A person who for value negotiates or transfers a receipt by endorsement or delivery, including one who assigns for value a claim secured by a receipt unless a contrary intention appears, warrants:

(1) That the receipt is genuine;

Terms Used In Missouri Laws 411.581

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Delivery: the voluntary physical transfer of grain from one person to another. 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
  • Receipt: a grain warehouse receipt, whether negotiable or nonnegotiable, issued under this chapter. See Missouri Laws 411.026

(2) That he has a legal right to negotiate or transfer it;

(3) That he has knowledge of no fact which would impair the validity or worth of the receipt; and

(4) That he has a right to transfer the title to the grain, and that the grain is merchantable or fit for a particular purpose whenever such warranties would have been implied if the contract of the parties had been to transfer the grain without receipts represented thereby.