PURPOSE: This rule details when a Class I grain dealer is to complete a scale ticket and the information to be contained on the ticket.

1. (1) A scale ticket shall be made out and filed for each movement of grain in or out of a Class I grain dealer’s facility. Any scale ticket used in pricing grain for the purpose of sale to the Class I grain dealer shall have the price shown on all copies of the ticket.

2. (2) Scale tickets shall be maintained in the following manner:

   1. (A) Tickets shall be consecutively numbered;
   2. (B) Tickets shall be filed numerically; and
   3. (C) A copy of the scale ticket shall be kept on file as a record in the Class I grain dealer’s office for a period of three (3) years after the date of issuance. Note: If a Class I grain dealer is also a public grain warehouseman licensed under federal law or Chapter 411, RSMo and scale tickets are used as the basis for issuance of negotiable warehouse receipts, those scale tickets shall be kept on file as a record in the Class I grain dealer’s office for a period of at least three (3) years after the date of cancellation of the warehouse receipt.

3. (3) All scale tickets issued shall contain the following entries:

   1. (A) An entry shall show whether movement was IN or OUT;
   2. (B) An entry shall show whether the grain was received for storage, purchase or other specified purpose; 2 CSR 60-5
   3. (C) Entries shall be made showing gross, tare and net weights;
   4. (D) An entry shall show net bushels; and
   5. (E) Entries shall be made on the scale ticket or on attached documents showing all standard grain grading factors used by the grain dealer in determining grain price or quality.

AUTHORITY: sections 276.406 and 276.516, RSMo (1986).* Original rule filed March 15, 1982, effective June 11, 1982. *Original authority: 276.406, RSMo (1980), amended 1986 and 276.516, RSMo (1980).