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Title

06

:
Agriculture






Chapter

063

:
LIVESTOCK DEALERS, AUCTIONS, AND SALES RINGS











 

§

761. Definitions

As used in this

chapter:

(1)

"Livestock" means cattle, horses, sheep, swine, goats, camelids,

fallow deer, red deer, reindeer, and American bison.

(2)

"Livestock dealer" means a person going from place to place buying,

selling, or transporting livestock, or operating a livestock auction or sales

ring, either on their own account or on commission, except state breed

associations recognized as such by the secretary of agriculture, food and

markets.

(3)

"Packer" means a livestock dealer who is solely involved in the

purchase of livestock for purpose of slaughter at his or her own slaughter

facility.

(4)

"Person" means any individual, partnership, unincorporated

association, or corporation.

(5)

"Transporter" means a livestock dealer who limits his or her activity

to transporting livestock for remuneration. A transporter cannot buy or sell

livestock and is not required to be bonded. (Amended 1959, No. 91, § 1, eff.

April 7, 1959; 1993, No. 74, § 1; 1995, No. 72 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Feb. 14,

1996; 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003.)