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Revised Statutes of Missouri

Chapter 411

Mo. Rev. Stat. ch. 411

Missouri Grain Warehouse Law

411.010Short title 411.012Purpose 411.015Scope of law 411.020Application of law — construction of laws governing warehouse receipts 411.025(Repealed L. 1965 p. 606 § 1)Repealed 411.026Definitions 411.028Grain delivered to warehouse for cleaning, processing and returned for seed, not grain as defined for grain warehouse law 411.030Department of agriculture to grade and weigh grains — operate laboratories and stations — supervise warehouses — federally owned grain, duties 411.035(Repealed L. 1955 p. 853 § 1)Repealed 411.040(Repealed L. 1955 p. 853 § 1)Repealed 411.050Bond of director 411.060(Repealed L. 1955 p. 853 § 1)Repealed 411.061Director not to deal in grain, exception 411.070Director — powers and duties — rules, procedure 411.080(Repealed L. 1955 p. 853 § 1)Repealed 411.090(Repealed L. 1955 p. 853 § 1)Repealed 411.095(Repealed L. 1955 p. 853 § 1)Repealed 411.100Inspectors — qualifications 411.105(Repealed L. 1977 S.B. 75 § 1)Repealed 411.110Weighmasters — powers and duties 411.115(Repealed L. 1997 H.B. 211 § C)Repealed 411.120(Repealed L. 1986 H.B. 1578 § 1)Repealed 411.130(Repealed L. 1955 p. 853 § 1)Repealed 411.131(Repealed L. 1997 H.B. 211 § C)Repealed 411.135Warehouseman to act as registrar of receipts — records to be kept 411.140Personnel of branch offices — appointment — qualifications — duties 411.145Department may conduct grain inspection business outside state, when 411.150Fees, how fixed 411.151Grain inspection fee fund established — deposits and disbursements — not to lapse — transfers from general revenue — investment of fund 411.160Grain inspected and weighed by authorized inspectors — penalty 411.170Certificates shall be evidence — right of revocation 411.180Right of examination, audit and inspection — confidential information, penalty for disclosure — subpoena powers of director — director to investigate complaints, when 411.190(Repealed L. 1965 p. 606 § 1)Repealed 411.200Reinspection 411.210(Repealed L. 1965 p. 606 § 1)Repealed 411.220(Repealed L. 1986 H.B. 1578 § 1)Repealed 411.230(Repealed L. 1955 p. 853 § 1)Repealed 411.240(Repealed L. 1955 p. 853 § 1)Repealed 411.250(Repealed L. 1955 p. 853 § 1)Repealed 411.255Operations for which a license is required — administrative penalty for operating without license 411.260Application for public warehouse license, contents — rules — financial statements — false financial statement, penalty 411.261(Repealed L. 1997 H.B. 211 § C)Repealed 411.263Fee for license 411.265(Repealed L. 1965 p. 606 § 1)Repealed 411.266Renewal of license — application, contents of — penalty for late renewal 411.268Schedule of charges to be filed, posted by warehouseman 411.270(Repealed L. 1965 p. 606 § 1)Repealed 411.271Examination of warehouse — paid for by whom — discrepancy, effect of 411.275Warehouseman's bond, requirements — defenses denied surety — cancellation, notice, effect — demand for payment by director, duties of director — refusal of surety to pay, penalty — distribution of bond proceeds — duties of depositors or receipt holders — injunction, hearing, notice — final inspection of warehouse — verbal or written bond binders effective, contents 411.276Liability of surety not cumulative 411.277Certificates of deposit and letters of credit, provisions applicable to — letters of credit, submitted in lieu of bond, when, refusal of director to accept, grounds, demand by director, procedure, failure by bank to pay, when, penalty, funds returned to bank, when — rules and regulations 411.278Amount of bond, how computed 411.280Warehouseman's net worth, requirements — deficiency, how corrected 411.281Additional bond required, when — amount, how determined 411.283Requirements for license — minimum storage capacity — scales required — denial of license, notice, hearing — contents of license — posting of license, duplicate license issued when — notice of suspension, cancellation, revocation or refusal to issue — removal of license, effect of 411.285Procedure after license is revoked — injunction to sell or remove grain, hearing, notice 411.287Director may monitor operations, when — fee for monitoring — director may order shipments of grain stopped, failure to obey order, penalty 411.290Insurance required, exceptions — rules and regulations 411.295Director may hold hearings, administer oaths, subpoena witnesses and evidence, and punish for contempt 411.300(Repealed L. 1965 p. 606 § 1)Repealed 411.301Director may enjoin violations 411.310(Repealed L. 1965 p. 606 § 1)Repealed 411.311Operation without license prohibited, penalty 411.320(Repealed L. 1965 p. 606 § 1)Repealed 411.321Terminal warehouseman to receive, inspect, weigh and grade grain 411.323Nonterminal warehouseman to receive, inspect, weigh and grade grain — exceptions — may issue receipts for own grain, how 411.325Delivery of grain to warehouse — procedure — contract — grain deemed for storage, when — deferred pricing and deferred payment and minimum price agreements — transactions not covered by bond — all grain deemed storage covered by bond 411.327Grain bank grain, how treated 411.330(Repealed L. 1965 p. 606 § 1)Repealed 