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AL Code § 2-15-23 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 15 - Livestock.|Article 2 - Branding of Livestock.|Section 2-15-23 - Renewal of Brands; Effect of Failure to Renew Brand.

Section 2-15-23Renewal of brands; effect of failure to renew brand. (a) There shall be a renewal period for recording livestock brands with the department which shall be once every three years, beginning with October 1, 2005. All brands recorded on or after October 1, 2005, shall be renewed or rerecorded on or before October 1, 2008, and each three-year period thereafter. At least 90 days prior to the renewal date for all registered brands, the department shall notify all persons having brands registered of the renewal date. On or before the renewal date of all brands, the registered owner thereof shall pay to the department a renewal fee established by the Board of Agriculture and Industries for the first position of the animal on which the brand appears, plus an additional fee established by the Alabama Board of Agriculture and Industries for each additional position on such animal as authorized and provided under subsection (b) of Section 2-15-28. Such additional information needed for renewal as the department may require shall also be furnished on forms provided by the department. (b) If any livestock owner fails to renew any brand registered in his or her name, the brand shall be forfeited and shall be available to any other applicant for registration as provided under Section 2-15-21. (Acts 1975, No. 567, p. 1301, §4; Act 2004-516, p. 996, §1.)
AL Code § 2-15-24 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 15 - Livestock.|Article 2 - Branding of Livestock.|Section 2-15-24 - Furnishing, etc., of Forms for Registration, Reregistration and Transfer of Brands by Department.

Section 2-15-24Furnishing, etc., of forms for registration, reregistration and transfer of brands by department. The department shall prescribe and furnish forms on which applications for registration, reregistration and transfer of livestock brands shall be made and shall furnish such forms to the sheriff and the county agricultural agent of each county of the state to be distributed on request to livestock owners desiring to make application for registration of brands and such applications may also be furnished to applicants by the department. (Acts 1975, No. 567, p. 1301, §6.)
AL Code § 2-15-25 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 15 - Livestock.|Article 2 - Branding of Livestock.|Section 2-15-25 - Maintenance, Publication, etc., of Register of Brands by Department; Department to Determine Ownership, etc., of Lost, Estrayed or Stolen Livestock and Furnish Said Information to Interested Persons.

Section 2-15-25Maintenance, publication, etc., of register of brands by department; department to determine ownership, etc., of lost, estrayed or stolen livestock and furnish said information to interested persons. (a) The department shall maintain a complete register of all brands, showing the name and address of the owner, and shall publish and distribute copies of this register in booklet or pamphlet form and supplementary copies thereof to every livestock market and sheriff's office and other public officials in the state that may have an official need therefor. Copies of the register of brands may be furnished to other persons upon request at a price of $5.00 per copy. (b) The department shall also make use of its records of brand registrations in the performance of its duties to trace, locate and determine ownership of any lost, estrayed or stolen livestock and similar duties relating to livestock theft investigations and furnish such information to interested persons, upon receipt of notice giving details or description of the kind of livestock, color, weight, size, sex, age, marks, brands and other identifying information. (Acts 1975, No. 567, p. 1301, §7.)
AL Code § 2-15-26 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 15 - Livestock.|Article 2 - Branding of Livestock.|Section 2-15-26 - Disposition of Fees Collected for Registration, Transfer, etc., of Brands, Etc.

Section 2-15-26Disposition of fees collected for registration, transfer, etc., of brands, etc. All fees collected under this article for the registration, transfer and reregistration of brands together with amounts received for copies of brand registration books furnished upon request as authorized under Section 2-15-25 shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Agricultural Fund. (Acts 1975, No. 567, p. 1301, §2.)
AL Code § 2-15-27 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 15 - Livestock.|Article 2 - Branding of Livestock.|Section 2-15-27 - Records Required to Be Maintained by Operators of Livestock Markets, Livestock Hide Dealers, Etc.

