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Raw OLRC USLM XML zips @ release 119-100 (retrieved 2026-07-04 via Atlas depot), ingested with the standard pipeline: raw snapshot -> per-section OKF markdown -> manifest + checksums. Title 52 untouched. LegalText: 171 -> 11,221. Titles 12-54 await a clean OLRC retry. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "LegalText"
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title: "7 U.S.C. § 247"
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description: "Fair treatment in storage of agricultural products"
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title_number: 7
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title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
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chapter_number: "10"
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chapter_name: "WAREHOUSES"
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section: "247"
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citation: "7 U.S.C. § 247"
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# 7 U.S.C. § 247 - Fair treatment in storage of agricultural products
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## Text
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(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—
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(1) is of the kind, type, and quality customarily stored or handled in the area in which the warehouse is located;
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(2) is tendered to the warehouse operator in a suitable condition for warehousing; and
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(3) is tendered in a manner that is consistent with the ordinary and usual course of business.
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(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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(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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## Notes
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Editorial Notes
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Prior ProvisionsA prior section 247, acts Aug. 11, 1916, ch. 313, pt. C, § 6, 39 Stat. 486; July 24, 1919, ch. 26, 41 Stat. 266; Feb. 23, 1923, ch. 106, 42 Stat. 1283; Mar. 2, 1931, ch. 366, § 2, 46 Stat. 1463, 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 Pub. L. 106–472. See section 245 of this title. A prior section 8 of act Aug. 11, 1916, ch. 313, pt. C, was classified to section 250 of this title, prior to the general amendment of this chapter by Pub. L. 106–472.
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