<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 49-45-1 - Grain buyer's license--Penalty--Civil fine.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.sd86d394b99e6427b9cb79ef976694ec6Normal { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.sd86d394b99e6427b9cb79ef976694ec6SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sd86d394b99e6427b9cb79ef976694ec6CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.sd86d394b99e6427b9cb79ef976694ec6Statute { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.sd86d394b99e6427b9cb79ef976694ec6DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sd86d394b99e6427b9cb79ef976694ec6000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.sd86d394b99e6427b9cb79ef976694ec6NoIndent { text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.sd86d394b99e6427b9cb79ef976694ec6DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sd86d394b99e6427b9cb79ef976694ec6SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 49-45-1 - Grain buyer's license--Penalty--Civil fine."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 49-45-1 - Grain buyer's license--Penalty--Civil fine."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=49-45-1"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="sd86d394b99e6427b9cb79ef976694ec6Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=49-45-1" rel="noopener"><span class="sd86d394b99e6427b9cb79ef976694ec6SENU">49-45-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd86d394b99e6427b9cb79ef976694ec6SENU">. </span><span class="sd86d394b99e6427b9cb79ef976694ec6CL">Grain buyer's license--Penalty--Civil fine.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd86d394b99e6427b9cb79ef976694ec6Statute"><span class="sd86d394b99e6427b9cb79ef976694ec6DefaultParagraphFont">Before transacting the business of a grain buyer in this state, a person shall obtain a grain buyer license from the commission.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd86d394b99e6427b9cb79ef976694ec6Statute"><span class="sd86d394b99e6427b9cb79ef976694ec6DefaultParagraphFont">A violation of this section is a Class 5 felony if the person holds himself or herself out to be a grain broker and a Class 1 misdemeanor in all other cases. Each purchase of grain without a license is a separate offense.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd86d394b99e6427b9cb79ef976694ec6Statute"><span class="sd86d394b99e6427b9cb79ef976694ec6DefaultParagraphFont">A grain buyer transacting business without a license may be enjoined upon complaint of the commission.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd86d394b99e6427b9cb79ef976694ec6Statute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd86d394b99e6427b9cb79ef976694ec6DefaultParagraphFont">The commission may assess a civil fine against an unlicensed grain buyer in the amount of five thousand dollars for each purchase of grain, up to a maximum fine of fifty thousand dollars per licensing period, as set forth in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=49-45-3" rel="noopener"><span class="sd86d394b99e6427b9cb79ef976694ec6DefaultParagraphFont">49-45-3</span></a><span class="sd86d394b99e6427b9cb79ef976694ec6DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd86d394b99e6427b9cb79ef976694ec6Statute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd86d394b99e6427b9cb79ef976694ec6DefaultParagraphFont">For purposes of this section, the term, purchase of grain, means a transaction evidenced by the issuance of a uniform scale ticket or receipt, as described in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=49-45-10.1" rel="noopener"><span class="sd86d394b99e6427b9cb79ef976694ec6DefaultParagraphFont">49-45-10.1</span></a><span class="sd86d394b99e6427b9cb79ef976694ec6DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd86d394b99e6427b9cb79ef976694ec6Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd86d394b99e6427b9cb79ef976694ec6000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd86d394b99e6427b9cb79ef976694ec6NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd86d394b99e6427b9cb79ef976694ec6DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="sd86d394b99e6427b9cb79ef976694ec6SCL">SL 1949, ch 434, § 1; SL 1957, ch 488; SDC Supp 1960, § 60.0335; SL 1983, ch 15, § 174; SL 1985, ch 376, § 71; SL 1992, ch 332, § 5; SL 2008, ch 251, § 1; SL 2022, ch 174, § 4; SL 2022, ch 175, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 49-45-1 - Grain buyer's license--Penalty--Civil fine.