Ohio Revised Code Chapter 926 - Agricultural Commodity Handlers

• Section 926.01 - Agricultural Commodity Handler Definitions.
  As used in this chapter: (A) "Agricultural commodity" means corn, soybeans, wheat, or any other agricultural crop that the director of agriculture may designate...
• Section 926.011 - Grain Bank Defined.
  As used in agricultural commodity transactions, "grain bank" means the storage of an agricultural commodity under a bailment agreement with the commodity normally returned...
• Section 926.02 - Director Of Agriculture - Powers And Duties.
  The director of agriculture shall administer this chapter and may, in addition to any other powers conferred by it: (A) Inspect, or cause to...
• Section 926.021 - Lien On Agricultural Commodity Assets Of Failed Agricultural Commodity Handler.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Claimant" means a person to whom an agricultural commodity handler owes a financial obligation for agricultural commodities...
• Section 926.03 - Compliance With Administrative Rules.
  No person shall fail to comply with any rule adopted by the director of agriculture under this chapter. Effective Date: 07-01-1983
• Section 926.04 - Handler's License Required.
  (A) No person, except as provided in division (C) of this section, shall handle agricultural commodities in this state without first obtaining a handler's...
• Section 926.05 - Application For Handler's License.
  (A) Each person desiring to obtain or renew a handler's license shall file an application annually with the director of agriculture at such times,...
• Section 926.051 - Appointment Of Statutory Agent.
  (A) An applicant for a handler's license or renewal issued under section 926.05 of the Revised Code who does not conduct business at an...
• Section 926.06 - Issuing License.
  (A) The director of agriculture may issue a handler's license, or renewal thereof, upon the payment of the prescribed application fee, if the director...
• Section 926.07 - Filing Certificate Of Insurance.
  (A) Each applicant for a handler's license under section 926.05 of the Revised Code who operates a warehouse shall, as a condition to the...
• Section 926.08 - Requiring Additional Insurance.
  If the director of agriculture determines that a previously approved insurance coverage is insufficient, he may require that additional insurance coverage be given by...
• Section 926.09 - Cancellation Or Substitution Of Insurance.
  No person licensed under sections 926.04 to 926.06 of the Revised Code, shall cancel an approved insurance coverage without the prior written approval of...
• Section 926.10 - Suspension Or Refusal Of Handler's License.
  The director of agriculture, by order, may refuse to grant or may suspend or conditionally suspend a handler's license, without prior hearing, when the...
• Section 926.101 - Immunity Of Director When Suspension Or Revocation Overturned By Court.
  If any court of competent jurisdiction issues any order restraining, overturning, or modifying any order of the director of agriculture that suspends or conditionally...
• Section 926.102 - Effect Of Child Support Default On License.
  On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, the director of agriculture shall comply with sections 3123.41 to 3123.50...
• Section 926.11 - Maintenance Of Records And Accounts.
  (A) Each licensed handler shall keep in a place of safety complete and correct records and accounts of: (1) Agricultural commodities received in the...
• Section 926.12 - License Posting.
  Each licensed agricultural commodity handler shall keep posted in a location at his facility where it shall be accessible for observation and reading by...
• Section 926.13 - Licensed Handler Duties.
  (A) As used in this section, "licensed handler" includes a receiver, trustee, or other custodian of agricultural commodities appointed for a licensed handler by...
• Section 926.14 - Shortage Of Agricultural Commodities.
  (A) Whenever the director of agriculture determines that a licensed handler does not have in his possession sufficient agricultural commodities to cover the outstanding...
• Section 926.141 - Petition For Appointment Of Receiver To Operate Or Liquidate The Business Of The Unlicensed Handler.
  If the director of agriculture obtains evidence that an unlicensed handler is insolvent or is unable to satisfy the claims of all depositors, the...
• Section 926.15 - Injunctions.
  The director of agriculture may apply for, and the courts of this state may issue, a temporary or permanent injunction against the operations of...
• Section 926.16 - Agricultural Commodity Depositors Fund.
  (A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the agricultural commodity depositors fund. The state shall not be held liable for any claims...
