Title 47, Agricultural Marketing and Warehousing

(1) Every warehouseman operating a public warehouse licensed and bonded under ORS 586.210 to 586.730 shall post at or near the main entrance to the warehouse a sign to be furnished by the State Department of Agriculture of such design as the department directs, having thereon the…

A public warehouse shall be maintained in a manner adequate to provide suitable, sanitary and safe storage of the particular product or commodity stored therein. [1957 c.11 §6; 1957 c.314 §4]

(1)(a) Each warehouseman operating a public warehouse required to be licensed under ORS 586.210 to 586.730 shall, on or before July 1 of each year, give a bond to the State of Oregon executed by the warehouseman as principal and by a corporate surety licensed to do business in th…

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, grain in storage in a public warehouse or public terminal warehouse shall be kept fully insured by the warehouseman for the current market value of such grain against loss by fire, lightning, inherent explosion, windstorm,…

All charges made by any warehouseman subject to the provisions of ORS 586.210 to 586.730, for the handling or storage of grain shall be just, fair and reasonable; and the State Department of Agriculture, upon the complaint of any person interested or by inquiry upon its own motio…

Every warehouseman shall annually, during the first week in July, publish by posting in a conspicuous place in the public warehouse of the warehouseman, a schedule of grain storage and handling rates for the ensuing year. The schedule shall be kept posted in a conspicuous place i…

No warehouseman subject to the provisions of ORS 586.210 to 586.730 shall: (1) Directly or indirectly, by any special charge, rebate, drawback or other device, demand, collect or receive from any person a greater or lesser compensation for any service rendered or to be rendered i…

(1) Every warehouseman shall receive for storage and handling, as the capacity of the public warehouse of the warehouseman will permit, all grain in a public warehouse licensed for such purpose, in suitable condition for storage, tendered the warehouseman in the usual course of b…

(1) The State Department of Agriculture shall cause to be printed, bound and delivered to each person operating a public warehouse a sufficient number of blank negotiable and nonnegotiable grain warehouse receipts, in such form and as prescribed by the department, required to car…

(1) It is unlawful to issue negotiable or nonnegotiable grain warehouse receipts other than those furnished by the State Department of Agriculture and such receipts shall be issued consecutively as numbered and dated with the true and correct date on which each receipt is actuall…

(1) A warehouseman operating another business in conjunction with, or in proximity to, the licensed public warehouse of the warehouseman shall keep a complete set of records for the warehouse business, entirely separate and distinct from the accounts and records of any other busi…

(1) No warehouseman shall issue a receipt for grain not known by the warehouseman to be in the public warehouse of the warehouseman. (2) When partial withdrawal of the grain of the depositor is made by a depositor, the warehouseman shall make appropriate notation thereof on the d…

(1) A warehouseman shall be liable for any loss or injury to the grain in the public warehouse of the warehouseman caused by the failure of the warehouseman to exercise such care in regard to it as a reasonably careful person would exercise in regard to similar grain of the perso…

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, the duty of a warehouse receiving grain for storage or shipment in a public warehouse operated by the warehouse shall be governed by the provisions of ORS 77.4030. (2) A warehouse’s duty to deliver grain is fulfi…

Owners of negotiable grain warehouse receipts surrendered for shipment of grain or of grain in a public warehouse for which load slips only are furnished shall furnish the warehouseman with written instructions regarding the capacity of cars to be ordered from the transportation …

No warehouseman shall sell, encumber, ship, transfer or in any manner remove or permit to be shipped, transferred or removed from a warehouse any grain received by the warehouseman for deposit or handling, without the written approval of the holder of the warehouse receipt or loa…

(1) Upon the request of any person or persons having an interest in grain stored in any public warehouse and upon payment of $25 in advance, the State Department of Agriculture shall cause such warehouse to be inspected and shall cause to be checked the outstanding negotiable gra…

(1) Whenever it appears probable after investigation that a licensed warehouseman has not in possession sufficient grain to cover the outstanding warehouse receipts, load slips or other evidence of storage liability issued or assumed by the warehouseman, or when such warehouseman…

(1) If the State Department of Agriculture considers the appointment of a receiver or other action provided by ORS 586.525 inadvisable or inexpedient in the case of depositors of grain in a public warehouse operated by a warehouseman who is in default as to any condition of bond,…

(1) An employee of the State Department of Agriculture may be appointed receiver if the court is unable, or deems it inadvisable, to obtain the services of another qualified person to accept the position as authorized by ORS 586.525. If a person other than an employee of the depa…

(1) The State Department of Agriculture shall fix and establish standard grades to apply to all grain received for shipment or storage by public warehouses in this state. The department may establish standard grades for forage products, including but not limited to straw and hay …