Section 2-15-27Records required to be maintained by operators of livestock markets, livestock hide dealers, etc. (a) Every operator of a livestock market where livestock are received and sold shall keep a copy of the register of livestock brands in his place of business where it will be easily accessible for public inspection during business hours. (b) The operator of every livestock market where livestock are received and sold, together with those livestock dealers, slaughterers and butchers buying livestock for resale or for slaughter which livestock were not purchased at a livestock market, shall obtain and keep or cause to be kept a record for at least two years covering all livestock received, which shall show thereon the name and address of the owner, the number of animals received, the date of receipt and a description of such livestock together with the license number of the vehicle with the name and address of the driver thereof or the railroad waybill number or record of other method of transportation by which the livestock arrived. These records shall be retained by every such livestock market, dealer or slaughterer required to keep such records and shall be made easily accessible for public inspection for a period of two years after the livestock are received by such livestock market, dealer or slaughterer. Livestock dealers required to keep records under this subsection shall be those dealers required to be licensed under Article 6 of this chapter. (c) Livestock hide dealers shall keep records of cattle hides received by them to facilitate the tracing of lost or stolen livestock. Livestock hide dealers shall keep a record of all such hides which shall include the name and address of the person from whom hides are purchased, a description of the hides, brands and any other identifying information appearing thereon. Livestock hide dealers shall keep such records for public inspection for a period of two years after receipt of such hides. (Acts 1975, No. 567, p. 1301, §8.)
AL Code § 2-15-28 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 15 - Livestock.|Article 2 - Branding of Livestock.|Section 2-15-28 - Promulgation of Rules and Regulations by Commissioner for Implementation of Article, etc., Generally; Designation by Commissioner of Positions on Which Animals May Be Branded.

Section 2-15-28Promulgation of rules and regulations by commissioner for implementation of article, etc., generally; designation by commissioner of positions on which animals may be branded. (a) The commissioner, with the approval of the board, shall have authority to promulgate such rules and regulations as are reasonably necessary to carry out the evident intent and purposes of this article and which will facilitate the tracing and identification of lost, stolen or estrayed livestock and afford protection against the theft and unlawful dealing, handling or movement of livestock, including a system for brand registrations, transfer of brands, reregistrations and standards or requirements for brands acceptable for registration, which regulations will effectuate the purposes of this article. Such rules and regulations promulgated by the commissioner shall include information on the tracing and identification of lost, stolen or estrayed swine to be identified by brands, tattoos or other means. (b) The commissioner, with the approval of the board, pursuant to rules and regulations, shall be authorized to designate positions on which livestock may be branded, not to exceed eight such positions. (Acts 1975, No. 567, p. 1301, §§2, 9; Acts 1979, No. 79-667, p. 1174, §1.)
AL Code § 2-15-29 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 15 - Livestock.|Article 2 - Branding of Livestock.|Section 2-15-29 - Prohibited Acts.

Section 2-15-29Prohibited acts. It shall be unlawful for: (1) Any person to use any brand for branding livestock unless the brand is registered with the department; (2) Any person to obliterate, alter or deface the brand of any livestock; (3) Any livestock market or livestock dealer to receive any livestock for sale or any livestock slaughterer to receive livestock for slaughter unless records of receipt and sale are kept in accordance with the requirements of this article; (4) Any livestock market, livestock dealer or livestock slaughterer to fail or refuse to keep a copy of the register of brands furnished by the department in a place easily accessible to interested parties for inspection at reasonable times as required by subsection (a) of Section 2-15-27; (5) Any livestock market or livestock dealer or livestock slaughterer to fail or refuse to keep a record for review and inspection at reasonable times as required by subsection (b) of Section 2-15-27; and (6) Any livestock hide dealer to fail or refuse to keep records required by subsection (c) of Section 2-15-27 for review and inspection as required by said subsection. (Acts 1975, No. 567, p. 1301, §10.)
AL Code § 2-15-30 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 15 - Livestock.|Article 2 - Branding of Livestock.|Section 2-15-30 - Violations of Provisions of Article or Rules and Regulations Promulgated Thereunder Deemed Misdemeanors; Disposition of Fines Collected for Violations of Article; Revocation, etc., of Permits or Licenses of Livestock Markets or Livestock Dealers by Commissioner Upon Violations of Provisions of Article.

