O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 2-9-44 (2019)

Applicability of article

✓ O.C.G.A.: 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.
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This article shall not apply to:

(1) Farmers in the sale of grain grown by themselves;

(2) Persons who buy for cash, paying at the time of the purchase in United States currency, certified check, or cashier’s check; or

(3) Persons licensed and bonded in accordance with Article 1 of Chapter 4 of Title 10, the ‘‘Georgia State Warehouse Act.’’

History

Ga. L. 1976, p. 512, § 2; Ga. L. 1977, p. 245, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 2; Ga. L. 1983, p. 831, § 3.

Annotations

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Warehouse license-holder required to acquire separate ‘‘grain dealer’s’’ license. - Individuals holding warehouse licenses issued pursuant to the Georgia State Warehouse Act, Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 412, § 1 (see now O.C.G.A. § 10-4-1 et seq.), and bonded in accordance therewith must acquire a separate ‘‘grain dealer’s’’ license and surety bond if engaging in the activities of a

‘‘grain dealer.’’ 1976 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 76-41. Federally licensed warehousemen do not have to acquire separate bonding and licensing mandated by §§ 2-9-31 and 2-9-34, but are accorded the exemption provided by paragraph (3) of this section. 1978 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 78-11.

RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR. - Validity of discrimination in license statute or ordinance in favor of farmers selling their own products and

against other persons dealing in farm products, 123 A.L.R. 1051.