PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

Warehouse operators must treat people who store or want to store farm products fairly, as long as the warehouse has room and the product is the kind normally stored there, is delivered ready for storage, and is offered in the usual business way. A warehouse can also make a deal with a depositor to divide up available storage space.

Title 7, §247

Agriculture, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)In general

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)Allocation

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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Editorial Notes

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

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

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