Terms Used In Idaho Code 69-263

  • commodity: means any grain, wheat, barley, oats, corn, rye, oilseeds, dry edible beans, peas, lentils and other leguminous seeds and feeds (not including minerals or seed crops) or any other commodity as determined by the director. See Idaho Code 69-202
  • dealer: means any person who solicits, contracts for, or obtains from an Idaho producer or producers, title, possession or control of any agricultural commodity through his place of business located in the state of Idaho or through his place of business located outside the state of Idaho for the purposes of sale or resale or who buys, during a calendar year, at least ten thousand dollars ($10,000) worth of agricultural commodities from an Idaho producer or producers of the commodities. See Idaho Code 69-202
  • Director: means the director of the Idaho state department of agriculture. See Idaho Code 69-202
  • Producer: means the owner, tenant or operator of land in this state who has an interest in the proceeds from the sale of agricultural commodities produced on that land. See Idaho Code 69-202
  • warehouseman: means any elevator, mill, warehouse, subterminal commodity warehouse, public warehouse or other structure or facility in which agricultural commodities are received for storage, shipment, processing, reconditioning or handling. See Idaho Code 69-202
If a producer, after notification, refuses or neglects to file in the office of the director his verified claim against a warehouseman or dealer as requested by the director within ninety (90) days from the date of the notice, the director shall thereupon be relieved of responsibility for taking action with respect to such claim later asserted and no such claim shall be paid from the commodity indemnity fund. No claim shall be paid from the fund if a producer files his claim more than two (2) years from the date of sale of the commodity. Provided however, for those claims that are based on contracts containing no readily calculable sale value of the commodity for the producer, no claim shall be paid from the fund if a producer files his claim more than one hundred eighty (180) days from the date the contract is executed.