411.331Grain may be withheld from going into terminal warehouse — when — how — penalties 411.340(Repealed L. 1965 p. 606 § 1)Repealed 411.341Grain may be stored in special bin — receipt to indicate 411.350(Repealed L. 1965 p. 606 § 1)Repealed 411.360Cleaning, preservation by warehouseman of grain specially stored — requirements — change of condition of grain, notice — delivery to other than owner or receipt holder unauthorized 411.370(Repealed L. 1965 p. 606 § 1)Repealed 411.371Warehouse receipts, approval by director required — counterfeiting, penalty for — unused receipts returned to director, when — unlawful issuance of receipts, penalty 411.380(Repealed L. 1965 p. 606 § 1)Repealed 411.381Receipts, contents — prima facie evidence of holder's claim to grain 411.383Warehouse receipt register, how maintained 411.390(Repealed L. 1965 p. 606 § 1)Repealed 411.391Warehouseman may sell or pledge receipts issued for grain owned by him 411.400(Repealed L. 1965 p. 606 § 1)Repealed 411.401Grain accepted for storage in other public warehouse — form of trust receipts 411.405Grain shipped to terminal warehouse at request of owner — how — grain shipped to other licensed warehouses for storage to cover nonreceipted storage obligations, how 411.410(Repealed L. 1965 p. 606 § 1)Repealed 411.420Lost receipts — procedure 411.430(Repealed L. 1965 p. 606 § 1)Repealed 411.440(Repealed L. 1965 p. 606 § 1)Repealed 411.450(Repealed L. 1965 p. 606 § 1)Repealed 411.451Fraudulent receipts prohibited — division or consolidation of receipts — delivery of grain 411.460(Repealed L. 1965 p. 606 § 1)Repealed 411.470(Repealed L. 1965 p. 606 § 1)Repealed 411.471(Repealed L. 1997 H.B. 211 § A)Repealed 411.480(Repealed L. 1965 p. 606 § 1)Repealed 411.490(Repealed L. 1965 p. 606 § 1)Repealed 411.491Warehouseman must deliver grain, when 411.500(Repealed L. 1965 p. 606 § 1)Repealed 411.510(Repealed L. 1965 p. 606 § 1)Repealed 411.511Warehouseman should deliver grain, to whom 411.515Inventory required to be maintained — documents required to establish inventory 411.517Records required to be kept 411.518Scale tickets — required, contents, constitute nonnegotiable receipts, evidence of holder's claim to grain — custom weighing defined 411.519Insufficient inventory, procedure to correct — insolvency, director may modify, suspend or revoke license or request order to be named trustee, procedure, order — warehouseman may appeal, how 411.520Misfeasance or malfeasance — accepting money — improper influence — penalty 411.523Warehouseman liable for conversion, when 411.530(Repealed L. 1965 p. 606 § 1)Repealed 411.531Failure to take up and cancel receipt — warehouseman liable — when 411.540(Repealed L. 1965 p. 606 § 1)Repealed 411.541Failure to mark receipt upon delivery of part of grain — warehouseman liable — when 411.550(Repealed L. 1965 p. 606 § 1)Repealed 411.551Alteration of receipt — effect of 411.560(Repealed L. 1965 p. 606 § 1)Repealed 411.561Receipt marked "duplicate" — meaning of 411.570(Repealed L. 1965 p. 606 § 1)Repealed 411.571Transferor of receipt to endorse 411.580(Repealed L. 1965 p. 606 § 1)Repealed 411.581Warranties on negotiation or transfer of receipt 411.590(Repealed L. 1965 p. 606 § 1)Repealed 411.591Endorser not a guarantor for other parties 411.600(Repealed L. 1965 p. 606 § 1)Repealed 411.601Certain devices prohibited where official state weights are given 411.610(Repealed L. 1965 p. 606 § 1)Repealed 411.611Issuance of receipt without receiving grain — penalty 411.620(Repealed L. 1965 p. 606 § 1)Repealed 411.621False statement — penalty 411.630(Repealed L. 1965 p. 606 § 1)Repealed 411.631Issuance of receipt without indicating warehouseman's ownership — penalty 411.640(Repealed L. 1965 p. 606 § 1)Repealed 411.641Improper delivery — penalty 411.650(Repealed L. 1965 p. 606 § 1)Repealed 411.651Fraudulent deposit of grain and negotiation of receipt — penalty 411.660(Repealed L. 1965 p. 606 § 1)Repealed 411.661Penalty for violation of law — operating without a license, effect of payment of penalty fee 411.670(Repealed L. 1965 p. 606 § 1)Repealed 411.671Discontinuing business as public warehouse — procedure — license invalid on cessation or on change in ownership — notice — audit and examination 411.680(Repealed L. 1965 p. 606 § 1)Repealed 411.681Law not applicable to weighing or weighing supervision, in federally licensed warehouse, by exchange or board of trade 411.690(Repealed L. 1965 p. 606 § 1)Repealed 411.691Fee for public warehouse license, how computed 411.700(Repealed L. 1965 p. 606 § 1)Repealed 411.701Director may contract with federal agencies 411.710(Repealed L. 1965 p. 606 § 1)Repealed 411.720(Repealed L. 1965 p. 606 § 1)Repealed 411.730(Repealed L. 1965 p. 606 § 1)Repealed 411.750Safe working conditions to be maintained 411.755Failure to pay fees, effect of 411.760Remedies provided are in addition to and not exclusive 411.765(Repealed L. 1995 S.B. 3 § A)Repealed 411.770Stealing grain, penalty 411.775Attorney general and prosecutors may prosecute upon complaint 411.778Sign to be posted on warehouse or scale designating licensed or not licensed as warehouse — requirements — violation, penalties 411.800Definitions — statutory lien on grain and grain-related assets for benefit of depositors