Terms Used In Missouri Laws 411.611

  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Department: the Missouri department of agriculture. 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
  • Receipt: a grain warehouse receipt, whether negotiable or nonnegotiable, issued under this chapter. See Missouri Laws 411.026
  • warehouseman: any person who owns, controls, operates or manages any warehouse whether such owner resides within the state or not. See Missouri Laws 411.026

A warehouseman who issues or aids in issuing a receipt knowing that the grain for which the receipt is issued has not been actually received by the warehouseman, or is not under his actual control at the time of issuing the receipt, is guilty of a felony and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment by the department of corrections and human resources for not to exceed five years.

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