Title 39, Trade and Commerce

Whoever violates any of the provisions of Section 39-15-20 or Section 39-15-30 shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars for each offense or be imprisoned in the county jail for not more than thirty days.

Any person being the owner of field boxes, crates, containers or receptacles used in the general production, harvesting, packing, transportation or marketing of fruits or vegetables or their by-products may adopt for his exclusive use and ownership a particular mark or brand to d…

Any person desiring to avail himself of the benefits of this article may make application to the Secretary of State, and shall file with the Secretary a true copy and description of such identifying mark or brand, which, if entitled thereto under the provisions of this article sh…

Such application for filing and recording shall be accompanied by a fee of two dollars and thereupon, if consistent with the provisions of this article, the Secretary of State shall issue to the person applying for registration and recordation of such mark or brand a certificate …

The owner of any such registered mark or brand may transfer, release or sell it by an instrument in writing evidencing such transfer, release or sale and, upon application to the Secretary of State when such mark or brand is registered for the recordation of such instrument in wr…

The presence of such identifying mark or brand on any field box, crate, container or receptacle, whenever a copy or description thereof shall have been filed and recorded in the office of the Secretary of State as provided in Section 39-15-420, shall, in any court and in any proc…

If any person shall alter, change, remove or obliterate the registered mark or brand on any field box, crate, container or receptacle other than his own or shall cause or procure the same to be done, with intent to claim the same, to prevent identification thereof by the true own…

It is unlawful for a person to receive or purchase a field box, crate, container, or receptacle marked or branded with a registered mark or brand as provided in this article from a person other than the registered owner or his duly authorized agent. Proof of such receipt or purch…

Any person who shall have in his unauthorized possession any field box, crate, receptacle or container marked or branded with a mark or brand registered under the provisions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine o…

The refusal of any person in possession thereof to deliver any field box, crate, container or receptacle so marked or branded and registered as provided in this article to the registered owner thereof or his duly authorized agent, upon the demand of such registered owner or autho…

Any person who shall take or send out of the State or cause to be taken or sent out of the State any field box, crate, container or receptacle so registered or branded as provided in this article without the permission of the owner thereof shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upo…

The provisions of this article shall not be construed to apply when fruits, vegetables or their by-products are wrapped or packed in such accepted or prescribed standard containers as are prescribed and designated by the Bureau of Standards, United States Department of Agricultur…

The provisions of this article shall be cumulative to all other provisions of law on the subject.

(1) The terms "owner" and "purchaser" as used in this article shall include any person acting either in his own behalf or as an employee, agent or representative of any other person. (2) The term "timber" as used in this article shall include trees, lying or prepared for sale, sa…

A person who has adopted or used a label, trademark, term, design, or device and has obtained a registration for it pursuant to Article 11 of this chapter may use it to mark and identify timber and when the label, trademark, term, design, or device is stamped, impressed, or inden…

When any owner of timber shall agree to sell it, receive any portion of the purchase price therefor and consent to the purchaser's brand being placed thereon, such purchaser shall have a lien on such timber to secure him in the amount of the purchase price paid to such owner, whi…

The lien of the purchaser upon such timber when the title has not passed to such purchaser shall cease to exist immediately upon his becoming in default under the contract of purchase and it shall then be lawful for the owner of such timber to deface, destroy or otherwise remove …

The owner of such timber or any other person who shall cut out or off, obliterate or in any manner deface or destroy the brand of the purchaser or owner upon such timber or who shall injure, remove, secrete, take, receive or attempt to sell or purchase such timber so long as such…

Household goods carriers in intrastate commerce shall not use any name in the advertising, soliciting or handling of intrastate business other than the name or trade name in which their operating authority is issued from the Public Service Commission. The printed advertising shal…

Any carrier violating the provisions of this article shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days. Each violation shall constitute a separate offense.

