who for value negotiates or transfers a receipt by endorsement or delivery, including one who assigns for value a claim secured by a receipt unless a contrary intention appears, warrants:
(1) That the receipt is genuine;
(2) That he has a legal right to negotiate or transfer it;
(3) That he has knowledge of no fact which would impair the validity or worth of the receipt; and
(4) That he has a right to transfer the title to the grain, and that the grain is merchantable or fit for a particular purpose whenever such warranties would have been implied if the contract of the parties had been to transfer the grain without receipts represented thereby.
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(L. 1965 p. 606)
CROSS REFERENCE:
Commercial code provision, 400.7-507
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 411 - Missouri Grain Warehouse Law › Section 411.591 - Endorser not a guarantor for other parties.

Title XXVI TRADE AND COMMERCE
Chapter 411
• Effective - 28 Aug 1965
411.591. Endorser not a guarantor for other parties. —
The endorsement of a receipt shall not make the endorser liable for any failure on the part of the warehouseman or previous endorsers of the receipt to fulfill their respective obligations.
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(L. 1965 p. 606)
CROSS REFERENCE:
Commercial code provisions, 400.7-505
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 411 - Missouri Grain Warehouse Law › Section 411.601 - Certain devices prohibited where official state weights are given.

Title XXVI TRADE AND COMMERCE
Chapter 411
• Effective - 28 Aug 1965
411.601. Certain devices prohibited where official state weights are given. —
It shall be unlawful for any person, company, or corporation to install or continue to maintain at any elevator, mill, or warehouse where official state weights are given, any blower, suction fan, cleaner, or other device for the purpose of removing dirt, seeds, sticks, chaff, or any like substance from grain unloaded into the elevator, mill, or warehouse before the grain has been officially weighed.
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(L. 1965 p. 606)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 411 - Missouri Grain Warehouse Law › Section 411.611 - Issuance of receipt without receiving grain — penalty.

Title XXVI TRADE AND COMMERCE
Chapter 411
• Effective - 28 Aug 1965
411.611. Issuance of receipt without receiving grain — penalty. —
A warehouseman who issues or aids in issuing a receipt knowing that the grain for which the receipt is issued has not been actually received by the warehouseman, or is not under his actual control at the time of issuing the receipt, is guilty of a felony and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment by the department of corrections and human resources for not to exceed five years.
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(L. 1965 p. 606)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 411 - Missouri Grain Warehouse Law › Section 411.621 - False statement — penalty.

Title XXVI TRADE AND COMMERCE
Chapter 411
• Effective - 28 Aug 1965
411.621. False statement — penalty. —
A warehouseman who fraudulently issues or aids in fraudulently issuing a receipt for grain, knowing that it contains any false statement, is guilty of a felony, and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment by the department of corrections and human resources for not less than two years nor more than five years.
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(L. 1965 p. 606)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 411 - Missouri Grain Warehouse Law › Section 411.631 - Issuance of receipt without indicating warehouseman's ownership — penalty.

Title XXVI TRADE AND COMMERCE
Chapter 411
• Effective - 28 Aug 1965
411.631. Issuance of receipt without indicating warehouseman's ownership — penalty. —
Where there is deposited with or held by a warehouseman grain of which he is the owner, either solely or jointly, or in common with others, the warehouseman who knowing this ownership issues or aids in issuing a negotiable receipt for that grain which does not state such ownership is guilty of a crime, and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment by the department of corrections and human resources for not less than two nor more than five years.
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(L. 1965 p. 606)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 411 - Missouri Grain Warehouse Law › Section 411.641 - Improper delivery — penalty.

Title XXVI TRADE AND COMMERCE
Chapter 411
• Effective - 28 Aug 1965
411.641. Improper delivery — penalty. —
A warehouseman who delivers grain out of his possession, knowing that a negotiable receipt, the negotiation of which would transfer the right to the possession of that grain, is outstanding and uncancelled, without obtaining possession of the receipt at or before the time of the delivery, is guilty of a felony, and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment by the department of corrections and human resources for not less than two nor more than five years.
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(L. 1965 p. 606)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 411 - Missouri Grain Warehouse Law › Section 411.651 - Fraudulent deposit of grain and negotiation of receipt — penalty.

