Louisiana § RS 3:3416 - Warehouse receipts; authorization for and release
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§ RS 3:3416. Warehouse receipts; authorization for and release
A. Each warehouse shall, on demand, issue a warehouse receipt for any agricultural commodity or other farm product stored in the warehouse. Warehouse receipts may be negotiable or non-negotiable.
B. Each person to whom a non-negotiable warehouse receipt is issued shall furnish the warehouse with a written statement indicating the person or persons having power to authorize delivery of the commodity covered by the warehouse receipt, together with a bona fide signature of such person or persons. No warehouse shall honor an order for the release of the commodity covered by a non-negotiable warehouse receipt until it has first ascertained that the person issuing the order has authority to order the release and that the signature of the person authorizing the release is genuine.
C. Except as otherwise provided by law, or by the rules and regulations of the commission, a warehouse shall not deliver any agricultural commodity or other farm product for which it has issued a non-negotiable warehouse receipt unless the warehouse receipt has been returned to it or unless it has obtained an authorized written order for a partial release of such commodity or other farm products. When a portion of the commodity has been delivered on the basis of a partial release, the last portion of the commodity shall not be delivered unless the warehouse receipt is returned.
D. In any circumstances not specifically provided for in this Chapter, the provisions of Chapter 7 of Title 10 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 control.
Added by Acts 1982, No. 563, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1983; Acts 2009, No. 24, §1, eff. June 12, 2009.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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