Section 49-45-1 - Grain buyer's license required--Violation as misdemeanor-- Injunction--Civilfine. - South Dakota Statutes

49-45-1. Grain buyer's license required--Violation as misdemeanor-- Injunction--Civil fine. Before transacting the business of a grain buyer in this state, a person shall obtain a grain buyer license from the commission. A violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor. Each purchase of grain without a license is a separate offense.
Operation as a grain buyer without a license may be enjoined upon complaint of the commission. In addition, the commission may assess a civil fine against an unlicensed grain buyer in the amount of one thousand dollars for each purchase of grain up to a maximum fine of twenty thousand dollars.

Source: SL 1949, ch 434, § 1; SL 1957, ch 488; SDC Supp 1960, § 60.0335; SL 1983, ch 15, § 174; SL 1985, ch 376, § 71; SL 1992, ch 332, § 5; SL 2008, ch 251, § 1.