§ 247. — Fair treatment in storage of agricultural products.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC247]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 10--WAREHOUSES
Sec. 247. Fair treatment in storage of agricultural products
(a) In general
Subject to the capacity of a warehouse, a warehouse operator shall
deal, in a fair and reasonable manner, with persons storing, or seeking
to store, an agricultural product in the warehouse if the agricultural
product--
(1) is of the kind, type, and quality customarily stored or
handled in the area in which the warehouse is located;
(2) is tendered to the warehouse operator in a suitable
condition for warehousing; and
(3) is tendered in a manner that is consistent with the ordinary
and usual course of business.
(b) Allocation
Nothing in this section prohibits a warehouse operator from entering
into an agreement with a depositor of an agricultural product to
allocate available storage space.
(Aug. 11, 1916, ch. 313, pt. C, Sec. 8, as added Pub. L. 106-472, title
II, Sec. 201, Nov. 9, 2000, 114 Stat. 2065.)
Prior Provisions
A prior section 247, acts Aug. 11, 1916, ch. 313, pt. C, Sec. 6, 39
Stat. 486; July 24, 1919, ch. 26, 41 Stat. 266; Feb. 23, 1923, ch. 106,
42 Stat. 1283; Mar. 2, 1931, ch. 366, Sec. 2, 46 Stat. 1463, required
bond as condition to granting of license and additional bonds if first
bond determined to become insufficient, prior to the general amendment
of this chapter by Pub. L. 106-472. See section 245 of this title.
A prior section 8 of act Aug. 11, 1916, ch. 313, pt. C, was
classified to section 250 of this title, prior to the general amendment
of this chapter by Pub. L. 106-472.
