§247 — Title 7 Agriculture | U.S. Code

Summary

Warehouse operators must treat people fairly and reasonably when they store or try to store farm products, if the warehouse has room. This rule applies when the product is the kind usually stored nearby, is in suitable condition for storage, and is offered in the normal business way. A warehouse operator may still make agreements with customers about how to divide or set aside the available space.

Title 7, §247

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(a)Subject to the capacity of a warehouse, a warehouse operator shall deal, in a fair and reasonable manner, with persons storing, or seeking to store, an agricultural product in the warehouse if the agricultural product—

(1)is of the kind, type, and quality customarily stored or handled in the area in which the warehouse is located;

(2)is tendered to the warehouse operator in a suitable condition for warehousing; and

(3)is tendered in a manner that is consistent with the ordinary and usual course of business.

(b)Nothing in this section prohibits a warehouse operator from entering into an agreement with a depositor of an agricultural product to allocate available storage space.

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Prior Provisions

A prior section 247, acts Aug. 11, 1916, ch. 313, pt. C, § 6, 39 Stat. 486; July 24, 1919, ch. 26, 41 Stat. 266; Feb. 23, 1923, ch. 106, 42 Stat. 1283; Mar. 2, 1931, ch. 366, § 2, 46 Stat. 1463, required bond as condition to granting of license and additional bonds if first bond determined to become insufficient, prior to the general amendment of this chapter by Pub. L. 106–472. See section 245 of this title. A prior section 8 of act Aug. 11, 1916, ch. 313, pt. C, was classified to section 250 of this title, prior to the general amendment of this chapter by Pub. L. 106–472.

§247 Fair treatment in storage of agricultural products

Summary

Title 7, §247

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