Title XXVI TRADE AND COMMERCE
Chapter 411
• Effective - 28 Aug 1965
411.651. Fraudulent deposit of grain and negotiation of receipt — penalty. —
Any person who deposits grain to which he has not title, or upon which there is a lien or mortgage, and who takes for the grain a negotiable receipt which he afterward negotiated for value with intent to defraud, or without disclosing his want of title, or the existence of the lien or mortgage, is guilty of a crime, and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment by the department of corrections and human resources not exceeding five years, or by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars, or both.
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(L. 1965 p. 606)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 411 - Missouri Grain Warehouse Law › Section 411.661 - Penalty for violation of law — operating without a license, effect of payment of penalty fee.

Title XXVI TRADE AND COMMERCE
Chapter 411
• Effective - 22 Apr 1986, see footnote
411.661. Penalty for violation of law — operating without a license, effect of payment of penalty fee. —
Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, any person, firm or corporation, or any officer or agent of any person, firm or corporation, who violates any of the provisions of this chapter is, upon conviction, guilty of a class B misdemeanor. However, if a warehouseman has been charged, and has paid, a penalty fee for operating without a license as set forth in section 411.255, the warehouseman may not be charged with a misdemeanor for operating without a license for the time period covered by the penalty fee.
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(L. 1965 p. 606, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1578)
Effective 4-22-86
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 411 - Missouri Grain Warehouse Law › Section 411.681 - Law not applicable to weighing or weighing supervision, in federally licensed warehouse, by exchange or board of trade.

Title XXVI TRADE AND COMMERCE
Chapter 411
• Effective - 28 Aug 1993
411.681. Law not applicable to weighing or weighing supervision, in federally licensed warehouse, by exchange or board of trade. —
This chapter shall not prohibit, infringe, or apply to any weighing or weighing supervision in or in connection with a federally licensed warehouse performed by any grain exchange or board of trade.
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(L. 1965 p. 606, A.L. 1980 S.B. 601, A.L. 1993 H.B. 822)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 411 - Missouri Grain Warehouse Law › Section 411.691 - Fee for public warehouse license, how computed.

Title XXVI TRADE AND COMMERCE
Chapter 411
• Effective - 28 Aug 1977
411.691. Fee for public warehouse license, how computed. —
The maximum fee for a public warehouse license shall be computed as follows, based upon the capacity of the warehouse:
Capacity in Bushels
Annual Fee
(1)
Less than 100,000
$ 100.00
(2)
At least 100,000 but less than 200,000
200.00
(3)
At least 200,000 but less than 300,000
300.00
(4)
At least 300,000 but less than 400,000
400.00
(5)
At least 400,000 but less than 500,000
500.00
(6)
At least 500,000 but less than 600,000
600.00
(7)
At least 600,000 but less than 700,000
700.00
(8)
At least 700,000 but less than 800,000
800.00
(9)
At least 800,000 but less than 900,000
900.00
(10)
At least 900,000 but less than 1,000,000
1,000.00
(11)
At least 1,000,000 but less than 2,000,000
1,250.00
(12)
At least 2,000,000 but less than 3,000,000
1,500.00
(13)
At least 3,000,000 but less than 5,000,000
1,700.00
(14)
At least 5,000,000 but less than 7,000,000
1,900.00
(15)
At least 7,000,000 but less than 10,000,000
2,100.00
(16)
At least 10,000,000 but less than 12,000,000
2,300.00
(17)
At least 12,000,000 bushels
2,300.00
plus $150 for each additional 2,000,000 bushels of capacity or fraction thereof.
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(L. 1965 p. 606, A.L. 1977 S.B. 75)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 411 - Missouri Grain Warehouse Law › Section 411.701 - Director may contract with federal agencies.

