80-4-727. Dispute as to grade or dockage -- laboratory test to be made. If a disagreement arises between the party receiving and the party delivering the grain at any warehouse in this state as to the proper grade or dockage of grain in accordance with standards at terminal points, an agreed average sample of at least 1 quart of the grain in dispute may be taken by the interested parties and forwarded to the department in a suitable container, marked for identification by the interested parties, mail or express charges prepaid, with the names and addresses of the parties affixed thereto. The department shall examine the grain and determine the appropriate grade and dockage under the inspection rules. The findings of the inspection are binding upon both parties, subject to appeal as provided in 80-4-723. If the grain in question is damp, musty, or otherwise out of condition, this fact, with any other necessary information, must accompany the sample.

     History: En. Sec. 71, Ch. 539, L. 1983.