Code of Alabama - Title 8: Commercial Law and Consumer Protection - Chapter 15 - Public Warehouses

• Article 1 General Provisions.
• Section 8-15-1 Definition; supervision by Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries
  (a) All buildings, structures, or other protected enclosures used for storage of cotton or other articles of value for the public, with or without compensation,...
• Section 8-15-2 Promulgation of standards, character of records, rules and regulations by State Board of Agriculture and Industries
  The State Board of Agriculture and Industries shall have authority to: (1) Provide the standards as to the suitability or adequacy for the purpose for...
• Section 8-15-3 Permit - Required; application; fees
  (a) The judge of probate of the county may not issue a license permitting anyone to transact business as a public warehouseman unless the person...
• Section 8-15-4 Permit - False statements in application
  Any person making a false material statement in an application filed under this chapter to secure a permit to operate a public warehouse shall be...
• Section 8-15-5 Permit - Investigation of building and applicant
  (a) Upon the filing of an application with the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries to secure a permit for the operation of a public warehouse,...
• Section 8-15-6 Permit - Notification of grant or denial; appeals
  (a) The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries shall promptly notify any person applying for a permit to operate a public warehouse whether or not such...
• Section 8-15-7 Permit - Bond and proof of insurance; prerequisite to issuance of permit; filing of additional bonds; actions on bond
  (a) In the event the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries decides that a permit to operate a public warehouse should be issued, he shall fix...
• Section 8-15-8 Permit - Recordation
  Repealed by Act 2014-315, §1, effective April 8, 2014.
• Section 8-15-9 Permit - Issuance; term; expiration date
  (a) Upon the filing and approval of a bond with the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, the commissioner must issue a permit which will authorize...
• Section 8-15-10 Permit - Penalty for operating without permit; disposition of proceeds from penalties
  (a) Any person operating a public warehouse without a permit required by this chapter shall be subject to a penalty of not over $1,000, which...
• Section 8-15-11 Inspection of warehouses by commissioner and agents
  (a) The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries and his duly authorized agents or employees shall have full power and authority to inspect public warehouses, to...
• Section 8-15-12 Investigation of complaints against warehouse
  Upon the filing of a complaint in writing by any person with the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries setting forth a violation of the laws...
• Section 8-15-13 Public hearing on operations; notice of hearing; sworn testimony heard; authority to subpoena witnesses; witness fees; production of books and records; appearance in person or by counsel; failure to obey process; rules of evidence not applicable
  (a) In the event the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries is of the opinion that a condition exists which would jeopardize the interest of persons...
• Section 8-15-14 Revocation of permit; liquidation of operation
  (a) In the event that the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries upon a public hearing finds and determines that a public warehouse is being operated...
• Section 8-15-15 Issuance of receipt by warehouseman
  Every public warehouseman receiving property of any kind for safekeeping must issue, on delivery to him or it of such property, in favor of the...
• Section 8-15-16 When receipt to be endorsed "Stored In The Open"
  Whenever any public warehouseman accepts for storage any cotton or other article of value and keeps or stores the same where it is exposed to...
• Section 8-15-17 Insurance requirement and liability of warehouseman for articles not stored in warehouse
  (a) A public warehouseman who stores cotton or other article in the open or in any place except in the warehouse shall keep the same...
• Section 8-15-18 Insurance of stored cotton and other raw agricultural commodities
  The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries shall have power to require that all bales of cotton or other raw agricultural commodities, accepted for storage by...
• Article 2 Self-Service Storage Facilities.
• Section 8-15-30 Short title
  This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Self-Service Storage Act."
• Section 8-15-31 Definitions
  For purposes of this article, the following words and phrases shall have the respective meanings ascribed by this section: (1) DEFAULT. The failure to perform...
• Section 8-15-32 Vesting of care, control, etc., of stored property in occupant; determination of risk of loss
  Unless the rental agreement specifically provides otherwise, the exclusive care, custody, and control of any and all personal property stored in the leased space shall...
• Section 8-15-33 Lien of owner, etc., of self-service storage facility upon personal property located at facility
  Where a rental agreement, as defined in subdivision (7) of Section 8-15-31, is entered into between the owner and the occupant, the owner of a...
• Section 8-15-34 Satisfaction of owner's lien
  An owner's lien as provided for a claim which has become due may be satisfied as follows: (1) No enforcement action shall be taken by...
• Section 8-15-35 Posting of notice as to effect of failure to pay charges
  Each owner acting pursuant to this article shall keep posted in a prominent place in his office at all times a notice which shall read...
• Section 8-15-36 Rights provided by article as additional to other rights allowed by law
  Nothing in this article shall be construed as in any manner impairing or affecting the right of the parties to create additional rights, duties, and...
• Section 8-15-37 Effect of other laws governing rights of creditors and landlords against debtors and tenants
  The rights provided by this article shall be in addition to all other rights allowed by law to a creditor against his debtor and by...
• Section 8-15-38 Applicability of article
  The provisions of this article shall apply to all rental agreements entered into or extended or renewed after May 27, 1981.

Last modified: May 3, 2021