Title XXVI TRADE AND COMMERCE
Chapter 411
• Effective - 28 Aug 1965
411.701. Director may contract with federal agencies. —
1. The director of the Missouri department of agriculture is authorized and empowered to enter into contracts and agreements necessary to cooperate with the Commodity Credit Corporation, a public corporation organized under the laws of the United States, or other federal agencies to make uniform the procedures followed in examining state licensed public warehouses and to make available to the Commodity Credit Corporation or other federal agencies the information acquired under such examining procedures by state warehouse examiners.
2. The contracts may provide for reimbursement of the Missouri grain warehouse division by the Commodity Credit Corporation for the services so performed and furnished, and any money received pursuant to the terms of the contracts shall be paid to the director of revenue and thereupon deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the agricultural fees fund.
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(L. 1965 p. 606)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 411 - Missouri Grain Warehouse Law › Section 411.750 - Safe working conditions to be maintained.

Title XXVI TRADE AND COMMERCE
Chapter 411
• Effective - 28 Aug 1977
411.750. Safe working conditions to be maintained. —
It is the responsibility of any person licensed under this chapter, and any person requesting services of any employee of the department, to provide at all times safe working conditions while the employee is performing requested or required duties as an employee of the department.
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(L. 1977 S.B. 75 § 14)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 411 - Missouri Grain Warehouse Law › Section 411.755 - Failure to pay fees, effect of.

Title XXVI TRADE AND COMMERCE
Chapter 411
• Effective - 28 Aug 1980
411.755. Failure to pay fees, effect of. —
Failure to pay any fees authorized by this chapter within forty-five days of assessment shall be grounds for the suspension, revocation or refusal to renew any license issued under this chapter.
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(L. 1977 S.B. 75 § 15, A.L. 1980 S.B. 601)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 411 - Missouri Grain Warehouse Law › Section 411.760 - Remedies provided are in addition to and not exclusive.

Title XXVI TRADE AND COMMERCE
Chapter 411
• Effective - 28 Aug 1986
411.760. Remedies provided are in addition to and not exclusive. —
1. Any remedy provided by this chapter shall not be deemed to preclude any other remedy provided for by common law or under any other statutes. Recovery by a depositor on the warehouseman's bond shall not be his sole or exclusive remedy, and shall not bar a civil action against the warehouseman or surety based upon rights or obligations under a storage agreement.
2. The grain warehouseman's bond shall be paid only to those depositors who are deemed to have a right of recovery against such bond as set forth under the provisions of this chapter.
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(L. 1977 S.B. 75 § 16, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1578)
Effective 4-22-86
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 411 - Missouri Grain Warehouse Law › Section 411.770 - Stealing grain, penalty.

Title XXVI TRADE AND COMMERCE
Chapter 411
• Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories, see footnote
411.770. Stealing grain, penalty. —
A warehouseman commits the offense of stealing grain if he or she sells grain owned by another person which has been delivered to him or her for the purpose of storage without the owner's consent, or by means of deceit or coercion, with the intent to deprive the owner of the grain either permanently or temporarily. Stealing grain by a warehouseman is a class D felony.
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(L. 1986 H.B. 1578, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)
Effective 1-01-17
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 411 - Missouri Grain Warehouse Law › Section 411.775 - Attorney general and prosecutors may prosecute upon complaint.

Title XXVI TRADE AND COMMERCE
Chapter 411
• Effective - 22 Apr 1986, see footnote
411.775. Attorney general and prosecutors may prosecute upon complaint. —
It shall be the duty of the attorney general or each prosecuting attorney to whom any violation of chapter 411 is reported to cause appropriate proceedings to be instituted and prosecuted in a court of competent jurisdiction without delay. Before a violation is reported for prosecution, the director may give the warehouseman an opportunity to present his views at an informal hearing. In the event the director determines that a prosecutor to whom a violation has been reported has failed to institute appropriate proceedings, he may make a written report of the failure to institute proceedings to the attorney general. The attorney general shall investigate the circumstances which resulted in the report. If the attorney general determines that additional proceedings are appropriate, he may cause such proceedings to be instituted. When the attorney general causes such a proceeding to be instituted, he shall have all the powers and rights of the office of the prosecuting attorney to whom the violation was originally reported. Such powers and rights are restricted to the prosecution of the specific case reported.
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(L. 1986 H.B. 1578)
Effective 4-22-86
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 411 - Missouri Grain Warehouse Law › Section 411.778 - Sign to be posted on warehouse or scale designating licensed or not licensed as warehouse — requirements — violation, penalties.

