231.16 Warehouse operator to obtain license. 

    Every person desiring to engage in the business of 
 warehouse operator, before engaging therein, shall be licensed 
 annually by, and shall be under the supervision and subject to 
 the inspection of, the department.  Written application in the 
 form prescribed by the department shall be made to the 
 department for license, specifying the city in which it is 
 proposed to carry on the business of warehousing, the location, 
 size, character, and equipment of the buildings or premises to 
 be used by the warehouse operator, the kind of goods, wares, and 
 merchandise intended to be stored therein, the name of the 
 person or corporation operating the same, and of each member of 
 the firm or officer of the corporation, and any other facts 
 necessary to satisfy the department that the property proposed 
 to be used is suitable for warehouse purposes and that the 
 warehouse operator making the application is qualified to carry 
 on the business of warehousing.  Should the department decide 
 that the building or other property proposed to be used as a 
 warehouse is suitable for the proposed purpose and that the 
 applicants are entitled to a license, notice of the decision 
 shall be given the interested parties and, upon the applicants 
 filing with the department the necessary bond, as provided for 
 in this chapter, the department shall issue the license provided 
 for, upon payment of the license fee, as in this section 
 provided.  A warehouse operator to whom a license is issued 
 shall pay for the license a fee based on the storage capacity of 
 the warehouse as follows:  

                 Storage capacity in square feet 

             (1) 5,000 or less               $ 80 
             (2) 5,001 to 10,000             $155 
             (3) 10,001 to 20,000            $250 
             (4) 20,001 to 100,000           $315 
             (5) 100,001 to 200,000          $410 
             (6) over 200,000                $470 

    Fees collected under this chapter shall be paid into the 
 grain buyers and storage fund established in section 232.22.  

    The license shall be renewed annually on or before July 1, 
 and always upon payment of the full license fee, as provided for 
 in this section for such renewal; and no license shall be issued 
 for any portion of a year for less than the full amount of the 
 license fee, as provided for in this section.  Each license 
 obtained under this chapter shall be publicly displayed in the 
 main office of the place of business of the warehouse operator 
 to whom it is issued.  The license shall authorize the warehouse 
 operator to carry on the business of warehousing only in the one 
 city or town named in the application and in the buildings 
 therein described.  The department, without requiring an 
 additional bond and license, may issue permits from time to time 
 to any warehouse operator already duly licensed under the 
 provisions of this chapter to operate an additional warehouse in 
 the same city or town for which the original license was issued 
 during the term thereof, upon the filing an application for a 
 permit in the form prescribed by the department. 

    License may be refused for good cause shown and revoked by 
 the department for violation of law or of any rule by it 
 prescribed, upon notice and after hearing. 

    HIST: (5189) 1915 c 210 s 18; 1939 c 159; 1943 c 495 s 1; 1947 
 c 497 s 3; 1969 c 1148 s 37; 1971 c 25 s 67; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 
 7; 1975 c 313 s 22; 1977 c 364 s 7; 1981 c 356 s 331; 1982 c 508 
 s 7; 1983 c 300 s 26; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1986 c 444