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.sf73e170f52214ca1bcd4d691aedffd96Normal { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.sf73e170f52214ca1bcd4d691aedffd96SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sf73e170f52214ca1bcd4d691aedffd96CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; 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} a.sf73e170f52214ca1bcd4d691aedffd96000000 { text-decoration: none; } span.sf73e170f52214ca1bcd4d691aedffd96000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.sf73e170f52214ca1bcd4d691aedffd96NoIndent { text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.sf73e170f52214ca1bcd4d691aedffd96DefaultParagraphFont-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sf73e170f52214ca1bcd4d691aedffd96SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 49-45-1.1 - Definitions."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 49-45-1.1 - Definitions."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/49-45-1.1"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="sf73e170f52214ca1bcd4d691aedffd96Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=49-45-1.1" rel="noopener"><span class="sf73e170f52214ca1bcd4d691aedffd96SENU">49-45-1.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf73e170f52214ca1bcd4d691aedffd96SENU">. </span><span class="sf73e170f52214ca1bcd4d691aedffd96CL">Definitions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf73e170f52214ca1bcd4d691aedffd96Statute"><span class="sf73e170f52214ca1bcd4d691aedffd96DefaultParagraphFont">Terms used in this chapter mean:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf73e170f52214ca1bcd4d691aedffd96StatuteNumber1"><span class="sf73e170f52214ca1bcd4d691aedffd96DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    "Business of a grain buyer," contracting to purchase grain or purchasing grain, regardless of:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf73e170f52214ca1bcd4d691aedffd96StatuteNumber2"><span class="sf73e170f52214ca1bcd4d691aedffd96DefaultParagraphFont">(a)    Where the grain is to be delivered; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf73e170f52214ca1bcd4d691aedffd96StatuteNumber2"><span class="sf73e170f52214ca1bcd4d691aedffd96DefaultParagraphFont">(b)    Where title to the grain transfers;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf73e170f52214ca1bcd4d691aedffd96StatuteNumber1"><span class="sf73e170f52214ca1bcd4d691aedffd96DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    "Commission," the Public Utilities Commission;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf73e170f52214ca1bcd4d691aedffd96StatuteNumber1"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf73e170f52214ca1bcd4d691aedffd96DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    "Contract," except as referenced in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=49-45-21" rel="noopener"><span class="sf73e170f52214ca1bcd4d691aedffd96DefaultParagraphFont">49-45-21</span></a><span class="sf73e170f52214ca1bcd4d691aedffd96DefaultParagraphFont">, a written or oral agreement to purchase grain, regardless of the:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf73e170f52214ca1bcd4d691aedffd96StatuteNumber2"><span class="sf73e170f52214ca1bcd4d691aedffd96DefaultParagraphFont">(a)    Timeline;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf73e170f52214ca1bcd4d691aedffd96StatuteNumber2"><span class="sf73e170f52214ca1bcd4d691aedffd96DefaultParagraphFont">(b)    Pricing structure; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf73e170f52214ca1bcd4d691aedffd96StatuteNumber2"><span class="sf73e170f52214ca1bcd4d691aedffd96DefaultParagraphFont">(c)    Place of delivery;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf73e170f52214ca1bcd4d691aedffd96StatuteNumber1"><span class="sf73e170f52214ca1bcd4d691aedffd96DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    "Grain," grain, grain sorghums, beans, pulse crops, and oil seeds but not:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf73e170f52214ca1bcd4d691aedffd96StatuteNumber2"><span class="sf73e170f52214ca1bcd4d691aedffd96DefaultParagraphFont">(a)    Grain that has been cleaned, processed, and identified for an intended use of planting for reproduction;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf73e170f52214ca1bcd4d691aedffd96StatuteNumber2"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf73e170f52214ca1bcd4d691aedffd96DefaultParagraphFont">(b)    Grain that is received for consignment and which will be processed by the consignee for an intended use of planting for reproduction; </span><a id="_Hlk87947919" class="sf73e170f52214ca1bcd4d691aedffd96000000" rel="noopener"></a><span class="sf73e170f52214ca1bcd4d691aedffd96DefaultParagraphFont">or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf73e170f52214ca1bcd4d691aedffd96StatuteNumber2"><span class="sf73e170f52214ca1bcd4d691aedffd96DefaultParagraphFont">(c)    Grain purchased