Missouri Revised Statutes Title XXVI. Trade and Commerce § 411.311. Operation without license prohibited, penalty

(1) Operates a warehouse for storage of grain;

(2) Holds himself out as being in the grain storage business, or as offering storage facilities for grain;

(3) Advertises for, solicits or accepts grain for storage;

(4) Carries on a grain bank operation, or receives and stores grain for which a like quantity of grain is to be returned or delivered in any form to the depositor thereof without first obtaining and keeping in force an annual license issued by the department authorizing the operation of a public grain warehouse, or without having the license displayed in a conspicuous place, or who shall continue to transact any such business as a public warehouse after the license has been revoked or suspended, except that he may purchase from or deliver to depositors property previously stored in the warehouse; is guilty of a misdemeanor.