§ 56-6-2 — [License to store agricultural products; issuance upon

application; contents; fee.] No warehouseman shall issue negotiable warehouse receipts for agricultural products as in this act [56-6-1 to 56-6-11 NMSA 1978] defined, unless he shall have obtained from the county clerk of the county in which his warehouse is located a license authorizing him to store such agricultural products. Such license shall be issued by said county clerk upon the written application, under oath, of the warehouseman, setting forth his name and the location of his warehouse or warehouses. At the time of filing such application with the county clerk, the applicant shall be required to pay to the county clerk a filing fee of $2.50. If the applicant is a partnership, the names of the partners shall be set forth, and if a corporation, then the names of the president, secretary and treasurer thereof shall be set forth. In the case of a corporate applicant, the application shall be signed and sworn to by its president or secretary. Such application shall be filed and preserved in the county clerk's office.

Legislative History

Laws 1941, ch. 145, § 2; 1941 Comp., § 53-902; 1953 Comp., § 50-9-2.