Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 40 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › Chapter 40-14 - STATE WAREHOUSE DIVISION › Subject 40-14-3 - OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS › Rule 40-14-3-.04 - Receipts and Tags

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) All receipts shall be obtained from
				printers who have been bonded and approved by the Commissioner. Said bond shall
				be in the amount of Twenty-Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00) for printing
				receipt for 1 to 25 warehouses; Five Thousand ($5,000.00) for printing receipts
				up to 50 warehouses; and Ten Thousand ($10,000) for printing receipts for more
				than 50 warehouses; and, provided that all receipts shall be printed upon an
				approved safety paper and in the form approved by the Commissioner; provided,
				further, all receipts shall be serially numbered from the last receipt number
				used until such time as a new series is authorized by the Commissioner or
				Director. Provided, further, that the printer shall mail to the State Warehouse
				Division, Department of Agriculture, a copy of all invoices covering receipts
				printed for such warehouse.
(2)
				Receipts covering like commodities will be issued in sequence starting with the
				lowest numbered series and the lowest number of a series except that receipts
				covering cotton linters and/or other mill wastes and/or any other commodity
				baled in a manner similar to cotton will NOT be issued in sequence with
				receipts covering cotton.
(3)
				Receipt and tag number must be the same, and there shall be no prefix or suffix
				on receipts or tags.
(4) Tags used
				in warehouses licensed under the Act must meet the following minimum
				requirements: Stock 20 point; main tag 3 1/8" × 3 1/4 manila or pastel
				colored background; numbered in consecutive series both sides; black numerals
				1" in height; 1" square reinforced patch affixed with eyelet with tag number
				imprinted in 3/16" numerals; 5" lead wire, copper, 19-gauge, single strand, or
				21-gauge, double strand. Tags for use in cotton warehouses will have minimum of
				two 1" coupons with 5/8" numerals with cotton classification memorandum
				attached if desired.
(5) The
				warehouse tag will be affixed securely to the commodity or lot covered by the
				corresponding receipt and attached separately from any other tag, label or
				attachment.
(6) Any commodity
				stored, upon surrender of the receipt of the warehouseman, shall be delivered
				within a reasonable length of time. Provided, that upon date of surrender of
				receipt, together with shipping instructions, all warehouse storage charges
				shall cease; provided, further, however, that it shall be unlawful for any
				warehouseman to deliver any commodity except after the receipt issued for same
				is surrendered to the warehouseman, who will then cancel said receipt and
				retain the same in numerical sequence, in a separate file until checked by an
				Examiner.
(7) In the event of lost
				receipts, a Superior Court, City Court, County Court (within the limitations of
				its official jurisdictional amount, a Justice of Peace Court) in term or
				vacation, may order the delivery of the goods or issuance of a substitute
				document in accordance with the provisions of Section 109A-7-601 of the Georgia
				Uniform Commercial Code (Ga. L. 1962, pp. 156, 353). If the document is a
				negotiable instrument then the claimant must post security approved by the
				above described Court to indemnify any person who may suffer loss as a result
				of non-surrender of the document. If the document was non-negotiable, such
				security may be required at the discretion of the Court.
"Any warehouseman who without Court Order delivers goods to a
				  person claiming under a missing negotiable document is liable to any person
				  injured thereby, and if the delivery is not in good faith he becomes liable for
				  conversion. Delivery in good faith will not be deemed to be conversion if made
				  in accordance with a filed classification or, where no classification is filed,
				  if the claimant posts security with the warehouseman in an amount at least
				  double the value of the goods at the time of posting to indemnity any person
				  injured by the delivery who filed a notice of claim within the statutory period
				  of one (1) year after delivery."
Ga. L. 1962, pp. 156,
				  353.