Missouri Laws 411.778 – Sign to be posted on warehouse or scale designating licensed or not ..
1. Each licensed warehouse, as defined in section 411.026, shall prominently display, at the main entrance to the building of the warehouse and on or about the scale of the warehouse so that such sign may be easily viewed by a person using the scale, a sign containing letters of not less than one inch and not more than six inches in height, which shall read:
NOTICE: THIS WAREHOUSE IS LICENSED PURSUANT TO THE MISSOURI GRAIN WAREHOUSE LAW, CHAPTER 411, RSMo.
2. Each public warehouse, as defined in section 411.026, which should, pursuant to the provisions of chapter 411, be a licensed warehouse, as defined in section 411.026, but which is not licensed as required by the provisions of chapter 411, shall prominently display, at the main entrance to the building of the warehouse and on or about the scale of the warehouse so that such sign may be easily viewed by a person using the scale, a sign containing letters of not less than one inch and not more than six inches in height, which shall read:
NOTICE: THIS WAREHOUSE IS NOT LICENSED AS REQUIRED BY THE MISSOURI GRAIN WAREHOUSE LAW, CHAPTER 411, RSMo.
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 411.778
- 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
- Licensed warehouse: a warehouse for which the department has issued a license to operate as a public warehouse in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. See Missouri Laws 411.026
- Person: means and includes any individual, firm, partnership, exchange, association, trustee, receiver, corporation, cooperative, society, public body, political subdivision, or any other business or commercial entity or organization of any kind whatsoever, and any member, officer or employee thereof. See Missouri Laws 411.026
- Public warehouse: a warehouse used for the purpose of storing grain of owners other than the warehouseman, whether grain of the owners be commingled or whether identity of different lots be preserved, or a warehouse used for any purpose for which a license is required under section 411. See Missouri Laws 411.026
- United States: includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- Violation: any act contrary to the provisions of this chapter or any failure by a person to act as required by the provisions of this chapter or regulations promulgated hereunder. 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
3. Any warehouse, as defined in section 411.026, which is licensed pursuant to the United States Warehouse Act, 7 U.S.C. § 241, shall prominently display, at the main entrance to the building of the warehouse and on or about the scale of the warehouse so that such sign may be easily viewed by a person using the scale, a sign containing letters of not less than one inch and not more than six inches in height, which shall read:
NOTICE: THIS WAREHOUSE IS LICENSED PURSUANT TO THE UNITED STATES WAREHOUSE ACT, 7 U.S.C. §§ 241-273.
4. Any warehouse, as defined in section 411.026, which does not display the sign as required by subsection 1, 2, or 3 of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be subject to a fine of up to three hundred dollars for each day of the violation.