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2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 15 - Livestock. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-15-5 - Care and Handling of Livestock and Animal Husbandry Practices on Private Property.

Section 2-15-5
Care and handling of livestock and animal husbandry practices on private property.
(a) For the purpose of this section and Sections 2-4-1 and 13A-11-14, the term livestock shall include, but is not limited to, bovines, swine, sheep, goats, equine or equidae, ratites, poultry, pen-raised livestock such as quail, deer, pheasants, or similar livestock, and other farm animals.
(b) This section shall not affect the authority or the responsibility of any law enforcement agency or its officers to investigate or prosecute any violation of the law.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed as relieving a farm or farm operation from complying with public health and sanitation statutes, rules, and orders administered or enforced by or through the Department of Public Health and any county health department.
(d) Except as otherwise provided by state or federal law or as provided in subsection (f), the entire subject matter concerning the care and handling of livestock and animal husbandry practices involved in the production of agricultural and farm products on private property shall be reserved to the Department of Agriculture and Industries and the State Board of Agriculture and Industries and shall be subject to the sole jurisdiction of the department and board.
(e) Except as provided in subsection (f), no county or municipal governing body may adopt or continue in effect any ordinance, rule, or resolution concerning the care and handling of livestock or animal husbandry practices involved in the production of agricultural and farm products on private property.
(f) This section shall not affect, repeal, supersede, or override any ordinance heretofore enacted by a county or municipal governing body, or preclude or prohibit a county or municipal governing body from hereinafter enacting an ordinance, concerning zoning, business licenses, or the enforcement of public nuisances.
(g) The State Board of Agriculture and Industries may adopt rules necessary to carry out the intent and purpose of this section.
(Act 2010-550, p. 977, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 15 - Livestock. › Article 2 - Branding of Livestock. › Section 2-15-20 - Definitions.

Section 2-15-20
Definitions.
When used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) BOARD. The State Board of Agriculture and Industries of the State of Alabama.
(2) BRAND. Any recorded identification mark applied to any position on the hide of livestock by means of heat, acid, or a chemical, except numbers used to keep production records or record of age. The word "brand" shall also mean and include tattoo marks on the hide or in the ear of livestock.
(3) COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries of the State of Alabama.
(4) DEPARTMENT. The Department of Agriculture and Industries of the State of Alabama.
(5) LIVESTOCK. Cattle, swine, sheep, goats, equine or equidae, ratites, and poultry.
(6) LIVESTOCK HIDE DEALER. Any dealer who buys hides of livestock.
(7) LIVESTOCK MARKET. A place where a person assembles livestock for public sale, if the person is required to procure a license or permit from the state Department of Agriculture and Industries to operate the market.
(8) PERSON. Any individual, partnership, corporation, or association.
(Acts 1975, No. 567, p. 1301, §1; Acts 1979, No. 79-667, p. 1174, §1; Acts 1994, No. 94-322, p. 562, §2; Act 2004-627, p. 1421, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 15 - Livestock. › Article 2 - Branding of Livestock. › Section 2-15-21 - Registration of Brands by Livestock Owners; Fees; Certificate of Registration.

Section 2-15-21
Registration of brands by livestock owners; fees; certificate of registration.
(a) Any livestock owner who uses a brand to identify his or her livestock must register such brand by applying to the department. The application shall be made on forms prescribed and furnished by the department, which application shall be accompanied by a fee established by the Alabama Board of Agriculture and Industries for the first position on the animal on which the brand appears and a fee established by the Board of Agriculture and Industries for each additional position of the animal on which the brand appears. A facsimile of the brand to be registered shall also be furnished by the applicant.
If the brand described in the application or one similar or closely resembling a registered brand has not been previously registered by another livestock owner and the brand complies with standards and requirements of brands acceptable for registration as prescribed by the board pursuant to regulations, then the department shall approve the application, register the brand in the name of the applicant, and issue to the applicant a certificate of registration. In the event the department denies registration of a brand for any reason, the registration fee established by the board shall be returned to the person making application for registration.
(b) When a livestock owner transfers a registered brand to another, the owner shall immediately notify the department of the transfer, giving the date of transfer, brand identity, and the name of the transferee. Upon receipt of the notice of transfer and a transfer fee established by the board, the department shall cause the transfer to be made in its register of brands. The brand shall not be used by the new owner until permission has been given by the department.
(c) The provisions of this article shall not be construed to require any owner of livestock to brand his or her livestock unless the owner voluntarily elects to do so in compliance with the registration requirements of this article.
(Acts 1975, No. 567, p. 1301, §2; Act 2004-516, p. 996, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 15 - Livestock. › Article 2 - Branding of Livestock. › Section 2-15-22 - Admissibility of Certificate of Registration in Civil Actions or Criminal Proceedings as to Title or Right of Possession.

