Missouri Laws 411.321 – Terminal warehouseman to receive, inspect, weigh and grade grain
1. It shall be the duty of every terminal warehouseman to receive for storage any grain, dry and suitable for warehousing, that may be tendered to him in the usual manner in which terminal warehouses are accustomed to receive the same, in the ordinary and usual course of business, to the capacity of his warehouse available for public storage. The grain shall be officially inspected, officially weighed, and officially graded, upon receiving grain into the warehouse, except that the owner or warehouseman may direct that the grain not be officially inspected, officially weighed, or officially graded as provided in section 411.030, but shall be inspected, weighed, and graded by an individual, designated by the warehouseman, competent and qualified in performing these services.
2. All grain delivered from the warehouse shall be officially inspected, officially weighed, and officially graded on its delivery by a duly authorized inspector and weighmaster of the department, except that the owner or warehouseman may direct that the grain not be officially inspected, officially weighed, or officially graded as provided in section 411.030, but shall be inspected and weighed by an individual, designated by the warehouseman, competent and qualified in performing these services.
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 411.321
- 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
- Warehouse: any building, structure or other enclosure in which grain is or may be stored and through which grain is or may be handled or shipped. 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