• Section 926.17 - Fee Adjustments Or Waivers.
  (A) The director of agriculture shall annually review the debits of and credits to the agricultural commodity depositors fund created in section 926.16 of...
• Section 926.18 - Filing Claim Upon Handler's Dishonor Of Demand.
  (A) When a depositor has made a demand for settlement of an obligation concerning an agricultural commodity on which a fee was required to...
• Section 926.19 - Commodity Handler Regulatory Program Fund.
  (A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the commodity handler regulatory program fund. The moneys in the fund shall be used to...
• Section 926.20 - Receiving Commodity For Storage.
  (A) Upon the request of a depositor, a licensed handler shall issue a receipt for any agricultural commodity that the handler has received from...
• Section 926.21 - Receipts Issued By Licensed Handler.
  A receipt issued by a licensed handler is a legal document evidencing the obligation of the handler to deliver an agricultural commodity according to...
• Section 926.22 - Issuing And Cancelling Receipts.
  (A) No licensed handler shall issue a receipt except upon the actual delivery of an agricultural commodity into storage in the warehouse from which...
• Section 926.23 - Duplicate Receipt Issued In Lieu Of Lost Or Destroyed Receipt.
  If a negotiable receipt has been lost or destroyed, the licensed handler shall issue a new receipt on the same terms as, subject to...
• Section 926.24 - Delivering Agricultural Commodity Upon Demand.
  (A) A licensed handler, in the absence of any excuse permitted in this chapter, shall deliver an agricultural commodity upon a demand made by...
• Section 926.25 - Sale Or Pledge Of Receipt Issued For An Agricultural Commodity.
  (A) Any licensed handler operating a warehouse in this state may make a valid sale or pledge of any receipt issued for an agricultural...
• Section 926.26 - Attachment Or Execution Against Commodity.
  (A) If an agricultural commodity is delivered to a licensed handler by the owner or by a person whose act in conveying the title...
• Section 926.27 - Licensed Handler Discontinuing Business.
  Any licensed handler who intends to discontinue his operations at the expiration of his license or at any other time shall, at least thirty...
• Section 926.28 - Disclosing Lack Of Title Or Existence Of Lien Or Mortgage - Posting Notice.
  (A) No person shall knowingly deposit any agricultural commodity to which he does not have title or upon which there is a lien or...
• Section 926.29 - Delayed Price Agreement.
  (A) A delayed price agreement is an executory contract that shall be in such a form and contain such terms as the director of...
• Section 926.30 - Agricultural Commodity Tester Certificate.
  (A) No licensed handler or employee of a licensed handler who receives an agricultural commodity from a producer, either for sale or for storage...
• Section 926.31 - Representative Sample To Be Drawn For Testing By Agricultural Commodity Tester To Determine Quality Of Commodity.
  (A) Upon receipt of any shipment of an agricultural commodity from a depositor or a depositor's agent, either for sale or for storage under...
• Section 926.32 - Commodity Advisory Commission.
  (A) There is hereby created the commodity advisory commission consisting of seven members to be appointed by the director of agriculture. Not later than...
• Section 926.33 - Conflicting Laws - Effect And Purpose Of Chapter.
  (A) Any provisions of this chapter that conflict with Chapters 1307. and 1309. of the Revised Code shall take precedence over those chapters. (B)...
• Section 926.34 - Misapplication Or Conversion Of Assets.
  No person shall knowingly misapply or convert for personal use the inventory, funds, or credits of a corporation licensed as a handler under this...
• Section 926.35 - Insolvent Handler.
  No handler licensed under this chapter who is insolvent shall accept deposits of agricultural commodities except in payment of or as security for an...
• Section 926.36 - Contract With Marketing Associations.
  The director of agriculture may enter into a contract with a marketing association that is involved in a program designed to improve or expand...
• Section 926.51 To 926.55 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 07-01-1983
• Section 926.56 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 926.31.
  Effective Date: 07-01-1983
• Section 926.57 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 07-01-1983
• Section 926.99 - Penalty.
  (A) (1) Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, whoever violates section 926.04 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor...

Last modified: October 10, 2016