Effective 28 Aug 1994

411.778. Sign to be posted on warehouse or scale designating licensed or not licensed as warehouse — requirements — violation, penalties. — 1. Each licensed warehouse, as defined in section 411.026, shall prominently display, at the main entrance to the building of the warehouse and on or about the scale of the warehouse so that such sign may be easily viewed by a person using the scale, a sign containing letters of not less than one inch and not more than six inches in height, which shall read:

NOTICE: THIS WAREHOUSE IS LICENSED PURSUANT TO THE MISSOURI GRAIN WAREHOUSE LAW, CHAPTER 411, RSMo.

2. Each public warehouse, as defined in section 411.026, which should, pursuant to the provisions of chapter 411, be a licensed warehouse, as defined in section 411.026, but which is not licensed as required by the provisions of chapter 411, shall prominently display, at the main entrance to the building of the warehouse and on or about the scale of the warehouse so that such sign may be easily viewed by a person using the scale, a sign containing letters of not less than one inch and not more than six inches in height, which shall read:

NOTICE: THIS WAREHOUSE IS NOT LICENSED AS REQUIRED BY THE MISSOURI GRAIN WAREHOUSE LAW, CHAPTER 411, RSMo.

3. Any warehouse, as defined in section 411.026, which is licensed pursuant to the United States Warehouse Act, 7 U.S.C. 241, shall prominently display, at the main entrance to the building of the warehouse and on or about the scale of the warehouse so that such sign may be easily viewed by a person using the scale, a sign containing letters of not less than one inch and not more than six inches in height, which shall read:

NOTICE: THIS WAREHOUSE IS LICENSED PURSUANT TO THE UNITED STATES WAREHOUSE ACT, 7 U.S.C. 241-273.

4. Any warehouse, as defined in section 411.026, which does not display the sign as required by subsection 1, 2, or 3 of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be subject to a fine of up to three hundred dollars for each day of the violation.

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(L. 1993 H.B. 822 § 1 subsecs. 1 to 4, A.L. 1994 H.B. 1732)

CROSS REFERENCE:

Attorney general may investigate and prosecute violations, when, 276.582