7 USC § 247 - Fair treatment in storage of agricultural products

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identifier: "/us/usc/t7/s247"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "7 USC § 247 - Fair treatment in storage of agricultural products"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "247"
section_name: "Fair treatment in storage of agricultural products"
chapter_number: 10
chapter_name: "WAREHOUSES"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 11, 1916, ch. 313, pt. C, § 8, as added Pub. L. 106–472, title II, § 201, Nov. 9, 2000, 114 Stat. 2065.)"
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# § 247. Fair treatment in storage of agricultural products

**(a)** **In general** Subject to the capacity of a warehouse, a warehouse operator shall deal, in a fair and reasonable manner, with persons storing, or seeking to store, an agricultural product in the warehouse if the agricultural product—

**(1)** is of the kind, type, and quality customarily stored or handled in the area in which the warehouse is located;

**(2)** is tendered to the warehouse operator in a suitable condition for warehousing; and

**(3)** is tendered in a manner that is consistent with the ordinary and usual course of business.

**(b)** **Allocation** Nothing in this section prohibits a warehouse operator from entering into an agreement with a depositor of an agricultural product to allocate available storage space.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 11, 1916, ch. 313, pt. C, § 8, as added Pub. L. 106–472, title II, § 201, Nov. 9, 2000, 114 Stat. 2065.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 247, acts , pt. C, § 6, ; , ; , ; , , required bond as condition to granting of license and additional bonds if first bond determined to become insufficient, prior to the general amendment of this chapter by . See .

A prior section 8 of , pt. C, was classified to , prior to the general amendment of this chapter by .