Section 2-15-30Violations of provisions of article or rules and regulations promulgated thereunder deemed misdemeanors; disposition of fines collected for violations of article; revocation, etc., of permits or licenses of livestock markets or livestock dealers by commissioner upon violations of provisions of article. (a) Any person who performs any act declared to be unlawful by this article or who fails to perform any duty imposed by the provisions and requirements of this article or who violates any rule or regulation promulgated hereunder shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable as provided by law for such an offense. (b) All amounts paid as fines for violations of this article when collected by the proper authority shall be transmitted to the department and deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Agricultural Fund. (c) If any livestock market or livestock dealer violates any of the provisions or requirements of this article, such violations shall constitute grounds for the commissioner to revoke or cancel or refuse to issue or renew the permit or license issued by him which authorizes the operation of a livestock market or to engage in business as a livestock dealer pursuant to the law which regulates and governs the receipt, handling and sale of livestock at livestock markets or as a livestock dealer pursuant to Article 6 of this chapter. (Acts 1975, No. 567, p. 1301, §11.)
AL Code § 2-15-40 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 15 - Livestock.|Article 3 - Regulation of Dealers in Livestock for Purposes of Resale, Market or Slaughter.|Section 2-15-40 - "Dealer" Defined.

Section 2-15-40"Dealer" defined. Every person engaged in the business of buying livestock as defined in Section 2-15-20 for resale or slaughter or who engages in the business of transporting, hauling or driving livestock as defined in Section 2-15-20 along any public road or highway of Alabama for resale, market or slaughter or who engages in the business of slaughtering such livestock shall be deemed to be a dealer for the purposes of this article. (Acts 1936, Ex. Sess., No. 190, p. 222; Code 1940, T. 2, §384; Acts 1979, No. 79-774, p. 1376, §1; Acts 1994, No. 94-322, p. 562, §3.)
AL Code § 2-15-41 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 15 - Livestock.|Article 3 - Regulation of Dealers in Livestock for Purposes of Resale, Market or Slaughter.|Section 2-15-41 - Dealer's Permit Required; Permit Fee and Plates for Vehicles Used in Hauling or Transporting Livestock; Relation to Article 6 of Chapter.

Section 2-15-41Dealer's permit required; permit fee and plates for vehicles used in hauling or transporting livestock; relation to Article 6 of chapter. No dealer, except as provided in this section, may engage in any business described in Section 2-15-40 without a permit. Every dealer shall annually, on or before October 1, file an application with the commissioner for a permit to engage in the business. The application shall be made upon forms furnished by the Department of Agriculture and Industries and shall contain such information as may be required. The fee for every permit, except as provided in this section, shall be established by the Board of Agriculture and Industries not to exceed thirty-seven dollars fifty cents ($37.50), which shall be paid to the commissioner and deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Agricultural Fund. If such permit fee is not paid within 45 days from the date on which the fee is due, a delinquent penalty of 15 percent shall be added. Every dealer who also engages in the business of transporting or hauling for hire cattle, sheep, goats, or hogs along any public road or highway of Alabama for resale, market, or slaughter shall pay an annual permit fee established by the Board of Agriculture and Industries not to exceed thirty-seven dollars fifty cents ($37.50) for each vehicle used in hauling or transporting such livestock, and the commissioner, under rules promulgated by the Board of Agriculture and Industries, shall issue a suitable permit plate or annual decal for proper identification of each vehicle used by dealers in hauling or transporting livestock for resale, market, or slaughter. Any dealer who procures a license as a dealer pursuant to the requirements of Article 6 of this chapter and who otherwise complies with the provisions of Article 6 of this chapter shall not be required to obtain the annual permit nor pay the fee therefor as required under this section, but every such dealer shall comply with the other provisions and requirements of this article; provided, that any dealer who is required to procure a license by Article 6 of this chapter who also engages in the business of transporting or hauling for hire cattle, sheep, goats, or hogs along any public road or highway in Alabama shall also be required to procure a permit and pay the fee therefor as required under this section. (Acts 1936, Ex. Sess., No. 190, p. 222; Code 1940, T. 2, §385; Acts 1953, No. 226, p. 292; Acts 1976, No. 363, p. 448, §1; Act 2004-516, p. 996, §1; Act 2017-226, §1.)
AL Code § 2-15-42 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 15 - Livestock.|Article 3 - Regulation of Dealers in Livestock for Purposes of Resale, Market or Slaughter.|Section 2-15-42 - Forfeiture of Dealer's Permit.

