1. All property claimed to have acquired no situs for any purpose of taxation under the provisions of sections 137.900 to 137.960 shall be designated as being “in-transit” upon the books and records of the warehouse wherein the property is located, and such books and records with reference to any in-transit property shall at all times be open to the inspection of all taxing authorities of the state and of any political subdivisions thereof.

2. The books and records of a public warehouse shall contain a full, true and correct inventory of all in-transit property, together with the date of receipt, date of withdrawal, the point of origin, and the point of ultimate destination if known.

3. A private warehouse, or the owner of property in a public warehouse, shall, if required in order to obtain a determination that any property has not acquired a situs in this state, submit to the appropriate assessing officer documentary proof of the in-transit character of the property.