276.516. Dealers to issue scale tickets--contents--how filed--evidence of holder's claim for payment.

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276.516. Dealers to issue scale tickets--contents--how filed--evidence of holder's claim for payment.

Dealers to issue scale tickets--contents--how filed--evidence ofholder's claim for payment.

276.516. 1. A scale ticket, or other document approved by thedirector, shall be made out and filed for each movement of grain in or outof any grain facility owned or operated by a dealer licensed or required tobe licensed under the provisions of this chapter. All scale tickets shallbe printed with the business name and location and consecutively numbered.They must be issued in consecutive order. A copy of all scale ticketsshall be kept on file in numerical order in the grain dealer's office. Allother source documents for movement of grain in or out of the facilityshall be in a form approved by the director and kept and maintained in amanner approved by the director. Any scale ticket or other source documentused in pricing grain for the purpose of sale to the grain dealer shallhave the price shown on all copies of the ticket.

2. A scale ticket issued in accordance with the provisions of thischapter or regulations promulgated hereunder shall be considered a form ofnonnegotiable receipt. This form of nonnegotiable receipt shall be deemeda document of title. The grain dealer's failure to complete all entries ona scale ticket as required by this chapter and the rules promulgatedpursuant to this chapter shall constitute a violation on the part of thegrain dealer, but shall not preclude or restrict a seller's right toreceive payment for grain sold. The scale ticket or document issued inlieu of a scale ticket shall constitute prima facie evidence of theholder's claim for payment for the grain regardless of the degree ofcompliance with this chapter with respect to completion of the entriesrequired by this chapter.

3. All scale tickets, or other approved documents, issued shallcontain the following information:

(1) Customer name;

(2) Date issued;

(3) Type of grain;

(4) Quantity of grain;

(5) Notation to show whether the grain movement was IN or OUT;

(6) If movement was IN, whether the grain received was for purchaseby the grain dealer, or for other specified purpose; and

(7) If received for purchase by the grain dealer, the price shall bestated on all copies or supporting documents.