South Carolina Code of Regulations
Chapter 5 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Article 13 - WAREHOUSE SYSTEM
Section 5-494 - Scale Tickets

Universal Citation: SC Code Regs 5-494

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 3, March 22, 2024

A. The manager shall have issued a scale ticket for each movement of grain in or out of the licensed State warehouse. Where grain is received or shipment is made by rail car, ship, or other means and the issuance of weigh or scale tickets is not feasible, the warehouse manager shall estimate the amount in question and adjust all warehouse records to reflect the movement of such grain. The warehouse manager shall be required to obtain and keep on file all documents pertaining to the receiving or shipping of said grain for inspection by this Department.

B. All scale or weigh tickets shall be on forms approved by the Commissioner of Agriculture. Each ticket shall show and include the following-

(1) Be consecutively numbered;

(2) Be filed numerically at the warehouse and held for inspection;

(3) Date;

(4) Name and address of the dealer and handler and his public weighmaster number;

(5) Owner of commodity;

(6) Vehicle identity;

(7) Gross, tare and net weight or in case of hopper weighing, net weight of load;

(8) Type commodity;

(9) Percentage of moisture and other factors, if determined (specify);

(10) Grade, if one is assigned;

(11) Disposition of commodity (in or out, stored, contracted, etc.);

(12) Signature of person weighing and/or grading;

(13) May be used as a contract only if it meets the requirements of a contract as set forth in the Dealers and Handlers regulation 5-581-03.

C. A sample of the scale or weigh ticket shall be presented to the South Carolina Department of Agriculture for approval before said scale or weigh ticket shall be used.

D. All scale or weigh tickets shall also comply to the Public Weighmaster Law.

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