to feed livestock;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf73e170f52214ca1bcd4d691aedffd96StatuteNumber1"><span class="sf73e170f52214ca1bcd4d691aedffd96DefaultParagraphFont">(5)    "Grain broker," a person who is involved in the negotiation of a grain transaction in this state and:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf73e170f52214ca1bcd4d691aedffd96StatuteNumber2"><span class="sf73e170f52214ca1bcd4d691aedffd96DefaultParagraphFont">(a)    Is compensated for that involvement by at least one party to the transaction; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf73e170f52214ca1bcd4d691aedffd96StatuteNumber2"><span class="sf73e170f52214ca1bcd4d691aedffd96DefaultParagraphFont">(b)    Does not take title to the grain that is subject to the transaction;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf73e170f52214ca1bcd4d691aedffd96StatuteNumber1"><span class="sf73e170f52214ca1bcd4d691aedffd96DefaultParagraphFont">(6)    "Grain buyer," any person who:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf73e170f52214ca1bcd4d691aedffd96StatuteNumber2"><span class="sf73e170f52214ca1bcd4d691aedffd96DefaultParagraphFont">(a)    Contracts to take title to grain;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf73e170f52214ca1bcd4d691aedffd96StatuteNumber2"><span class="sf73e170f52214ca1bcd4d691aedffd96DefaultParagraphFont">(b)    Purchases unprocessed grain for the purpose of reselling the grain; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf73e170f52214ca1bcd4d691aedffd96StatuteNumber2"><span class="sf73e170f52214ca1bcd4d691aedffd96DefaultParagraphFont">(c)    Contracts to purchase at least three hundred thousand dollars' worth of unprocessed grain directly from producers in a license year, which begins on July first and ends on June thirtieth. Nothing in this chapter applies to the isolated resale of grain by a producer who does not hold himself or herself out as engaging in the business of reselling grain;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf73e170f52214ca1bcd4d691aedffd96StatuteNumber1"><span class="sf73e170f52214ca1bcd4d691aedffd96DefaultParagraphFont">(7)    "Holds himself or herself out," the creation of an assumption or the use of any kind of title, sign, symbol, document, or term indicating or conveying the idea that the person whose name is so connected is competent, qualified, authorized, or entitled to engage in certain activities;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf73e170f52214ca1bcd4d691aedffd96StatuteNumber1"><span class="sf73e170f52214ca1bcd4d691aedffd96DefaultParagraphFont">(8)    "Person," any natural person, firm, corporation, company, limited liability company, partnership, association, or joint stock company, or the lessee, trustee, or receiver appointed by any court for any one of the foregoing;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf73e170f52214ca1bcd4d691aedffd96StatuteNumber1"><span class="sf73e170f52214ca1bcd4d691aedffd96DefaultParagraphFont">(9)    "Producer," a person engaged in the business of grain production;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf73e170f52214ca1bcd4d691aedffd96StatuteNumber1"><span class="sf73e170f52214ca1bcd4d691aedffd96DefaultParagraphFont">(10)    "Unprocessed grain," grain that has not been materially altered, or otherwise combined with other grains or products to render the grain only a component part of a different product, provided the cleaning or screening of grain does not constitute processing; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf73e170f52214ca1bcd4d691aedffd96StatuteNumber1"><span class="sf73e170f52214ca1bcd4d691aedffd96DefaultParagraphFont">(11)    "Voluntary credit sale," a sale of grain pursuant to which the sale price is to be paid more than thirty days after the delivery or release of the grain for sale, including those contracts commonly referred to as deferred-payment contracts, deferred-pricing contracts, and price-later contracts.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf73e170f52214ca1bcd4d691aedffd96Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf73e170f52214ca1bcd4d691aedffd96000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf73e170f52214ca1bcd4d691aedffd96NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf73e170f52214ca1bcd4d691aedffd96DefaultParagraphFont-000002">Source: </span><span class="sf73e170f52214ca1bcd4d691aedffd96SCL">SL 1985, ch 376, § 69; SL 1986, ch 397, § 9; SL 1994, ch 351, § 141; SL 2002, ch 216, § 1; SL 2008, ch 251, § 2; SL 2009, ch 248, § 1; SL 2013, ch 238, § 9, eff. Apr. 1, 2013; SL 2017, ch 200, § 4; SL 2022, ch 175, § 2; SL 2024, ch 192, § 1; SL 2024, ch 193, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html>