Missouri Laws 411.641 – Improper delivery — penalty
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Terms Used In Missouri Laws 411.641
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- Delivery: the voluntary physical transfer of grain from one person to another. See Missouri Laws 411.026
- Department: the Missouri department of agriculture. See Missouri Laws 411.026
- Grain: all grains for which standards have been established under the United States Grain Standards Act (Sections 71 to 87 of Title 7, United States Code), and any other agricultural commodities, seeds and vegetable oils prescribed by the director by regulation, except the term "grain" shall not include those commodities deemed not to be grain pursuant to section 411. See Missouri Laws 411.026
- Receipt: a grain warehouse receipt, whether negotiable or nonnegotiable, issued under this chapter. See Missouri Laws 411.026
- warehouseman: any person who owns, controls, operates or manages any warehouse whether such owner resides within the state or not. See Missouri Laws 411.026
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.