Section 2-15-22
Admissibility of certificate of registration in civil actions or criminal proceedings as to title or right of possession.
In all civil actions or in any criminal proceedings when the title or right of possession of livestock is involved, a copy of the certificate of livestock brand registration verified by affidavit of the commissioner shall be received in evidence by the court as evidence of the registration of such brand in accordance with the requirements of this article.
(Acts 1975, No. 567, p. 1301, §3.)
2023 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 2-15-23
Renewal 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.)
2023 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 2-15-24
Furnishing, 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.)
2023 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 2-15-25
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.
(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.)
2023 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 2-15-26
Disposition 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.)
2023 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 2-15-27
Records 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.)
2023 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 2-15-28
Promulgation of rules and regulations by commissioner for implementation of article, etc., generally; designation by commissioner of positions on which animals may be branded.
(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.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 15 - Livestock. › Article 2 - Branding of Livestock. › Section 2-15-29 - Prohibited Acts.

Section 2-15-29
Prohibited 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.)
2023 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 2-15-30
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.
(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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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 2-15-41
Dealer'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.)
2023 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 2-15-42
Forfeiture 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.)
2023 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 2-15-43
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.
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.)
2023 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 2-15-45
Promulgation 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.)
2023 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 2-15-46
Violation 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.)
2023 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 2-15-47
Applicability 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.)
2023 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 2-15-48
Permits 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.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 15 - Livestock. › Article 4 - Regulation of Livestock Markets Generally. › Division 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-15-60 - Definitions.

Section 2-15-60
Definitions.
When used in this division, the following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
(1) BOARD. The Board of Agriculture and Industries of the State of Alabama.
(2) COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries of the State of Alabama.
(3) DEPARTMENT. The Department of Agriculture and Industries of the State of Alabama.
(4) LIVESTOCK. Cattle, swine, sheep, goats, equine or equidae, ratites, and poultry.
(5) LIVESTOCK MARKET. A place, concentration or collection point, or other public or private place where a person shall assemble livestock for either public or private sale by him and such service or the cost or expense thereof is to be compensated for by the owner, on a commission basis or otherwise, or where such person purchases livestock for resale. The term shall not include:
a. Any place other than at a permanently established livestock market, used solely for the dispersal sale of the livestock of a farmer, dairyman, livestock breeder or feeder who is discontinuing said business and no other livestock is there sold or offered for sale.
b. Any farm, ranch, or place where livestock either raised or kept thereon for the grazing season or for fattening is sold and no other livestock is brought there for sale or offered for sale.
c. The premises of any butcher, packer, or processor who receives animals exclusively for immediate slaughter.
d. The premises of any person engaged in the raising of livestock for breeding purposes only who limits his sale to animals of his own production.
e. Any place where a breeder or an association of breeders of livestock of any class assemble and offer for sale and sell under his or their own management any livestock when such breeder or association of breeders shall assume all responsibility of such sale and the title of livestock sold.
f. Any place, other than at a permanently established livestock market, used solely for livestock sales of 4-H clubs, Future Farmers of America and other youth organizations of like kind.
(6) PERSON. Any individual, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity or organization.
(Acts 1975, No. 386, p. 950, §1; Acts 1979, No. 79-774, p. 1376, §2; Acts 1994, No. 94-322, p. 562, §5; Act 2004-627, p. 1421, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 15 - Livestock. › Article 4 - Regulation of Livestock Markets Generally. › Division 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-15-63 - Bonds of Livestock Market Operators.

