1998 Minnesota Statutes

     336A.11 Registration of farm product dealers. 

    Subdivision 1.    Requirements.  Farm product dealers 
 may register with the secretary of state to receive master lists 
 of notices of security interests in farm products or farm 
 products statutory liens.  Registration must be made on an 
 annual calendar year basis.  A registration is not complete 
 until the registration form is properly completed and received 
 by the secretary of state and accompanied by the registration 
 fee.  Registration entitles a farm product dealer to receive 
 lists for those farm products specified by the registrant at the 
 time of registration. 

    Subd. 2.    Registration forms.  The secretary of state 
 shall make registration forms available to farm product 
 dealers.  The secretary of state must also make registration 
 information available to the commissioner of agriculture for 
 distribution to applicants for licensure under section 17A.04 or 
 223.17.  The registration form must include provisions for the 
 name and address of the farm product dealer, a request for the 
 master or partial master lists, and the medium on which the farm 
 product dealer desires to receive the master list.  

    Subd. 3.    Registration fee.  The annual registration 
 fee for farm product dealers is $25. 

    Subd. 4.    Record of registered farm product dealers.  
 The secretary of state shall maintain a record of the registered 
 farm product dealers and the lists and contents of the lists 
 received by the registered farm product dealers for a period of 
 five years after the lists are distributed. 

    HIST: 1992 c 525 s 12; 1995 c 128 art 3 s 26