Montana Code Annotated 1997

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     80-4-521. Duties of warehouse operator -- content of records. (1) Each warehouse operator shall maintain in a safe place current and complete records at all times with respect to all agricultural commodities stored, conditioned, handled, or shipped by him, including agricultural commodities owned by him. Such records must include but are not limited to a daily position record, showing the total quantity of each kind and class of agricultural commodity received and loaded out and the amount remaining in storage at the close of each business day and the warehouse operator's total storage obligations for each kind and class of agricultural commodity at the close of each business day.
     (2) Every warehouse operator purchasing any agricultural commodity from a depositor thereof shall promptly make and keep for 5 years a correct record showing in detail the following information:
     (a) the name and address of the depositor;
     (b) the date purchased;
     (c) the terms of the sale; and
     (d) the quality and quantity purchased by the warehouse operator and, where applicable, the dockage, tare, grade, size, and net weight.

     History: En. Sec. 28, Ch. 539, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 20, Ch. 452, L. 1993.

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