Section 2-15-63
Bonds of livestock market operators.
Any person operating a livestock market in this state shall make and execute a bond in favor of the State of Alabama, which bond shall be made by a surety company qualified to do business in the State of Alabama and such bond shall be filed in the office of the commissioner. The minimum amount of such bond shall be $5,000.00 or such greater sum not to exceed $50,000.00. The exact amount of said bond shall be determined by dividing the gross amount of business done by such livestock market during the preceding 12 months or such part thereof as the livestock market was engaged in business by the number of days on which sales were made, and such bond shall be not less than the nearest multiple of $1,000.00. Any bond accepted under the provisions of this section shall be not less than $5,000.00 nor more than $50,000.00. In the event the livestock market has not engaged in business during the year preceding the date of its application for a permit, the amount of the bond shall be determined by the commissioner upon the basis of anticipated business to be done during the year for which a permit is applied. The commissioner shall require a bond in an amount to be arrived at by dividing the gross amount of anticipated business by the number of days on which sales are to be held during the year for which the permit is applied.
Such bond shall be conditioned that the livestock market named therein as principal shall, upon the sale of any livestock, promptly pay to the rightful owners all money received by it, less reasonable expenses and commissions.
Any person having a right of action against the livestock market named as principal in such bond may bring a civil action in his own name against the principal and surety of such bond for the recovery of any loss sustained by the owner of livestock for the violation of the conditions of said bond; provided, however, that the aggregate liability of the surety for all such losses shall in no event exceed the amount of said bond.
The commissioner is hereby authorized to accept a bond made by any livestock market pursuant to the bonding provisions of the federal Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921, as amended, and any livestock market presenting such a bond shall be deemed to have complied with the bonding provisions of this section; provided, that the amount of such bond shall equal or be greater than the amount required under this section. The commissioner is authorized to be designated as trustee in any bond or principal-surety contract or he shall be authorized to designate the director or chief of the division of the department which handles the administration of this division to be designated and named as trustee in any bond accepted as authorized in this section which is made by any livestock market as required under the Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921, as amended.
(Acts 1975, No. 386, p. 950, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 15 - Livestock. › Article 4 - Regulation of Livestock Markets Generally. › Division 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-15-64 - Equipment and Facilities Required for Markets; Promulgation of Rules and Regulations by Commissioner as to Operation of Markets Generally.

Section 2-15-64
Equipment and facilities required for markets; promulgation of rules and regulations by commissioner as to operation of markets generally.
(a) Every livestock market operating under this division shall have adequate and proper facilities for handling livestock, which shall include proper pens for holding and segregating animals properly protected from the weather; an adequate sanitary water supply; satisfactory scales, such scales to be approved by the division of weights and measures, Department of Agriculture and Industries or its successor in duties; concrete-floored pens for holding cattle to be tested, treated or sprayed; and adequately constructed and designated quarantine pens for segregating and testing livestock that might be affected with or exposed to a contagious or infectious disease. Necessary chutes for handling cattle must be provided. If feeder or breeder swine are handled, concrete or other impervious floored pens must be provided that will keep this kind of swine completely separated from slaughter swine at all times.
(b) Livestock markets shall also be required to have certain necessary and essential equipment and to comply with such other minimum standards of construction as may be required by rules and regulations promulgated by the commissioner, with the approval of the board, to carry out the evident intent and purposes of this section.
(c) The commissioner, with the approval of the board, is also authorized to promulgate such rules and regulations pertaining to the operation of livestock markets as may be reasonably necessary for the prevention, spread, eradication and control of contagious and infectious diseases among livestock which are received, kept, handled, sold, moved and delivered from livestock markets. Such regulations may require methods of receiving, keeping, handling, inspecting, testing, treating, dipping, vaccinating, inoculating, separating, segregating and quarantining livestock sold for stocker, feeder or breeding purposes as well as methods of receiving, handling, keeping, selling and moving livestock for slaughter purposes as well as rules and regulations governing the operation of scales on which livestock are weighed and testing for accuracy of such scales for the purpose of weights of livestock sold on the basis of weight.
(Acts 1975, No. 386, p. 950, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 15 - Livestock. › Article 4 - Regulation of Livestock Markets Generally. › Division 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-15-65 - Issuance and Disposition of Bills of Sale by Markets; Information to Be Shown on Bills of Sale.