Title XXVI TRADE AND COMMERCE
Chapter 411
• Effective - 28 Aug 1994
411.778. Sign to be posted on warehouse or scale designating licensed or not licensed as warehouse — requirements — violation, penalties. —
1. Each licensed warehouse, as defined in section 411.026, shall prominently display, at the main entrance to the building of the warehouse and on or about the scale of the warehouse so that such sign may be easily viewed by a person using the scale, a sign containing letters of not less than one inch and not more than six inches in height, which shall read:
NOTICE: THIS WAREHOUSE IS LICENSED PURSUANT TO THE MISSOURI GRAIN WAREHOUSE LAW, CHAPTER 411, RSMo.
2. Each public warehouse, as defined in section 411.026, which should, pursuant to the provisions of chapter 411, be a licensed warehouse, as defined in section 411.026, but which is not licensed as required by the provisions of chapter 411, shall prominently display, at the main entrance to the building of the warehouse and on or about the scale of the warehouse so that such sign may be easily viewed by a person using the scale, a sign containing letters of not less than one inch and not more than six inches in height, which shall read:
NOTICE: THIS WAREHOUSE IS NOT LICENSED AS REQUIRED BY THE MISSOURI GRAIN WAREHOUSE LAW, CHAPTER 411, RSMo.
3. Any warehouse, as defined in section 411.026, which is licensed pursuant to the United States Warehouse Act, 7 U.S.C. 241, shall prominently display, at the main entrance to the building of the warehouse and on or about the scale of the warehouse so that such sign may be easily viewed by a person using the scale, a sign containing letters of not less than one inch and not more than six inches in height, which shall read:
NOTICE: THIS WAREHOUSE IS LICENSED PURSUANT TO THE UNITED STATES WAREHOUSE ACT, 7 U.S.C. 241-273.
4. Any warehouse, as defined in section 411.026, which does not display the sign as required by subsection 1, 2, or 3 of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be subject to a fine of up to three hundred dollars for each day of the violation.
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(L. 1993 H.B. 822 § 1 subsecs. 1 to 4, A.L. 1994 H.B. 1732)
CROSS REFERENCE:
Attorney general may investigate and prosecute violations, when, 276.582
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 413 - Weights and Measures › Section 413.015 - Division of weights and measures — established — director and staff, expenses, compensation — powers and duties of division.

Title XXVI TRADE AND COMMERCE
Chapter 413
• Effective - 28 Aug 2002
413.015. Division of weights and measures — established — director and staff, expenses, compensation — powers and duties of division. —
1. There is established a "Division of Weights and Measures" within the department of agriculture. There shall be a director of weights and measures and such other necessary technical, supervisory and clerical personnel as may be required.
2. The compensation of all employees, the cost of all necessary equipment and supplies, travel and contingent expenses for the division shall be paid from appropriations for these purposes, made by the general assembly.
3. The division is charged with, but not limited to, performing the following functions on behalf of the citizens of the state:
(1) Assuring that weights and measures in commercial service within the state are suitable for their intended use, properly installed, accurate and are so maintained by their owner or user;
(2) Preventing unfair or deceptive dealing by weight or measure in any commodity or service advertised, packaged, sold or purchased within this state;
(3) Making available to all users of physical standards or weighing and measuring equipment the precision calibration and related metrological certification capabilities of the weights and measures facilities of the division;
(4) Promoting uniformity, to the extent practicable and desirable, between weights and measures requirements of this state and those of other states and federal agencies; and
(5) Encouraging and promoting desirable economic and agricultural growth while protecting the public through the adoption by rule of weights and measures requirements as necessary to assure equity among buyers and sellers.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 729, A.L. 1994 H.B. 729, A.L. 2002 S.B. 1071)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 413 - Weights and Measures › Section 413.035 - Standards and systems of weights and measures authorized for use.

