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Chapter 17B
Section 17B.14
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- 2012 17B.14 Repealed 2012 c 244 art 1 s 83
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17B.14 RECORDS AND CERTIFICATES.
Subdivision 1. Furnishing of certificates; evidence. Every weigher shall keep such records
as may be prescribed by the commissioner, and shall furnish to any person for whom weighing
is done a signed certificate, showing the amount of each weight, the number and initial letter or
other distinctive mark of each car weighed, the place and date of weighing, and the contents of the
car. Such certificate shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein certified.
Subd. 2. Certificates; inspection; weighing. Every person operating any elevator, building,
or place in this state for the purchase, storage, or deposit of any grain or other farm commodity
shall be entitled to receive from, and shall demand of, the officer whose duty it is to issue the
same the official certificate of inspection in duplicate, together with the weighing certificate in
duplicate, for any grain or other farm commodity shipped from such elevator, building, or place,
and inspected and weighed as provided by the laws of this state.
Subd. 3. Duplicate to be delivered to buyer. Within ten days from the delivery of any
certificate, as provided in subdivision 2, the person receiving the same shall deliver to the local
buyer at the place where such grain or other farm commodity is purchased, stored, or deposited,
one of the duplicate certificates and the same shall be retained by such local buyer in the buyer's
office or place of business for 30 days thereafter and be subject to examination by any person
desiring to inspect same.
Subd. 4. Failure to deliver; penalty. Any person mentioned in subdivision 2 who shall fail to
deliver any certificate mentioned in subdivision 2 within the time and as provided in subdivision 3
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; and the weight and grade of the grain or other farm commodity,
as shown by the records of the local buyer, shall be taken as a basis of settlement between the
local buyer of any such grain or farm commodity and the person failing to deliver the certificate.
History: 1974 c 548 s 14; 1986 c 444
Subdivision 1. Furnishing of certificates; evidence. Every weigher shall keep such records
as may be prescribed by the commissioner, and shall furnish to any person for whom weighing
is done a signed certificate, showing the amount of each weight, the number and initial letter or
other distinctive mark of each car weighed, the place and date of weighing, and the contents of the
car. Such certificate shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein certified.
Subd. 2. Certificates; inspection; weighing. Every person operating any elevator, building,
or place in this state for the purchase, storage, or deposit of any grain or other farm commodity
shall be entitled to receive from, and shall demand of, the officer whose duty it is to issue the
same the official certificate of inspection in duplicate, together with the weighing certificate in
duplicate, for any grain or other farm commodity shipped from such elevator, building, or place,
and inspected and weighed as provided by the laws of this state.
Subd. 3. Duplicate to be delivered to buyer. Within ten days from the delivery of any
certificate, as provided in subdivision 2, the person receiving the same shall deliver to the local
buyer at the place where such grain or other farm commodity is purchased, stored, or deposited,
one of the duplicate certificates and the same shall be retained by such local buyer in the buyer's
office or place of business for 30 days thereafter and be subject to examination by any person
desiring to inspect same.
Subd. 4. Failure to deliver; penalty. Any person mentioned in subdivision 2 who shall fail to
deliver any certificate mentioned in subdivision 2 within the time and as provided in subdivision 3
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; and the weight and grade of the grain or other farm commodity,
as shown by the records of the local buyer, shall be taken as a basis of settlement between the
local buyer of any such grain or farm commodity and the person failing to deliver the certificate.
History: 1974 c 548 s 14; 1986 c 444
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