Section 2-15-42Forfeiture of dealer's permit. Any dealer as defined in Section 2-15-40 who willfully violates any of the rules and regulations of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries lawfully made under the provisions of this article, shall forfeit the permit as such dealer in addition to any other penalty or punishment provided by law. (Acts 1936, Ex. Sess., No. 190, p. 222; Code 1940, T. 2, §391.)
AL Code § 2-15-43 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 15 - Livestock.|Article 3 - Regulation of Dealers in Livestock for Purposes of Resale, Market or Slaughter.|Section 2-15-43 - Dealers to Obtain, etc., Bills of Sale Upon Purchase of Livestock as Defined in Section 2-15-20; Dealers Transporting Livestock for Hire Upon Public Roads or Highways to Issue Waybills or Bills of Lading; Transporting of Livestock Without Bill of Sale, etc.; Dealer, etc., to Exhibit Bill of Sale, etc., Upon Demand by Sheriff, Etc.

Section 2-15-43Dealers to obtain, etc., bills of sale upon purchase of livestock as defined in Section 2-15-20; dealers transporting livestock for hire upon public roads or highways to issue waybills or bills of lading; transporting of livestock without bill of sale, etc.; dealer, etc., to exhibit bill of sale, etc., upon demand by sheriff, etc. All such dealers shall be required to obtain from the owner or seller, on purchase of any livestock as defined in Section 2-15-20, a bill of sale therefor, upon such forms as may be prescribed by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries and shall, on purchase, leave with such owner or seller a copy or duplicate of such bill of sale. Dealers engaged in the business of transporting or hauling for hire livestock as defined in Section 2-15-20 along any public road or highway shall issue a waybill or bill of lading for all livestock hauled or transported by them containing such information as may be required by rules and regulations approved by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries. It shall be unlawful for any dealer or his agent or employee to drive, haul or otherwise transport any such livestock along or upon any public road or highway in Alabama unless such dealer or his agent or employee shall have in his possession accompanying such hauling or shipment or transportation the original or a duplicate copy of the bill of sale, waybill or bill of lading as required by this section for any such livestock so being driven, hauled or transported, and the dealer or his agent or employee or other person in charge of such livestock shall on demand exhibit said accompanying bill of sale, waybill or bill of lading to any sheriff, deputy or other officer of the law. (Acts 1936, Ex. Sess., No. 190, p. 222; Code 1940, T. 2, §386; Acts 1976, No. 363, p. 448, §2; Acts 1994, No. 94-322, p. 562, §4.)
AL Code § 2-15-45 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 15 - Livestock.|Article 3 - Regulation of Dealers in Livestock for Purposes of Resale, Market or Slaughter.|Section 2-15-45 - Promulgation of Rules and Regulations as to Conduct, Management and Operation of Business of Dealers.

Section 2-15-45Promulgation of rules and regulations as to conduct, management and operation of business of dealers. Power is hereby conferred upon the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, with the approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, to establish rules and regulations not inconsistent with law for the conduct, management and operation of any business as defined in this article, including the making, keeping and inspection of records to facilitate the tracing and identification of such livestock, the records to be kept and reports made and other like matters provided for to protect against stealing or unlawful dealing in or transportation of such livestock. (Acts 1936, Ex. Sess., No. 190, p. 222; Code 1940, T. 2, §389.)
AL Code § 2-15-46 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 15 - Livestock.|Article 3 - Regulation of Dealers in Livestock for Purposes of Resale, Market or Slaughter.|Section 2-15-46 - Violation of Provisions of Article Deemed Misdemeanor.

