§ 106-601. Definitions. - North Carolina Statutes

Article 53.

Grain Dealers.

§ 106‑601.  Definitions.

(a)        "Cash buyer" means any grain dealer who pays theproducer, or his representative at the time of obtaining title, possession orcontrol of grain, the full agreed price of such grain in coin or currency,lawful money of the United States, certified checks, cashier's checks or draftsissued by a bank.

(b)        "Commissioner" means the North CarolinaCommissioner of Agriculture.

(c)        "Department" means the North Carolina Departmentof Agriculture and Consumer Services.

(d)        "Grain" as used herein shall be construed toinclude, but not by way of limitation, corn, wheat, rye, oats, sorghum, barley,mixed grain and soybeans.

(e)        "Grain dealer" means any person owning,controlling or operating an elevator, mill, warehouse or other similarstructure or truck or tractor‑trailer unit or both who buys, solicits forsale or resale, processes for sale or resale, contracts for storage orexchange, or transfers grain of a North Carolina producer. The term "graindealer" shall exclude producers or groups of producers buying grain forconsumption on their farms.

(f)         "Person" means an individual, partnership,corporation, association, syndicate or other legal entity.

(g)        "Producer" means the owner, tenant or operator ofland in this State who has an interest in and receives all or any part of theproceeds from the sale of the grain produced thereon. (1973, c. 665, s. 1; 1997‑261, s. 109.)