§ 11-11-117 — Prohibited acts; penalties for violations

(a) Any person who engages in or carries on any grain
warehousing business without first having obtained a license, or
who continues to engage in or carry on such business after his
license has been suspended, revoked or expires is guilty of a
misdemeanor and shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars
($100.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each
offense. Each day that such unlicensed business is carried on is
a separate offense.
(b) Any warehouseman or person operating a warehouse who
converts to his own use or that of another, any grain stored or
accepted for storage of the value of one thousand dollars
($1,000.00) or more, is guilty of a felony and shall be fined
not less than five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each day of
violation and imprisoned for not to exceed fourteen (14) years.
If the value of the grain converted is less than one thousand
dollars ($1,000.00), the warehouseman or person operating a
warehouse is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not to
exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00) or imprisoned not to
exceed six (6) months, or both.