Title XXVI TRADE AND COMMERCE
Chapter 413
• Effective - 28 Aug 1994
413.035. Standards and systems of weights and measures authorized for use. —
The system of weights and measures in customary use in the United States and the metric system of weights and measures are jointly recognized.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 729, A.L. 1994 S.B. 729)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 413 - Weights and Measures › Section 413.045 - Calibration of weights and measures as prescribed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Title XXVI TRADE AND COMMERCE
Chapter 413
• Effective - 28 Aug 1994
413.045. Calibration of weights and measures as prescribed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. —
Weights and measures that are traceable to the United States prototype standards supplied by the federal government, or approved as being satisfactory by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, shall be this state's primary standards of weights and measures, and shall be maintained in such calibration as prescribed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. All secondary standards may be prescribed by the director and shall be verified upon their initial receipt and as often thereafter as deemed necessary by the director.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 729, A.L. 1994 S.B. 729)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 413 - Weights and Measures › Section 413.055 - Specifications, tolerance and other technical requirements adopted by division.

Title XXVI TRADE AND COMMERCE
Chapter 413
• Effective - 28 Aug 2002
413.055. Specifications, tolerance and other technical requirements adopted by division. —
The specification, tolerances, and other technical requirements for commercial weighing and measuring devices as adopted by the National Conference on Weights and Measures and published in the most recent edition of National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 44, "Specifications, Tolerances, and Other Technical Requirements for Commercial Weighing and Measuring Devices", and supplement thereto or revision thereof, shall apply to commercial weighing and measuring devices in this state, except insofar as modified or rejected by state regulations.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 729, A.L. 1994 S.B. 729, A.L. 2002 S.B. 1071)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 413 - Weights and Measures › Section 413.085 - City- and county-appointed weights and measures officials, powers and duties, exception — current power of director.

Title XXVI TRADE AND COMMERCE
Chapter 413
• Effective - 28 Aug 2002
413.085. City- and county-appointed weights and measures officials, powers and duties, exception — current power of director. —
Weights and measures officials of any county or city shall perform the same duties as are imposed on the director by subdivisions (7) to (11) of section 413.065, and except for subdivision (5) of section 413.075 shall have the same powers granted to the director by section 413.075. These powers and duties shall extend to their respective jurisdictions; except that, the jurisdiction of a county official shall not extend into a city nor a city into a county which has a weights and measures program of its own. The foregoing provisions notwithstanding, the director shall have concurrent authority to enforce the provisions of sections 413.005 to 413.229 in any city or county within this state.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 729, A.L. 1994 S.B. 729, A.L. 2002 S.B. 1071)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 413 - Weights and Measures › Section 413.095 - Liquid form commodities, how sold — if not in liquid form, how sold — sale of commodity, duty of seller as to quantity.

Title XXVI TRADE AND COMMERCE
Chapter 413
• Effective - 28 Aug 1994
413.095. Liquid form commodities, how sold — if not in liquid form, how sold — sale of commodity, duty of seller as to quantity. —
1. Except as otherwise provided by the director, or by firmly established trade custom and practice:
(1) Commodities in liquid form shall be sold by liquid measure or by weight; and
(2) Commodities not in liquid form shall be sold by weight, measure or by count.
2. The method of sale of any commodity shall provide sufficiently accurate and adequate quantity information to permit the buyer to make reasonable price and quantity value comparisons.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 729, A.L. 1994 S.B. 729)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 413 - Weights and Measures › Section 413.105 - Misrepresentation of quantity or price prohibited.

Title XXVI TRADE AND COMMERCE
Chapter 413
• Effective - 28 Aug 1994
413.105. Misrepresentation of quantity or price prohibited. —
A person commits the crime of false or misleading advertising if, in connection with the promotion of the sale of, or to increase the consumption of any commodity or service, sold, offered, exposed or advertised for sale, rent or lease by weight, measure or count, he or she recklessly makes or causes to be made any statement or representation which is false, calculated to, or tends to mislead or in any way deceive a person.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 729, A.L. 1994 S.B. 729)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 413 - Weights and Measures › Section 413.115 - Deceptive business practices, prohibited.

