Section 231.15 — Rates For Storage Of Household Goods.
231.15 RATES FOR STORAGE OF HOUSEHOLD GOODS. If the department after a hearing upon its own motion, or upon complaint finds that the rates demanded, observed, charged, or collected by a household goods warehouse operator for or in connection with any service or storage of goods, wares, or merchandise are unjust, unreasonable, discriminatory, preferential, or […]
Section 231.16 — Warehouse Operator Or Household Goods Warehouse Operator License.
231.16 WAREHOUSE OPERATOR OR HOUSEHOLD GOODS WAREHOUSE OPERATOR LICENSE. A warehouse operator or household goods warehouse operator must be licensed annually by the department. The department shall prescribe the form of the written application. If the department approves the license application and the applicant files with the department the necessary bond, in the case of […]
Section 231.17 — Bonds Of Warehouse Operators; Legal Liability Insurance.
231.17 BONDS OF WAREHOUSE OPERATORS; LEGAL LIABILITY INSURANCE. Every warehouse operator applying for and receiving a license from the department under this chapter shall file with the department, acceptable to the department, a surety bond to the state of Minnesota. Bonds must be in the amount of $10,000. The bond must be conditioned for the […]
Section 231.18 — Claims Against A Bond.
231.18 CLAIMS AGAINST A BOND. Subdivision 1. Filing a claim. A depositor claiming to be damaged by the breach of an agreement to store household goods must file a claim with the department within 180 days of the date of breach. Subd. 2. Form of claim. All claims must be in writing, must state the […]
Section 230.09 — Railroad Right-of-way; Use For Certain Purposes.
230.09 RAILROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY; USE FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES. On paying reasonable compensation a person, firm, or corporation shall have the right to use the right-of-way of a railroad within the outside switches at a station or siding for any of the following purposes: (1) as a site for a public elevator, warehouse, coal shed, icehouse, buying […]
Section 230.10 — Procedure Upon Disagreement With Railroad.
230.10 PROCEDURE UPON DISAGREEMENT WITH RAILROAD. If a person, firm, or corporation (1) desires to construct, operate, or use a public elevator, warehouse, coal shed, icehouse, buying station, selling station, or weighing scales or other equipment for weighing livestock, or to use ground space for receiving, storing, or distributing an article of commerce that has […]
Section 230.11 — Hearing; Order.
230.11 HEARING; ORDER. The hearing must be held pursuant to the notice. If the department finds that the complainant is entitled to it, the department may issue an order establishing the location of the site for buildings, structures, equipment, or ground space at a suitable place within the outside switches at any station or siding, […]
Section 231.01 — Definitions.
231.01 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Scope. The definitions in this section apply to this chapter. Subd. 2. Commissioner. “Commissioner” means the commissioner of agriculture. Subd. 3. Compensation. “Compensation” means any remuneration, recompense, indemnification, requital, or satisfaction assessed, collected, or received for the storage or warehousing of goods, wares, or merchandise of another by a warehouse operator. […]
Section 231.035 — Inspection Authority.
231.035 INSPECTION AUTHORITY. The commissioner or the commissioner’s designee may, upon presentation of appropriate credentials and during regular working hours or at other reasonable times, inspect premises including equipment and stored goods subject to and for reasons relating to the commissioner’s enforcement and licensing authority; request information from persons with information relevant to an inspection; […]
Section 231.04 — Department To Enforce Warehouse Law.
231.04 DEPARTMENT TO ENFORCE WAREHOUSE LAW. The department shall see that the provisions of the constitution and the statutes of this state affecting warehouse operators or household goods warehouse operators, the enforcement of which is not specifically vested in some other officer or tribunal, are enforced and obeyed, that violations thereof are promptly prosecuted, and […]