Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:3415 – Scale ticket required; contents
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:3415
- commodities: means cotton, all agricultural products commonly classed as grain, including rice, rough rice, corn, wheat, oats, rye, soybeans, barley, and grain sorghum, and any other agricultural commodity or other farm product which the commission may, by regulation, declare to be a commodity subject to this Chapter. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:3402
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Farm products: means products employed directly in the cultivation, production, or harvesting of any agricultural commodities or containers for agricultural commodities or other farm products. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:3402
- Grain: means corn, wheat, oats, rye, soybeans, barley, and grain sorghum. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:3402
- Grain dealer: means any person who purchases any agricultural commodities from producers or represents producers in the sale of agricultural commodities. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:3402
- Producer: means the owner, tenant, lessee, or operator of land within this state who has an interest in or receives all or any part of the proceeds from the sale of agricultural commodities produced thereon. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:3402
- Warehouse: means any building, structure, or any other protected enclosure required to be licensed by the commission in which agricultural commodities or other farm products are stored for the public for a fee. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:3402
A. Whenever any agricultural commodity or other farm product is delivered to a warehouse or grain dealer licensed under this Chapter, the warehouse or grain dealer shall issue a scale ticket covering the commodity or other farm product within seventy-two hours of delivery. Scale tickets covering commodities or other farm products deposited for any type of storage shall be marked to indicate “storage”. Title to commodities deposited for storage shall remain with the producer.
B. Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 767, §2, eff. June 30, 2010.
C. Each warehouse and grain dealer shall use sequentially prenumbered scale tickets which shall have an original and not less than one copy.
D. Each scale ticket shall contain the following information:
(1) The name and location of the licensed warehouse or grain dealer facility where delivered.
(2) The name and other information sufficient to identify the owner of the agricultural commodity or other farm product.
(3) The type, quantity, and grade or applicable grade factors necessary to determine the net value of the commodity received. This requirement shall not apply to grain dealers and warehouses which do not issue grades.
(4) The date the commodity was delivered.
(5) One of the following, as appropriate:
(a) If the commodity is to be deposited on a “spot” basis, the words “spot” or “spot sale”, and when so marked the scale ticket shall serve as written confirmation of the sale.
(b) If the commodity is deposited for any type of storage, the word “storage”.
(c) If the commodity is deposited for contract, the word “contract”.
Added by Acts 1982, No. 563, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1983; Acts 1986, No. 337, §1; Acts 2009, No. 24, §1, eff. June 12, 2009; Acts 2010, No. 767, §2, eff. June 30, 2010.