Section 285.78 - Receipt of farm produce; acknowledgment form.
GRAIN DEALERS ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 141 of 1939
285.78 Receipt of farm produce; acknowledgment form.
Sec. 18.
(1) A grain dealer shall acknowledge receipt of farm produce by issuing an acknowledgment form to the depositor. The depositor or his or her authorized agent must sign the acknowledgment form if it will be used as a price later agreement, and the depositor and grain dealer are not parties to a prior written agreement governing title and delivery of the farm produce. The grain dealer shall provide a copy of the acknowledgment form to the depositor at the time the farm produce is delivered to the grain dealer.
(2) An acknowledgment form must contain all of the following:
(a) The name and address of the grain dealer.
(b) The date of transfer, weight, and type of farm produce deposited.
(c) A statement that unless the parties agree to another disposition within 30 days of the delivery to the grain dealer, the farm produce transaction is a price later agreement transaction.
(3) Farm produce delivered to a grain dealer is in open storage, and the responsibilities of the grain dealer and depositor under an acknowledgment form are the same as if a nonnegotiable warehouse receipt had been issued for the farm produce, unless 1 of the following occurs:
(a) The acknowledgment form satisfies the requirements applicable to a price later agreement and is signed by the depositor and grain dealer or their authorized agents.
(b) The farm produce is sold for a set price at the time of delivery to the grain dealer or another disposition occurs.
(4) If a grain dealer obtains farm produce from a depositor and the farm produce is not being delivered to a facility of the grain dealer, the grain dealer shall issue a temporary acknowledgment form identifying the estimated quantity, type of farm produce, grain dealer's name and address, and the name of the driver of the transporting vehicle.
(5) A grain dealer shall record the disposition of the farm produce on the acknowledgment form unless he or she provides other settlement documentation referencing the acknowledgment form.
(6) If a depositor deposits farm produce at a facility in the name of another grain dealer, the grain dealer in whose name the farm produce is deposited shall issue the acknowledgment form for the farm produce.
(7) If a grain dealer's license is revoked or terminated, the grain dealer shall deliver all unused acknowledgment forms to the department.
History: 1939, Act 141, Eff. Sept. 29, 1939 ;-- CL 1948, 285.78 ;-- Am. 1976, Act 259, Imd. Eff. Aug. 12, 1976 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 311, Imd. Eff. June 24, 1996 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 80, Eff. Mar. 31, 2003