Georgia Code
Article 1 - State Licensed and Bonded Warehouses
§ 10-4-15. Inspections of Warehouses

In addition to the general powers conferred by Code Section 10-4-5, the Commissioner and his or her duly authorized agents or employees shall have full power and authority to inspect public warehouses operated under this article, to inventory, and to check the agricultural products stored so as to ascertain the conditions of such products and to determine whether or not the business is conducted in such a manner as to protect the interest of persons who are storing or may store such products. The inspectors shall make sworn reports of their findings to the Commissioner, who shall hold and keep such reports in the records of his or her office. Such inspections shall be made as often as deemed necessary by the Commissioner, but not less than twice during any license period and, in addition, as often as requested by the warehouseman.
History. Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 412, § 9; Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 16/HB 24.
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 101/HB 24, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the Act shall apply to any motion made or hearing or trial commenced on or after January 1, 2013.
Law reviews.
For article, “Evidence,” see 27 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 1 (2011).
For article on the 2011 amendment of this Code section, see 28 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 1 (2011).

Structure Georgia Code

Georgia Code

Title 10 - Commerce and Trade

Chapter 4 - Warehousemen

Article 1 - State Licensed and Bonded Warehouses

§ 10-4-1. Short Title

§ 10-4-2. Definitions

§ 10-4-3. State Warehouse Section Established; Supervisor of Section

§ 10-4-4. Exemptions From Article; Warehousemen Electing to Be Covered

§ 10-4-5. Powers and Duties of Commissioner; Annual Reports; Adoption of Rules and Regulations

§ 10-4-6. Procedure for Adopting or Changing Rules and Regulations; Administrative Review of Objections

§ 10-4-7. Uniform Application of Orders, Fees, Rules, and Regulations

§ 10-4-8. Existing Interstate Commerce Regulations Not Affected

§ 10-4-9. Judicial Review of Administrative Decision

§ 10-4-10. Annual License Required; Issuance by Commissioner; Application for License or Renewal

§ 10-4-11. License for Person Electing to Comply With Article and Regulations

§ 10-4-12. Bond Required; Additional Bond

§ 10-4-13. Bonded and Licensed Warehouse May Be Designated as State Bonded

§ 10-4-14. Actions on Bonds

§ 10-4-15. Inspections of Warehouses

§ 10-4-16. Inspectors and Examiners to Be Bonded

§ 10-4-17. License Fees

§ 10-4-18. Delivery to Warehouse Presumably for Storage

§ 10-4-19. Warehouse Receipts Required; Obtaining Printed Forms; Use of Electronic Receipts Authorized

§ 10-4-20. Essential Terms of Warehouse Receipts; Liability for Omission

§ 10-4-21. Obligation of Warehouseman to Deliver; Effect of Loss or Damage

§ 10-4-22. Surrender and Cancellation of Warehouse Receipts on Delivery

§ 10-4-23. Records of Warehousemen

§ 10-4-24. Inspection of Records; Preservation of Records When License Terminated

§ 10-4-25. When Insurance on Stored Products Required

§ 10-4-26. Schedules of Charges to Be Filed; Changes in Charges; Special Rates for United States; Duplication of Charges Prohibited

§ 10-4-27. Certified Public Weighers to Be Provided

§ 10-4-28. Scales to Be Provided; Examination; Disapproved Scales Not to Be Used

§ 10-4-29. Suspension of License Pending Investigation or Correction of Violation; Impoundment of Records and Commodities

§ 10-4-30. Suspension or Revocation of License for Violation; Liquidation Proceedings; Impoundment of Unused Receipts

§ 10-4-31. Publishing Lists of Licensed and Bonded Warehouses, License Terminations, and Findings as to Violations

§ 10-4-32. Criminal Penalties for Violations; Immunity of Sureties

§ 10-4-33. Duty of Persons Accepting Warehouse Receipts to Take Adequate Measures Regarding Goods