Section 2-15-65
Issuance and disposition of bills of sale by markets; information to be shown on bills of sale.
(a) Every livestock market shall, upon the sale of any livestock, issue a bill of sale in duplicate and, thereupon, deliver one copy of such bill of sale to the buyer and retain one on file for a period of at least 24 months in the office of the livestock market.
(b) The type of information to be shown on such bills of sale may be prescribed by rules and regulations adopted by the board.
(Acts 1975, No. 386, p. 950, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 15 - Livestock. › Article 4 - Regulation of Livestock Markets Generally. › Division 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-15-66 - Livestock Market Operators Selling Livestock at Auction Not to Permit Purchase of Livestock, etc., by Owners, Officers, Employees, etc., of Market.

Section 2-15-66
Livestock market operators selling livestock at auction not to permit purchase of livestock, etc., by owners, officers, employees, etc., of market.
(a) Livestock market operators who sell livestock at auction shall not permit their owners, officers, agents or employees to purchase livestock at auction from consignments for resale for their own speculative accounts nor purchase livestock for the accounts of others, nor shall they permit their owners, officers, agents or employees to enter into agreements with other parties whereby such owners, officers, agents or employees shall share, directly or indirectly, in profits realized from resale of livestock purchased at auction out of consignments on a speculative basis. This provision shall not prohibit the livestock market from purchasing livestock from consignment in order to protect the legitimate interests of consignors after having publicly offered the livestock for sale to the highest bidder.
(b) Livestock market operators shall not permit auctioneers, weighmasters, clerks, starters or other employees performing duties of comparable responsibility to purchase livestock out of consignment for any purpose for their own accounts or the accounts of others.
(Acts 1975, No. 386, p. 950, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 15 - Livestock. › Article 4 - Regulation of Livestock Markets Generally. › Division 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-15-67 - Commissioner to Require Markets to Carry Insurance on Livestock Accepted for Sale.

Section 2-15-67
Commissioner to require markets to carry insurance on livestock accepted for sale.
The commissioner, with the approval of the board, shall require and is hereby authorized by appropriate rules and regulations to require livestock markets to carry insurance on all livestock accepted for sale in order that such livestock will be insured against injury or loss by fire or windstorm while such livestock are kept at a livestock market.
(Acts 1975, No. 386, p. 950, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 15 - Livestock. › Article 4 - Regulation of Livestock Markets Generally. › Division 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-15-68 - Rules and Regulations for Implementation of Division.

Section 2-15-68
Rules and regulations for implementation of division.
The commissioner, with the approval of the board, is hereby authorized to promulgate rules and regulations as are reasonably necessary to carry out the evident intent and purposes of this division. Before any rules and regulations which are authorized to be promulgated by the commissioner under this division shall be approved by the board, the commissioner shall, at least 10 days before any such rule or regulation is submitted to the board for approval, notify all livestock markets in the State of Alabama of the date on which such regulation is to be submitted to the board for approval in order that livestock market operators may appear and be heard concerning the adoption of all rules and regulations to be promulgated and approved under the provisions of this division.
Following promulgation and approval of all rules and regulations as authorized under this division and within 30 days, the commissioner shall give notice of such rules and regulations so promulgated and approved and such rules and regulations shall not become effective until the expiration of such 30-day period.
(Acts 1975, No. 386, p. 950, §9.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 15 - Livestock. › Article 4 - Regulation of Livestock Markets Generally. › Division 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-15-69 - Right of Entry and Inspection by Commissioner, State Veterinarian, etc.; Interference With Performance of Duties by Commissioner, State Veterinarian, Etc.

Section 2-15-69
Right of entry and inspection by commissioner, State Veterinarian, etc.; interference with performance of duties by commissioner, State Veterinarian, etc.
(a) The commissioner, the State Veterinarian or their duly authorized agent, including livestock market inspectors and livestock theft investigators of the department, are hereby authorized and may enter upon the premises of any livestock market or into any buildings on such premises at all reasonable hours for the purpose of examining and inspecting such premises, buildings or other structures located on such premises in enforcing the provisions of this division. The commissioner, the State Veterinarian or their duly authorized agents, including livestock markets inspectors and livestock theft investigators, shall also have access during business hours of the day to the livestock markets' records relating to the receipt, keeping, handling, sale and delivery of livestock for examination and inspection in carrying out the provisions of this division or rules and regulations relating thereto.
(b) Any person who shall assault, resist, impede, oppose, prevent or interfere with the commissioner, the State Veterinarian or their authorized agents, including livestock markets inspectors and livestock theft investigators, in the execution of his or their duties shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable under the penalty provisions of this division.
(Acts 1975, No. 386, p. 950, §10.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 15 - Livestock. › Article 4 - Regulation of Livestock Markets Generally. › Division 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-15-71 - Purchase, etc., of Livestock on Public Road, etc., Within 2,500 Feet of Public Livestock Market.

