South Carolina Code of Regulations
Chapter 5 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Article 13 - WAREHOUSE SYSTEM
Section 5-492 - Warehouses

A. No building shall be licensed as a State Warehouse except upon a survey duly filled out by the person in charge of the same, showing the location, nearest post office, the County and State, and giving the construction, size, approximate capacity, together with any exposures and the nature of same.

B. No warehouse shall be licensed as a State Warehouse except upon written application by the owner thereof, upon forms provided by the Department.

C. Every warehouseman shall file with the Commissioner a tariff of his charges to be made by the warehouse and the said tariff must be filed on or before September 1 of each year. Any revision in the tariff must be filed with the Commissioner.

D. Each warehouseman operating under these regulations and storing commodities for the public is required to have notice posted on the outside door of the warehouse showing the telephone number and address of the warehouseman when he is not in the warehouse.

E. Each warehouse must be equipped or have access to suitable scales approved by the Commissioner. The scales shall be inspected by the Department.

F. Cotton received direct from the gin shall be segregated from the other cotton for at least forty-eight hours.

G. All warehouses shall have safe and convenient access to each individual storage bin or compartment for the purpose of inspecting and counting or measuring the commodity stored therein.

H. Cotton warehouses shall contain sprinkler systems which shall be carefully maintained in good working order. All warehouses shall contain fire extinguishers, fire hoses or other fire-fighting equipment which shall be carefully maintained in good working order. Sufficient "no smoking" signs shall be displayed and the premises generally shall be kept clean and free of trash and combustible matter so that the building and commodity stored therein shall be protected from outside fire.

I. No commodity shall be moved from one warehouse to another without written notification and permission of the Department of Agriculture.

J. When a shortage of inventory is detected at a warehouse or other loss or insolvency is determined, the Department, to safeguard the interests of the holders of the outstanding warehouse receipts, shall secure the warehouse and take charge of the inventory which shall be liquidated on behalf of or returned pro rata to the various lawful holders of the warehouse receipts issued therefore.