As used in this chapter: (a) "Artist" means any person who conceived or created: (1) the master image for a fine print; or (2) the master image which served as the model for a fine print. (b) "Fine print" means a printed image on paper or any other suitable substance which has be…

This chapter does not apply to: (a) a fine print sold before January 1, 1987. (b) a fine print offered for sale or sold at retail or wholesale for: (1) one hundred dollars or less if unframed; or (2) one hundred fifty dollars or less if framed. (c) a migratory waterfowl stamp pri…

(a) An art merchant or person may not knowingly publish or distribute any catalog, prospectus, or circular which offers for sale a fine print unless it clearly and conspicuously discloses all information required by Section 39-16-40. (b) An art merchant or person may not knowingl…

(a) An art merchant or person who sells or offers to sell a fine print shall disclose the following information: (1) the year the plate was created. (2) the year when printed and the name of the artist. (3) the process used to create the print. (4) whether the print is a part of …

(a) An art merchant or person who sells a fine print in violation of this chapter is liable to the purchaser, on tender by the purchaser of the print, for its purchase price, with interest, at the legal rate, from the date of payment of the purchase price. (b) An art merchant or …

The purpose of this article is to give authority to investigate marketing conditions and to establish and maintain standard containers, grades and State brands for fresh fruits and vegetables in the State.

The chief of the division of markets may suspend or revoke any license whenever, after opportunity for a hearing has been afforded to the licensee, the chief of the division of markets shall determine that such licensee is incompetent or has knowingly or carelessly failed to clas…

Inspections may be made in car lots or less than car lots and of products loaded in cars or of products not in cars. When any such inspection and classification is made, blank forms of certificates shall be furnished by the division of markets to all State inspectors, to be fille…

The owner or person in possession of any farm product classified in accordance with the provisions of this article may appeal from such classification under such rules and regulations as the division of markets may prescribe.

The fee to be charged shall be determined by the chief of the division of markets and the fee for the inspection of a car or less than a car shall in no case exceed five dollars. The chief of the division of markets may fix, assess and collect, or cause to be collected, fees for …

Any person who violates any provision of this article, or of the rules and regulations made under this article for carrying out its provisions, who fails or refuses to comply with any of the requirements thereof or who wilfully interferes with agents or employees in the execution…

Any person convicted of a misdemeanor under this article shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than thirty days or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.

This article shall not be construed so as to conflict with any statute of the United States regulating commerce among the several states or in any place under the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States.

The division of markets of the extension service shall investigate the subject of marketing farm products, diffuse useful information relating thereto and furnish advice and assistance to the public in order to promote efficient and economical methods of marketing farm products a…

The division of markets of the extension service is charged with the execution of the provisions of this article and may employ such agents and assistants as may be necessary, fix their compensation, define their duties and require bonds in such amount as the chief of the divisio…

All watermelons shipped in carload lots from any point within this State as "Graded Melons" shall be graded according to the following standard, that is to say: Grade 1 shall weigh not less than 44 pounds with car average of not less than 46 pounds; Grade 2 shall weigh not less t…

The shippers of watermelons in carload lots from any point within this State, before applying to any railroad, railway, common carrier or agent thereof for a bill of lading for any such shipment, shall first certify whether or not the watermelons contained in such shipment have b…

The agent of the railroad, railway or other common carrier shall incorporate in its bill of lading the fact that the duplicate certificate had been delivered to him by the shipper certifying that the car contains melons of a certain grade or melons of no grade, according to the r…

(A) It is unlawful for a person to: (1) ship, or undertake to ship, watermelons in carload lots from any point within this State in violation of the provisions of this article; or (2) sign, or cause to be signed, a false certificate as to the grade and kind of melons shipped. (B)…

The division of markets may make and promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this article. Such rules and regulations shall be made to conform as nearly as practicable to the rules and regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture of…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, it shall be unlawful for any wholesale distributor or retailer to sell or offer to sell, after July 1, 1980, any carbonated soft drink or malt beverage in a metal beverage container which includes a part which must be detached to open t…

After investigation and from time to time as may be practicable and advisable, the division of markets of the extension service may establish and promulgate standards of open and closed receptacles for farm products and standards for the grade and other classification of such pro…

Whenever any standard for the grade or other classification of any farm product becomes effective under this article no person shall thereafter pack for sale, offer to sell or sell within this State any such farm product to which such standard is applicable unless it conforms to …

Whenever any standard for an open or closed receptacle for a farm product shall be made effective under this article no person shall pack for sale in and deliver in a receptacle, or sell in and deliver in a receptacle, any such farm product to which such standard is applicable un…

The chief of the division of markets may at any time cause such inspections and classifications to be made and such certificates to be issued as he may deem necessary to enforce the provisions of this article. Such inspections shall be made without charge only when no request is …

The chief of the division of markets may designate any competent employee or agent of the division of markets and, upon satisfactory evidence of competency, may license any other person to make, upon request, inspections and classifications of farm products in accordance with sta…