ORS 586.520
Inspection of warehouses

  • records required of warehouseman
  • fee

(1)

Upon the request of any person or persons having an interest in grain stored in any public warehouse and upon payment of $25 in advance, the State Department of Agriculture shall cause such warehouse to be inspected and shall cause to be checked the outstanding negotiable grain warehouse receipts and load slips which have not been superseded by negotiable grain warehouse receipts with the grain on hand and shall report the amount of receipts and load slips outstanding and the amount of storage, if any. If the cost of the examination is less than $25 the excess shall be returned to the person making the payment, and if the cost of the examination is more than $25 the person or persons having an interest in the grain stored in any such warehouse, and requesting such examination, shall pay the additional cost to the department.

(2)

The department may cause every such warehouse and business thereof and the mode of conducting the warehouse to be inspected by one or more of its officers, employees or inspectors whenever deemed proper. A public warehouse shall be maintained in a manner adequate to provide convenient and safe means of ingress and egress to the various storage bins and compartments by those persons authorized to make inspections. The warehouseman shall cooperate with the department in any inspection of the warehouse or warehouse records and shall assist the department in every reasonable manner in any of such inspections.

(3)

The property, books, records, accounts, papers and proceedings of every such warehouseman shall at all times during the business hours be subject to such inspection by the department. The warehouseman shall maintain adequate records and systems for the filing and accounting of warehouse receipts, canceled warehouse receipts, load slips, other documents and transactions necessary or common to the warehouse industry. Canceled warehouse receipts, copies of load slips and other copies of documents evidencing ownership or ownership liability shall be retained by the warehouseman for a period of at least three years from date of cancellation. [Amended by 1955 c.731 §17; 1957 c.11 §5; 1957 c.314 §2; 1969 c.190 §4; 1981 c.204 §2]

Source: Section 586.520 — Inspection of warehouses; records required of warehouseman; fee, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors586.­html.

586.210
Definitions for ORS 586.210 to 586.730
586.225
Exemption for certain warehousing facilities
586.230
State Department of Agriculture to inspect warehouses and records and make rules to enforce ORS 586.210 to 586.730
586.235
Cooperative agreements for inspections in other states
586.250
Improper acts of department officers or employees and of others improperly influencing them
586.270
Warehouse licenses
586.275
Revocation of or refusal to issue license
586.280
Prohibition against operating a warehouse or issuing a warehouse receipt without a license
586.285
Operation without a license may be enjoined
586.290
Posting of signs at warehouses
586.295
Warehouse to be maintained in adequate manner
586.300
Warehouseman’s bond
586.315
Warehouseman required to insure grain or retain written waiver by depositor
586.330
Investigating and fixing warehouse charges
586.340
Posting rate schedules
586.350
Overcharges, rebates and preferences prohibited
586.360
Warehouseman required to receive grain for storage
586.370
Obtaining blank forms of receipts from department
586.380
Only authorized receipts to be used
586.382
Warehouse records
586.385
Warehouseman’s liability for failure to issue proper receipt
586.395
Warehouseman’s liability for injury to grain
586.400
Duty of warehouse receiving grain for storage
586.410
Loading and shipping instructions
586.415
Approval of holder of receipt required before sale, shipment or other transaction
586.520
Inspection of warehouses
586.525
Procedure in case of probable shortage in grain or where warehouseman refuses to submit to inspection
586.527
Settlement of claims against defaulting warehouseman
586.529
Receivership of warehouse business
586.530
Establishment of standard grades for commodities received
586.550
Warehouseman to keep copy of regulations available for inspection
586.555
Warehouseman’s reports to department
586.561
Discontinuance of operation of warehouse
586.710
Disposition of certain fees
586.720
Application of Uniform Commercial Code–Documents of Title and other laws to public warehouses
586.730
Violation of provisions or noncompliance with order prohibited
586.990
Penalties
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