Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A)
Scale weight tickets, other than those approved for use by persons licensed
under the United States Warehouse Act, which are used to weigh agricultural
commodities handled shall contain only the following:
(1)
A serially numbered
ticket series
used in numerical order;
(2) The name of the licensed handler and
location of warehouse;
(3)
Inclusion of the telephone number, hours of operation, and\or facility address is
acceptable;
(4) Date the commodity
is weighed;
(5) Designation that
the commodity is inbound or outbound at the handler's warehouse;
(6) Name of the depositor (inbound), or
consignee (outbound);
(7) Name of
the commodity;
(8) The gross, tare,
and net weight of the commodity and adjustments due to quality factors, if
applicable;
(9) The marketing
transaction type;
(10) Vehicle
driver on or off the scale at the time of weighing;
(11)
Initialed or signed by
the commodity tester; and
(12)
The ticket may
be initialed or signed by the driver.
(B)
Tickets for
agricultural commodities that are handled but not physically delivered into the
licensed handler's warehouse shall contain only the following:
(1)
A separate ticket
series serially numbered and used in numerical order;
(2)
The name of the
licensed handler and liable location;
(3)
Date the
commodity is delivered;
(4)
Date of entry into the licensed handler's
records;
(5)
Name of the depositor;
(6)
Name of the
consignee and location where delivered;
(7)
The serial number
of original delivery ticket;
(8)
Name of the
commodity;
(9)
The gross, tare, and net weight of the commodity and
adjustments due to quality factors, if applicable;
(10)
The marketing
transaction type between the depositor and licensed handler;
(11)
The marketing
transaction type between the licensed handler and consignee;
(12)
The initials of
the person completing the ticket; and
(13)
"Warning to
Seller: You may have no recourse from the Ohio Agricultural Commodity
Depositors' Fund if you did not submit tickets within five days of delivery,
demand payment within fifteen days after the last delivery of a contract, enter
into a contract with specific pricing terms, or possess a deferred payment
agreement with specified payment terms."
(C)
Depositors shall
submit original delivery tickets and the licensed handler shall issue a
direct-delivery ticket within five days of delivery.
(D)
One copy of each scale weight ticket shall be retained by the licensed handler
as permanent record. Electronic copies are permitted
after the original copy has been reviewed and examined by Ohio department of
agriculture.
(E) A copy of a scale
weight ticket that is used in weighing agricultural commodities or other
products that is voided shall be retained as part of the permanent record of
the licensed handler.
