Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-9-21
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Definitions
Official statutory text
As used in the Public Warehouse and Commodity Indemnity Act:
1. “Charter” means a franchise issued to a person for the
operation of a public warehouse;
2. “Commodities” means nonperishable grains or seeds;
3. “Depositor” means any person storing commodities with a
state-chartered or federally licensed warehouse;
4. “Electronic document” means a document that is generated,
sent, received, or stored by electronic data interchange, electronic
mail, telegram, telex, or telecopy;
5. “Electronic receipt” means a receipt that is authorized by
the State Board of Agriculture to be issued under this act in the
form of an electronic document;
6. “Full market value” means the value required by law to be
used by insurance underwriters in paying for losses of commodities
insured for their actual cash value;
7. “Indemnity” means the Oklahoma Commodity Storage Indemnity
Fund;
8. “Loss” means any monetary reduction in value to a producer
of an extraordinary nature and which shall include, but not be
limited to, bankruptcy, embezzlement, theft or fraud;
9. “Producer” means any person planting, raising, growing, or
harvesting commodities;
10. “Public warehouse” means any place where commodities are
received for storage, received for transfer to other public
warehouses, or both;
11. “Storage” or “warehousing” means any method of holding
commodities by a party other than the direct owner except for
transportation;
12. “Warehouseman” means any person operating a public
warehouse; and
13. “Warehouse receipt” means every receipt issued by a
warehouseman for commodities pursuant to the Public Warehouse and
Commodity Indemnity Act.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 2. Agriculture Page 429
1. “Charter” means a franchise issued to a person for the
operation of a public warehouse;
2. “Commodities” means nonperishable grains or seeds;
3. “Depositor” means any person storing commodities with a
state-chartered or federally licensed warehouse;
4. “Electronic document” means a document that is generated,
sent, received, or stored by electronic data interchange, electronic
mail, telegram, telex, or telecopy;
5. “Electronic receipt” means a receipt that is authorized by
the State Board of Agriculture to be issued under this act in the
form of an electronic document;
6. “Full market value” means the value required by law to be
used by insurance underwriters in paying for losses of commodities
insured for their actual cash value;
7. “Indemnity” means the Oklahoma Commodity Storage Indemnity
Fund;
8. “Loss” means any monetary reduction in value to a producer
of an extraordinary nature and which shall include, but not be
limited to, bankruptcy, embezzlement, theft or fraud;
9. “Producer” means any person planting, raising, growing, or
harvesting commodities;
10. “Public warehouse” means any place where commodities are
received for storage, received for transfer to other public
warehouses, or both;
11. “Storage” or “warehousing” means any method of holding
commodities by a party other than the direct owner except for
transportation;
12. “Warehouseman” means any person operating a public
warehouse; and
13. “Warehouse receipt” means every receipt issued by a
warehouseman for commodities pursuant to the Public Warehouse and
Commodity Indemnity Act.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 2. Agriculture Page 429
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