Section 2-15-46Violation of provisions of article deemed misdemeanor. Any person violating any provisions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (Acts 1936, Ex. Sess., No. 190, p. 222; Code 1940, T. 2, §390.)
AL Code § 2-15-47 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 15 - Livestock.|Article 3 - Regulation of Dealers in Livestock for Purposes of Resale, Market or Slaughter.|Section 2-15-47 - Applicability of Provisions of Article.

Section 2-15-47Applicability of provisions of article. The provisions of this article shall not apply to the buying, transportation or resale of cattle, hogs, sheep or goats when the buying, transportation or resale of such livestock is for the purpose of grazing, feeding or milking of such livestock by the person so buying, transporting or reselling such livestock. (Acts 1936, Ex. Sess., No. 190, p. 222; Code 1940, T. 2, §388.)
AL Code § 2-15-48 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 15 - Livestock.|Article 3 - Regulation of Dealers in Livestock for Purposes of Resale, Market or Slaughter.|Section 2-15-48 - Permits Required by Article Cumulative; Article Not to Prohibit Adoption by Municipalities of Sanitary Rules or Regulations for Conduct of Dealer's Business.

Section 2-15-48Permits required by article cumulative; article not to prohibit adoption by municipalities of sanitary rules or regulations for conduct of dealer's business. The payment of the permit fees provided for in this article shall be in addition to any license or licenses now or hereafter required to be paid to the State of Alabama or any county or any incorporated city or town for the privilege of conducting such business or businesses, and nothing contained in this article shall prohibit any incorporated city or town from adopting sanitary rules or regulations for the conduct of any such business within such city or town. (Acts 1936, Ex. Sess., No. 190, p. 222; Code 1940, T. 2, §392.)
AL Code § 2-15-110 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 15 - Livestock.|Article 5 - Handling of Livestock in Markets and in Transit.|Section 2-15-110 - Inhumane Handling or Handling in Violation of Article Prohibited.

Section 2-15-110Inhumane handling or handling in violation of article prohibited. In order to prevent injury to animals in livestock markets and in transit and to prevent unnecessary abuse and cruelty to animals with resultant loss of profit from the slaughter and sale of such animals, it shall be unlawful in this state to handle or transport such animals in any manner not consistent with humane methods of treatment to such extent as is reasonably possible or in a manner not in compliance with or in violation of the requirements of this article. (Acts 1967, No. 214, p. 578, §1.)
AL Code § 2-15-111 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 15 - Livestock.|Article 5 - Handling of Livestock in Markets and in Transit.|Section 2-15-111 - Conveyances Used to Transport Livestock to Proceed to Destination Without Delay; Notice to Owner of Livestock of Breakdown.

Section 2-15-111Conveyances used to transport livestock to proceed to destination without delay; notice to owner of livestock of breakdown. (a) All trucks, vans or other conveyances used for the transportation of cattle, sheep, swine or other animals along public roads, streets or highways of Alabama shall, prior to the loading of such animals, be prepared to proceed to their destination without delay and, upon loading, shall proceed by the most direct and usually traveled route. (b) In the event of a breakdown that would cause a delay of the arrival of the livestock at their destination for more than one hour, the owner of such livestock shall be notified as soon as possible of such breakdown. (Acts 1967, No. 214, p. 578, §2.)
AL Code § 2-15-112 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 15 - Livestock.|Article 5 - Handling of Livestock in Markets and in Transit.|Section 2-15-112 - Construction of Conveyances Used for Transporting of Livestock.

Section 2-15-112Construction of conveyances used for transporting of livestock. All such trucks, vans or other conveyances used for the transporting of the animals described in this article shall be so constructed that the roof of any deck of the conveyance will not touch the highest point of the back of any animal loaded thereon. Any such conveyance which is propelled or drawn by the use of diesel fuel shall have the exhaust so placed that the fumes will not blow directly into the area in which the animals are loaded either when the conveyance is in motion or when it is motionless. (Acts 1967, No. 214, p. 578, §3.)