Title XXVI TRADE AND COMMERCE
Chapter 413
• Effective - 28 Aug 2002
413.115. Deceptive business practices, prohibited. —
A person commits the crime of deceptive business practice if in the course of engaging in a business, occupation or profession, he or she recklessly:
(1) Uses commercially an incorrect, rejected or condemned weight or measure, or any other device for falsely determining or recording any quality or quantity; or
(2) Sells, offers or exposes for sale, or delivers less than the represented quantity of any commodity or service; or
(3) Takes or attempts to take more than the represented quantity of any commodity or service when as buyer he or she furnishes the weight or measure by means of which the quantity is determined; or
(4) Sells, offers or exposes for sale misbranded commodities; or
(5) Misrepresents the quantity or price of any commodity or service sold, offered, exposed or advertised for sale, rent or lease by weight, measure or count.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 729, A.L. 1994 S.B. 729, A.L. 2002 S.B. 1071)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 413 - Weights and Measures › Section 413.125 - Bulk sales, delivery ticket required, when, content.

Title XXVI TRADE AND COMMERCE
Chapter 413
• Effective - 28 Aug 2002
413.125. Bulk sales, delivery ticket required, when, content. —
All bulk sales in which the buyer and seller are not both present to witness the measurement shall be accompanied by a delivery ticket containing the following information:
(1) The name and address of the buyer and the seller;
(2) The date delivered;
(3) The quantity delivered and the quantity upon which the price is based, if this differs from the delivered quantity;
(4) The identity in the most descriptive terms commercially practicable, including any quality representation made in connection with the sale;
(5) The count of individually wrapped packages, if more than one, including commodities bought from the bulk but delivered in packages.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 729, A.L. 1994 S.B. 729, A.L. 2002 S.B. 1071)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 413 - Weights and Measures › Section 413.130 - Investigations by director.

Title XXVI TRADE AND COMMERCE
Chapter 413
• Effective - 28 Aug 1994, 2 histories
413.130. Investigations by director. —
The director is authorized to conduct such investigations as deemed appropriate to resolve complaints, develop information on prevailing procedures in commercial quantity determination and on possible violations of the provisions of sections 413.005 to 413.229.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 729, A.L. 1994 S.B. 729)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 413 - Weights and Measures › Section 413.135 - Prohibited actions.

Title XXVI TRADE AND COMMERCE
Chapter 413
• Effective - 28 Aug 2002
413.135. Prohibited actions. —
No person shall:
(1) Sell, offer for sale or install for use as a commercial device any incorrect weight or measure;
(2) Remove from any weight or measure any tag, seal or mark placed thereon by the director, without written authorization from the director;
(3) Dispose of any rejected or condemned weight or measure in a manner contrary to law or regulation;
(4) Obstruct, hinder, impair or prevent the performance of a governmental function by a weights and measures official by the use or threat of violence, force or other physical interference or obstacle;
(5) Use, or have in possession for current use as a commercial device, any weight or measure that has not been inspected and sealed by the director within the time specified by this act or regulation promulgated hereunder, except that this subdivision does not apply if the director has been notified that a device is available for inspection or reinspection and the director grants or has granted authorization for its temporary commercial use pending an official inspection;
(6) Use in retail trade a weight or measure that is not positioned so that its indications may be accurately read and the weighing or measuring operation observed from some position which may be reasonably assumed by the customer and operator. Devices used for medical prescription and those used exclusively to prepare packages in advance of retail sale are exempt from this requirement;
(7) Keep for the purpose of sale, advertise, offer or expose for sale or sell any commodity, thing or service in a condition or manner contrary to law or regulation.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 729, A.L. 1994 S.B. 729, A.L. 2002 S.B. 1071)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 413 - Weights and Measures › Section 413.139 - Taximeter increments.

Title XXVI TRADE AND COMMERCE
Chapter 413
• Effective - 28 Aug 1998
413.139. Taximeter increments. —
The display of a taximeter shall be programmed to increment in uniform whole cent money values, at one-tenth of a mile intervals for distance, and at uniform time intervals. The uniform intervals for distance and time apply to both the initial and subsequent intervals.
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(L. 1998 H.B. 1856)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 413 - Weights and Measures › Section 413.145 - Packages for sale, certain information on package required.

