Cal. Civil Code - CIV § 1880. Section 1880.
This chapter may be cited as the Private Bulk Grain Storage
Law.
CHAPTER 4. Private Bulk Storage of Grain [1880. - 1881.2.]
Cal. Civil Code - CIV 4.
in effectCal. Civil Code - CIV § 1880.1. Section 1880.1.
As used in this chapter:
(a)
“Grain” includes barley, corn, flax, hay, grain sorghums, oats, rice, rye, and wheat.
(b)
“Seller” means a producer of grain who continues to store grain after sale thereof by him in storage facilities owned, operated, or controlled by him.
(c)
“Storage facilities” means any bin, building, elevator, protected enclosure, or other structure owned, operated, or controlled by the
seller of the grain stored therein.
(d)
“Private bulk storage” means the storage of grain in storage facilities after sale of such grain by a seller.
(e)
“Buyer” means a purchaser of grain which is thereafter stored in private bulk storage, and includes the assigns and successors in interest of such buyer.
(f)
“Bill of sale” means a written instrument, conforming to the requirements of this chapter, which evidences a transfer of grain.
Cal. Civil Code - CIV § 1880.2. Section 1880.2.
The seller shall conspicuously mark on all storage facilities “private bulk storage only” and with a designating number on each such facility and such markings shall be maintained at all times during which grain remains in private bulk storage therein.
Cal. Civil Code - CIV § 1880.3. Section 1880.3.
Grain in private bulk storage facilities may be sold in conformity with this chapter by bill of sale without delivery and no provision of Section 3440 of this code or of any other law requiring delivery or actual and continued change of possession shall be applicable to grain so sold.
Cal. Civil Code - CIV § 1880.4. Section 1880.4.
Upon sale of grain which is to remain in private bulk storage the seller shall execute and deliver to the buyer a bill of sale which shall contain all of the following:
(a)
The date and place where made.
(b)
The names of the seller and the buyer.
(c)
A statement of the estimated quantity and kind of grain.
(d)
A statement of the location and
designating numbers of the storage facilities in which the grain is stored.
(e)
A statement of the price per unit and a statement of the amount received by the seller.
Cal. Civil Code - CIV § 1880.5. Section 1880.5.
The bill of sale may contain other provisions, including reference to or provision for any one or more of the following:
(a)
Provision that the total price is based upon the estimated weight and that the total price may be adjusted in accordance with the outturn weight.
(b)
A statement that the buyer may have free use of the designated storage facilities until a specified date and that any extension beyond the specified date granted by seller must be endorsed under the
signature of seller on the bill of sale.
(c)
A statement that seller has the legal right to extend to buyer the use of designated storage facilities.
(d)
A statement that actual possession of the grain by the buyer is to be taken on board trucks at the storage facility, or on railroad cars, or in the storage facility, or as may be agreed upon.
(e)
A statement that if actual possession be not taken within the time specified, due to any cause not chargeable to seller, the seller may consign the same at buyer’s risk and expense to a specified destination.
Cal. Civil Code - CIV § 1880.6. Section 1880.6.
Execution and delivery by a seller of a bill of sale shall pass seller’s title to the grain covered thereby to the buyer and such title passes to the assignees of the buyer upon further endorsement and delivery of the bill of sale.
Cal. Civil Code - CIV § 1880.7. Section 1880.7.
Upon the issuance of any such bill of sale, the seller shall immediately post upon the storage facilities containing the grain a notice in substantially the following form:
“Notice of Sale
On this ____ day of ____, 19__, grain in this storage facility numbered ____, estimated to be ____ bushels of ____ (designating the kind of grain) was transferred and sold as follows:
Name of Seller ____
Name of original Buyer ____
Address of Seller ____
Address of Buyer ____
Grain to be removed by buyer on or before ____, 19__,
(If date extended such fact and the date to which extended must appear on the notice).”
Such notice shall be maintained by seller in a conspicuous place upon the storage facility at all times during which the grain involved continues to be stored therein.
Cal. Civil Code - CIV § 1880.8. Section 1880.8.
No delivery shall be made of any portion of the grain so privately stored unless the bill of sale therefor is presented to the seller, or other person in charge of the storage facility, and the amount of grain so delivered plainly endorsed upon the bill of sale; but this provision shall not apply to any consignment of the grain by the seller to the buyer upon the expiration of the time for delivery specified in the bill of sale.
Cal. Civil Code - CIV § 1880.9. Section 1880.9.
The presentment of the bill of sale by the holder to seller shall be presumptive evidence that the person presenting it is entitled to delivery of the grain described therein unless the seller has knowledge of facts or circumstances sufficient to place him on notice that the possession of the instrument by such person is unlawful.
Cal. Civil Code - CIV § 1881. Section 1881.
If any grain in private bulk storage is not removed or delivered on or before the original date of delivery specified in the bill of sale and in the notice of sale, it shall be lawful for the seller to continue to store such grain to the order of the buyer upon such terms as may be agreed upon.
Cal. Civil Code - CIV § 1881.1. Section 1881.1.
A seller who shall willfully fail to comply with the requirements of notice and posting as provided for in Section 1880.2 or in Section 1880.7 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both. No sale of grain shall be invalidated by reason of any lack or irregularity in connection with such notice or posting.
Cal. Civil Code - CIV § 1881.2. Section 1881.2.
The storage of grain pursuant to this chapter shall not constitute the depositary a warehouseman or storer of goods for hire and no storage facility shall be deemed to constitute a warehouse or public place of storage.
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