Missouri Laws 411.311 – Operation without license prohibited, penalty
1. Any person who:
(1) Operates a warehouse for storage of grain;
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 411.311
- Department: the Missouri department of agriculture. See Missouri Laws 411.026
- Depositor: any person who deposits grain in a warehouse for storage, handling, shipment, processing, or who is the owner or holder of a warehouse receipt, or who is otherwise lawfully entitled to possession of the grain. See Missouri Laws 411.026
- Director: the director of the Missouri department of agriculture or his designated representative. 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
- 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
- Property: includes real and personal property. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- 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
- 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
(2) Holds himself out as being in the grain storage business, or as offering storage facilities for grain;
(3) Advertises for, solicits or accepts grain for storage;
(4) Carries on a grain bank operation, or receives and stores grain for which a like quantity of grain is to be returned or delivered in any form to the depositor thereof without first obtaining and keeping in force an annual license issued by the department authorizing the operation of a public grain warehouse, or without having the license displayed in a conspicuous place, or who shall continue to transact any such business as a public warehouse after the license has been revoked or suspended, except that he may purchase from or deliver to depositors property previously stored in the warehouse; is guilty of a misdemeanor.
2. The director may refuse to renew any license or grant a new one to any person whose license has been revoked for a period of one year from the date of the revocation.