1997 Minnesota Code
Chapters 223 - 236A Farm Products, Commercial Practices
Chapter 231 Warehouses
Section 231.16 Warehouse operator to obtain license.

231.16 Warehouse operator to obtain license.

Every person desiring to engage in the business of warehouse operator, before engaging therein, shall be licensed annually by, and shall be under the supervision and subject to the inspection of, the department. Written application in the form prescribed by the department shall be made to the department for license, specifying the city in which it is proposed to carry on the business of warehousing, the location, size, character, and equipment of the buildings or premises to be used by the warehouse operator, the kind of goods, wares, and merchandise intended to be stored therein, the name of the person or corporation operating the same, and of each member of the firm or officer of the corporation, and any other facts necessary to satisfy the department that the property proposed to be used is suitable for warehouse purposes and that the warehouse operator making the application is qualified to carry on the business of warehousing. Should the department decide that the building or other property proposed to be used as a warehouse is suitable for the proposed purpose and that the applicants are entitled to a license, notice of the decision shall be given the interested parties and, upon the applicants filing with the department the necessary bond, as provided for in this chapter, the department shall issue the license provided for, upon payment of the license fee, as in this section provided. A warehouse operator to whom a license is issued shall pay for the license a fee based on the storage capacity of the warehouse as follows:

Storage capacity in square feet

(1) 5,000 or less $ 80 (2) 5,001 to 10,000 $155 (3) 10,001 to 20,000 $250 (4) 20,001 to 100,000 $315 (5) 100,001 to 200,000 $410 (6) over 200,000 $470

Fees collected under this chapter shall be paid into the grain buyers and storage fund established in section 232.22.

The license shall be renewed annually on or before July 1, and always upon payment of the full license fee, as provided for in this section for such renewal; and no license shall be issued for any portion of a year for less than the full amount of the license fee, as provided for in this section. Each license obtained under this chapter shall be publicly displayed in the main office of the place of business of the warehouse operator to whom it is issued. The license shall authorize the warehouse operator to carry on the business of warehousing only in the one city or town named in the application and in the buildings therein described. The department, without requiring an additional bond and license, may issue permits from time to time to any warehouse operator already duly licensed under the provisions of this chapter to operate an additional warehouse in the same city or town for which the original license was issued during the term thereof, upon the filing an application for a permit in the form prescribed by the department.

License may be refused for good cause shown and revoked by the department for violation of law or of any rule by it prescribed, upon notice and after hearing.

HIST: (5189) 1915 c 210 s 18; 1939 c 159; 1943 c 495 s 1; 1947 c 497 s 3; 1969 c 1148 s 37; 1971 c 25 s 67; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1975 c 313 s 22; 1977 c 364 s 7; 1981 c 356 s 331; 1982 c 508 s 7; 1983 c 300 s 26; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1986 c 444