§2-18-51. Definitions.

2 OK Stat § 2-18-51 (2019) (N/A)
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For the purpose of the Oklahoma Peanut Act:

1. "Commission" means the Oklahoma Peanut Commission;

2. "Grower" means any natural person engaged in growing peanuts;

3. "First purchaser" is any person, public or private corporation, association or partnership buying or otherwise acquiring after harvest the property in or to peanuts from a grower. A mortgagee, pledgee, lienor or other person, public or private, having a claim against the grower under a nonrecourse loan made against such peanuts after harvest thereof shall be deemed a purchaser. The term "first purchaser" shall not include a harvesting or threshing lienee; and

4. "Sale" includes any pledge or mortgage of peanuts, after harvest, to any person, public or private.

Added by Laws 1965, c. 349, § 2, emerg. eff. June 28, 1965. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 38, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001. Renumbered from § 1102 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 146, § 251, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001. Amended by Laws 2015, c. 195, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2015.