Montana Title 80. Agriculture § 80-4-536. Termination of storage contract--sale of agricultural commodities for charges--notice required

(1) Storage of agricultural commodities may be terminated by the depositor at any time by the payment or tender of all legal charges and the surrender of the warehouse receipt, together with a demand for delivery of the agricultural commodities or a notice to the warehouse operator to sell the commodities.

(2) In the absence of a demand for delivery, order to sell, or mutual agreement for the renewal of the storage contract entered into prior to the expiration of the storage contract, the warehouse operator may, upon the expiration of the storage contract, sell so much of the stored agricultural commodities at the local market price at the close of business on that day as is sufficient to pay the accrued storage charges. The warehouse operator shall then issue new warehouse receipts for the balance of the agricultural commodity to the depositor upon the depositor's surrender of the original warehouse receipts. If the warehouse receipt is not returned, the warehouse operator may apply for an encumbrance to the grain settlement records for outstanding storage in lieu of reissuance of the warehouse receipt subject to the provisions of subsection (3). The warehouse operator shall notify all warehouse receipt holders who are subject to the provisions of subsection (3) of the provisions of this section 30 days prior to the end of the license year.

(3) All storage contracts on agricultural commodities evidenced by a warehouse receipt must be terminated within 3 license years. The termination date for those storage contracts must be calculated by considering the license year during which the contract was issued as the first license year, plus 2 additional license years, for a total of 3 license years.