Title XXVI TRADE AND COMMERCE
Chapter 413
• Effective - 28 Aug 2002
413.145. Packages for sale, certain information on package required. —
Except as otherwise provided in sections 413.005 to 413.229 or by regulations promulgated thereunder, any package whether a random or a standard package, kept for the purpose of sale, or offer or exposure for sale, shall bear on the outside of the package a definite, plain, and conspicuous declaration of:
(1) The identity of the commodity in the package, unless the same can easily be identified through the wrapper or container;
(2) The quantity of contents in terms of weight, measure, or count; and
(3) The name and place of business of the manufacturer, packer or distributor, in the case of any package kept, offered or exposed for sale, or sold in any place other than on the premises where packed.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 729, A.L. 1994 S.B. 729, A.L. 2002 S.B. 1071)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 413 - Weights and Measures › Section 413.155 - Packages containing random weights to state price per single unit of weight.

Title XXVI TRADE AND COMMERCE
Chapter 413
• Effective - 28 Aug 2002
413.155. Packages containing random weights to state price per single unit of weight. —
In addition to the declarations required by section 413.145, any package being one of a lot containing random weights of the same commodity, at the time it is offered or exposed for sale at retail, shall bear on the outside of the package a plain and conspicuous declaration of the price per kilogram or pound and the total selling price of the package.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 729, A.L. 2002 S.B. 1071)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 413 - Weights and Measures › Section 413.165 - Advertising packaged commodity stating retail price, quantity also required on package — dual declaration, requirement.

Title XXVI TRADE AND COMMERCE
Chapter 413
• Effective - 28 Aug 2002
413.165. Advertising packaged commodity stating retail price, quantity also required on package — dual declaration, requirement. —
A representation or an advertisement for the sale of a commodity by weight, measure or count, whether packaged or unpackaged, which states the retail price, shall also contain a clear and conspicuous declaration of the quantity in terms of weight, measure or count, to include any size or dimension designation. Where a dual declaration is required, only the declaration that sets forth the quantity in terms of the largest whole unit with any remainder expressed in fractions of weight or measure required by law or regulation to appear on the package need appear in the advertisement.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 729, A.L. 1994 S.B. 729, A.L. 2002 S.B. 1071)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 413 - Weights and Measures › Section 413.175 - Scales for commercial use to comply with standards — scale sales, sellers, manufacturers to furnish certain labeling information that device is not legal for commercial use.

Title XXVI TRADE AND COMMERCE
Chapter 413
• Effective - 28 Aug 1994
413.175. Scales for commercial use to comply with standards — scale sales, sellers, manufacturers to furnish certain labeling information that device is not legal for commercial use. —
No person shall sell or install for commercial use within the state of Missouri any weighing or measuring device that does not meet all of the specifications, tolerances, and technical requirements of a commercial device as established by the most recent edition of National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 44. Any device sold, not meeting these requirements, shall be identified by the seller or manufacturer as a not-legal-for-trade device by labeling the device as such or by a statement on an accompanying invoice declaring that the device is not suitable for commercial use.
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(L. 1993 H.B. 729, A.L. 1994 S.B. 729)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 413 - Weights and Measures › Section 413.195 - Impersonation of director or inspectors, prohibited.

Title XXVI TRADE AND COMMERCE
Chapter 413
• Effective - 28 Aug 1994
413.195. Impersonation of director or inspectors, prohibited. —
No person shall impersonate the director or any of his or her inspectors, by the use of his seal or a counterfeit of his seal, or in any other manner whatsoever.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 729, A.L. 1994 S.B. 729)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 413 - Weights and Measures › Section 413.205 - Injunctions, temporary or permanent, when.

Title XXVI TRADE AND COMMERCE
Chapter 413
• Effective - 28 Aug 1994
413.205. Injunctions, temporary or permanent, when. —
The prosecuting attorney of any county in which a violation of any provision of this chapter occurs or the attorney general of the state is hereby authorized to apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for, and such court shall have jurisdiction upon hearing and for cause shown to grant, a temporary or permanent injunction to restrain any person from violating any provision of this chapter.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 729, A.L. 1994 S.B. 729)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 413 - Weights and Measures › Section 413.215 - Weighing or measuring device in business place rebuttable, presumption of use for business.