(1) It is the duty of the State Department of Agriculture, immediately after the establishment of grades under ORS 586.530, to supply all warehousemen with a copy of the grades, rules and regulations of the department. (2) Every public warehouseman shall keep: (a) The copy of gra…

Each warehouseman shall report information to the State Department of Agriculture at such times and as may be required by the department for the necessary enforcement and supervision of a sound, reasonable and efficient warehouse inspection program for the protection of depositor…

(1) Any person operating a public warehouse who desires to discontinue the operation shall at least 30 days prior to the date of expiration or closing date notify, by certified or registered mail, at the last-known address all holders of warehouse receipts, all persons storing gr…

Except for fees paid under ORS 586.270, all fees collected by the State Department of Agriculture under this chapter shall be paid into the State Treasury to the credit of the Department of Agriculture Account. Such moneys constitute a continuing appropriation for the purpose of …

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, every public warehouse complying with the provisions of ORS 586.210 to 586.730 is exempt from all the provisions of all other laws of this state regulating and licensing warehouses. (2) The provisions of ORS chapter 77 app…

(1) No warehouseman shall violate, or procure, aid, or abet any violation by any warehouseman, of any provision of ORS 586.210 to 586.300, 586.315 to 586.380, 586.400, 586.410, 586.520, 586.525, 586.530, 586.550 or 586.710 to 586.730, or fail to comply with any order of the State…

(1) Violation of ORS 586.250 is a Class B misdemeanor. (2) Violation of ORS 586.730 is a Class A misdemeanor. (3) Violation of any of the provisions of ORS 586.210 to 586.300, 586.315 to 586.380, 586.400, 586.410, 586.520, 586.525, 586.530, 586.550, 586.710 or 586.720, or failure…

As used in this chapter, “department” means the State Department of Agriculture.

The purpose and object of this chapter is to provide the owners of grain the means of warehousing or storing their grain on farms, on or near railroad rights of way and other suitable places under proper safeguards, as a basis of farm credit on the grain so stored.

The State Department of Agriculture shall manage, control and direct the operations of the provisions of this chapter and has full power to make effective the provisions of this chapter and the rules and regulations which the department prescribes to carry out the purposes and ob…

In addition to the general powers conferred by ORS 587.030 the State Department of Agriculture has the following express powers: (1) To appoint inspectors of grain. (2) To make and promulgate the necessary or desirable rules and regulations, not inconsistent with this chapter, to…

Whenever 15 or more farmers operating farms tributary to any market center petition the State Department of Agriculture for services authorized by this chapter, the department forthwith shall provide for the method of inspection and certify all warehouse certificates for grain in…

Any owner of grain desiring to store it shall make a written application to the State Department of Agriculture indicating where the grain is stored, the kind of structure in which stored and the encumbrance on the grain, if any. The application shall be signed and sworn to by th…

(1) When application is made to the State Department of Agriculture for the inspection and sealing of grain, whether upon the farm or on or near any railroad right of way, or other suitable place, the department shall, as soon as it is possible so to do, inspect the grain. If the…

The form of the warehouse certificate issued under this chapter shall be prepared and approved by the State Department of Agriculture. Every certificate must embody within its written or printed terms the following: (1) The consecutive number of the certificate. (2) The date of i…

All warehouse certificates issued under this chapter shall be in triplicate. The original shall be delivered to the owner, one copy shall be retained by the State Department of Agriculture and the other copy shall be filed in the office of the county clerk of the county in which …

The State Department of Agriculture shall file in the office of the county clerk of the county wherein the grain is stored a copy of the warehouse certificate. The certificate shall be indexed under chattel mortgages. The filing fee shall be paid by the department and charged to …

The owner of grain stored under this chapter is charged with the due care of the grain and shall exercise that degree of care and diligence which an ordinary and prudent person would exercise with regard to similar property of the person’s own. The owner shall also, upon demand o…

The locking up and sealing of any storage facility acceptable to the State Department of Agriculture hereby is waived, if and when the applicant has filed a warehouseman’s bond, as a guaranty to the carrying out of the provisions of this chapter. Such bond shall be passed on and …

Whenever the amount of grain certified to on the warehouse certificate has been computed by cubic measurements or by number of bags, the amount shall be deemed to be prima facie the amount of the grain, but the actual amount shall be determined by the actual weight thereof. The o…

The expenses of the administration of this chapter shall be paid by the owners of the grain, and the fee collected at the time of inspecting and sealing. The amount so paid shall be stated in the certificate. The fee for the inspection shall be established by the State Department…

(1) Any person who states in the application provided for in ORS 587.090 any material fact known to be false and for the purpose of misleading the State Department of Agriculture is guilty of a misdemeanor. (2) Any person who, with the intent to defraud, breaks the seal of any st…