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2006 Minnesota Statutes
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17B.20 BREAKING OF SEALS; PENALTY; EXAMINATION OF CARS.
Subdivision 1. Who may break seals. No person shall knowingly break the seal on any
car of grain subject to state inspection prior to delivery thereof, except the employees of the
department, and the owner of the grain, or the owner's authorized agent, under rules prescribed
by the commissioner.
Subd. 2. Unauthorized breaking of seals; misdemeanor. Any person who, without legal
authority, shall break or remove any seal upon any car loaded with grain, or otherwise break or
enter such car, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Subd. 3. Examination of cars. An employee of the department before opening the doors
of any cars containing grain, upon their arrival at any of the several places designated by law
as terminal points in this state, for the purposes of inspecting the same, shall first ascertain the
condition of such cars and determine whether any leakages have occurred while the cars were
in transit; also whether or not the doors were properly secured and sealed, making a record of
such facts in all cases and recording the same in a proper book to be kept for the purpose. After
such examination shall have been made and recorded and the inspection of such grain has been
made, the above mentioned employee shall securely close and reseal such car doors as have been
opened, using a special seal of the department for the purpose. A record of all original seals
broken by the employee and the time when broken, a record of all state seals substituted therefor
and the time when such state seals were substituted, together with a full description of the seals,
with their numbers, shall be made by the employee.
History: 1974 c 548 s 20; 1986 c 444
Subdivision 1. Who may break seals. No person shall knowingly break the seal on any
car of grain subject to state inspection prior to delivery thereof, except the employees of the
department, and the owner of the grain, or the owner's authorized agent, under rules prescribed
by the commissioner.
Subd. 2. Unauthorized breaking of seals; misdemeanor. Any person who, without legal
authority, shall break or remove any seal upon any car loaded with grain, or otherwise break or
enter such car, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Subd. 3. Examination of cars. An employee of the department before opening the doors
of any cars containing grain, upon their arrival at any of the several places designated by law
as terminal points in this state, for the purposes of inspecting the same, shall first ascertain the
condition of such cars and determine whether any leakages have occurred while the cars were
in transit; also whether or not the doors were properly secured and sealed, making a record of
such facts in all cases and recording the same in a proper book to be kept for the purpose. After
such examination shall have been made and recorded and the inspection of such grain has been
made, the above mentioned employee shall securely close and reseal such car doors as have been
opened, using a special seal of the department for the purpose. A record of all original seals
broken by the employee and the time when broken, a record of all state seals substituted therefor
and the time when such state seals were substituted, together with a full description of the seals,
with their numbers, shall be made by the employee.
History: 1974 c 548 s 20; 1986 c 444
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