Section 2-15-71
Purchase, etc., of livestock on public road, etc., within 2,500 feet of public livestock market.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to buy or offer to buy livestock on any public street, road or highway within 2,500 feet of the premises of a public livestock market which has obtained a permit to engage in business pursuant to this division. Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished as prescribed by law.
(b) The Department of Agriculture and Industries is charged with the enforcement of this section.
(Acts 1969, No. 749, p. 1327.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 15 - Livestock. › Article 4 - Regulation of Livestock Markets Generally. › Division 1A - Reporting Compliance With Livestock Dealers' Financial Responsibility Act. › Section 2-15-80 - Purpose of Division.

Section 2-15-80
Purpose of division.
The Alabama Livestock Dealers' Financial Responsibility Act requires, among other things, the prompt payment of the purchase price of livestock purchased by livestock dealers. Therefore, the intent and purpose of this division is to enable the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries to more effectively enforce the requirements of such act by requiring livestock markets to report to the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries any dealer who purchases livestock without complying with the provisions of said act.
(Acts 1979, No. 79-821, p. 1532, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 15 - Livestock. › Article 4 - Regulation of Livestock Markets Generally. › Division 1A - Reporting Compliance With Livestock Dealers' Financial Responsibility Act. › Section 2-15-81 - Definitions.

Section 2-15-81
Definitions.
When used in this division, the following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) PERSON. Any individual, partnership, corporation, association or other business unit.
(2) COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries of the State of Alabama.
(3) ALABAMA LIVESTOCK DEALERS' FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT. An act of the Legislature of Alabama of 1969 now appearing as Sections 2-15-130 through 2-15-138.
(4) DEALER. Any person engaged in the business of buying livestock as a dealer as defined in Section 2-15-131(5).
(5) LIVESTOCK MARKET. Any person engaged in the operation of a livestock market as defined in Section 2-15-60(6).
(Acts 1979, No. 79-821, p. 1532, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 15 - Livestock. › Article 4 - Regulation of Livestock Markets Generally. › Division 1A - Reporting Compliance With Livestock Dealers' Financial Responsibility Act. › Section 2-15-82 - Livestock Market Reporting Requirements; Provision of List of Licensed Dealers by Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries.

Section 2-15-82
Livestock market reporting requirements; provision of list of licensed dealers by Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries.
Every livestock market in Alabama is hereby required to report to the commissioner the name and address of any dealer who fails or refuses to comply with the requirements of the Alabama Livestock Dealers' Financial Responsibility Act which requires every dealer in livestock to make full payment of the amount of each purchase of livestock to the person from whom the purchase was made not later than the close of the next business day following the date of such purchase. The commissioner shall furnish every livestock market with a complete list showing thereon the names and addresses of every dealer who has been issued a livestock dealer's license, with supplements thereto, as may be necessary to enable livestock markets to comply with the reporting requirements hereof.
(Acts 1979, No. 79-821, p. 1532, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 15 - Livestock. › Article 4 - Regulation of Livestock Markets Generally. › Division 1A - Reporting Compliance With Livestock Dealers' Financial Responsibility Act. › Section 2-15-83 - Inspection of Records by Commissioner, Inspectors, Etc.

Section 2-15-83
Inspection of records by commissioner, inspectors, etc.
The commissioner, duly authorized inspectors, employees and agents of the Department of Agriculture and Industries shall have power and authority during business hours to enter upon the premises of any livestock market and to have access to and inspect books, invoices and other like records of such markets relating to the receipt, keeping, sale and delivery of livestock for the purpose of enforcing the requirements of this division.
(Acts 1979, No. 79-821, p. 1532, §4.)