Title XXVI TRADE AND COMMERCE
Chapter 413
• Effective - 28 Aug 1983
413.215. Weighing or measuring device in business place rebuttable, presumption of use for business. —
Whenever there shall exist a weight or measure or weighing or measuring device in or about any place in which or from which buying or selling is commonly carried on, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that such weight or measure, or weighing or measuring device, is regularly used for the business purposes of that place.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 729)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 413 - Weights and Measures › Section 413.226 - Weight and measure devices law not applicable to certain devices — applicability to certain devices.

Title XXVI TRADE AND COMMERCE
Chapter 413
• Effective - 01 Jan 2016, see footnote
413.226. Weight and measure devices law not applicable to certain devices — applicability to certain devices. —
1. The provisions of sections 413.005 to 413.229 shall not apply to:
(1) Any gas, water or electric meter used or intended to be used for measuring or ascertaining the quantity of gas or electric current used for light, heat or power, or the quantity of water, furnished by any person or corporation to or for the use of any person, unless such meter is used for charging electric vehicles at a retail location;
(2) Any measuring device used by any person, firm, or corporation selling at retail or wholesale gasoline, diesel fuel, heating oil, kerosene, or jet fuel subject to inspection in accordance with chapter 414;
(3) Any liquid meter used for the measurement and retail sale of liquefied petroleum gas or any meter used for compressed natural gas subject to inspection in accordance with chapter 323, unless such meter dispenses fuel for vehicle use.
2. The provisions of sections 413.005 to 413.229 shall apply to the following commercial weighing and measuring equipment used for measuring and ascertaining the quantity of gas, electricity, or fuel for vehicle use:
(1) Compressed natural gas meters;
(2) Liquefied natural gas meters;
(3) Electrical charging stations; and
(4) Hydrogen fuel meters.
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(L. 1994 S.B. 729, A.L. 2014 H.B. 2141)
Effective 1-01-16
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 413 - Weights and Measures › Section 413.227 - Violations, procedure, notices, contents — hearing, rights of violator — penalty — appeal — deposit of penalty.

Title XXVI TRADE AND COMMERCE
Chapter 413
• Effective - 28 Aug 2002
413.227. Violations, procedure, notices, contents — hearing, rights of violator — penalty — appeal — deposit of penalty. —
1. Any person found to be in violation of any provision of this chapter shall be issued a notice of violation. The notice shall state the date issued, the name and address of the person to whom issued, the nature of the violation, the statute or regulation violated, and the name and position of the person issuing the notice. The notice shall also contain a warning that the violation may result in an informal or formal administrative hearing or both.
2. Any person issued a notice of violation may be afforded an opportunity by the director to explain such facts at an informal hearing to be conducted within fourteen days of such notification. In the event that such person fails to timely respond to such notification or upon unsuccessful resolution of any issues relating to an alleged violation, such person may be summoned to a formal administrative hearing before the director or a designated hearing officer conducted in conformance with chapter 536 and may be ordered to cease and desist from such violations, such order may be enforced in the circuit court, and, in addition, may be required to pay a penalty of not more than five hundred dollars per violation. Any party to such hearing aggrieved by a determination of a hearing officer may appeal to the circuit court of the county in which the party resides, or if the party is the state, in Cole County, in accordance with chapter 536.
3. Any penalty assessed and collected by the director shall be deposited with the state treasurer to the credit of the general revenue fund of the state.
4. Undercharges to consumers are not violations pursuant to this section.
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(L. 1994 S.B. 729, A.L. 1997 H.B. 528, A.L. 2002 S.B. 1071)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce › Chapter 413 - Weights and Measures › Section 413.229 - Criminal penalties for violations.

Title XXVI TRADE AND COMMERCE
Chapter 413
• Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories, see footnote
413.229. Criminal penalties for violations. —
1. Any person found in violation of any provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
2. Any person found to have purposely violated any provisions of this chapter, has been previously convicted twice for the same offense under the misdemeanor provisions of this section, or uses or has in his or her possession for use a commercial device which has been altered to facilitate the commission of fraud shall be guilty of a class E felony.
3. The prosecutor of each county in which a violation occurs shall be empowered to bring an action hereunder. If a prosecutor declines to bring such action, the attorney general may bring an action instead, and in so doing shall have all of the powers and jurisdiction of such prosecutor.
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(L. 1994 S.B. 729, A.L. 2002 S.B. 1071, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)
Effective 1-01-17