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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 276 - Stockyards, Grain and Produce Exchanges › Section 276.556 - Hearings, director to promulgate rules.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 276
• Effective - 28 Aug 1980
276.556. Hearings, director to promulgate rules. —
All hearings provided for in sections 276.401 to 276.581 or in regulations promulgated hereunder shall be held in accordance with the provisions prescribed by the director.
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(L. 1980 H.B. 1627 § 31)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 276 - Stockyards, Grain and Produce Exchanges › Section 276.561 - Formal notices may be eliminated, when — parties may resolve differences.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 276
• Effective - 28 Aug 1980
276.561. Formal notices may be eliminated, when — parties may resolve differences. —
1. Upon the agreement of the director, and the known interested parties, a hearing may be held without formal notice at such time and place as all of the parties may agree.
2. In all disputes arising from rights or obligations under sections 276.401 to 276.581 and regulations promulgated hereunder in which all parties are private persons and in which the director is not involved as a party, the parties shall be afforded the opportunity to settle and resolve such dispute prior to a hearing held pursuant to sections 276.401 to 276.581.
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(L. 1980 H.B. 1627 § 32)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 276 - Stockyards, Grain and Produce Exchanges › Section 276.566 - Director may contract with other states regarding uniform procedures.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 276
• Effective - 28 Aug 1980
276.566. Director may contract with other states regarding uniform procedures. —
The director is authorized and empowered to enter into contracts and agreements necessary to cooperate with any other state to make uniform the procedures followed in bonding, licensing and examining state licensed grain dealers and to make available to those states with whom Missouri has entered into such contracts and agreements the information acquired under such bonding, licensing and examining procedures.
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(L. 1980 H.B. 1627 § 33)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 276 - Stockyards, Grain and Produce Exchanges › Section 276.571 - Licenses may be revoked or suspended because of actions in other states, when, procedure.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 276
• Effective - 28 Aug 1980
276.571. Licenses may be revoked or suspended because of actions in other states, when, procedure. —
When the director receives notice from a state with which Missouri has a cooperative agreement under sections 276.401 to 276.581 of the imposition of a final judgment in a civil action, criminal conviction, or final administrative action for an act by a grain dealer licensed in this state, which, if committed in this state would constitute a violation of sections 276.401 to 276.581, he is authorized to initiate such proceedings as he may deem appropriate under sections 276.401 to 276.581, either administrative or judicial, to suspend or revoke the grain dealer's license or to enjoin such grain dealer from operating in this state.
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(L. 1980 H.B. 1627 § 34)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 276 - Stockyards, Grain and Produce Exchanges › Section 276.576 - Satisfaction of bonding requirements.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 276
• Effective - 28 Aug 1980
276.576. Satisfaction of bonding requirements. —
The bonding requirements of sections 276.401 to 276.581 may be satisfied by:
(1) Filing with the director evidence of a bond on file with any other state with which Missouri has a cooperative agreement as provided for by sections 276.401 to 276.581; and
(2) Such bond shall be copayable to the state of Missouri for the benefit of sellers of grain in Missouri; and
(3) The bond shall be in an amount at least equal to the amounts required by sections 276.401 to 276.581.
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(L. 1980 H.B. 1627 § 35)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 276 - Stockyards, Grain and Produce Exchanges › Section 276.581 - Bonds may be copayable to another state.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 276
• Effective - 28 Aug 1980
276.581. Bonds may be copayable to another state. —
Any bond required by sections 276.401 to 276.581 may be made copayable to any state with whom Missouri has entered into contracts or agreements as authorized by section 276.566, for the benefit of sellers of grain in that state.
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(L. 1980 H.B. 1627 § 36)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 276 - Stockyards, Grain and Produce Exchanges › Section 276.582 - Signs to be posted stating licensing status of grain dealer, requirements, violation, penalties — attorney general may investigate violations, also for grain warehouses, when.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 276
• Effective - 28 Aug 1994
276.582. Signs to be posted stating licensing status of grain dealer, requirements, violation, penalties — attorney general may investigate violations, also for grain warehouses, when. —
1. Each grain dealer, as defined in section 276.401, shall prominently display, at the main entrance to the building of the grain dealer and on or about the scale of the grain dealer, if any, so that such sign may be easily viewed by a person using the scale, a sign containing letters of not less than one inch and not more than six inches in height, which shall read either:
(1) "NOTICE: THIS GRAIN DEALER IS NOT LICENSED AS REQUIRED BY LAW PURSUANT TO SECTION 276.411, RSMo"; or
(2) "NOTICE: THIS GRAIN DEALER IS LICENSED AS REQUIRED BY LAW PURSUANT TO SECTION 276.411, RSMo".
2. Any grain dealer, as defined in section 276.401, who does not display the sign as required by subsection 1 of this section, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be subject to a fine of up to three hundred dollars for each day of the violation.
3. The director of the department of agriculture may refer violations of this section and section 411.778 to the attorney general if the local circuit or prosecuting attorney has not acted upon violations of this section and section 411.778 within ninety days of notice by the director of the department of agriculture of such violation. The attorney general may investigate, prosecute and appoint a special prosecuting attorney in any case which has been referred under this subsection.
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(L. 1993 H.B. 822 § 1 subsecs. 5, 6, 7, A.L. 1994 H.B. 1732)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 276 - Stockyards, Grain and Produce Exchanges › Section 276.600 - Short title.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 276
• Effective - 28 Aug 1987
276.600. Short title. —
Sections 276.600 to 276.661 shall be known, and may be cited, as the "Missouri Livestock Dealer Law".
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(L. 1977 H.B. 148 § 1, A.L. 1987 H.B. 368)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 276 - Stockyards, Grain and Produce Exchanges › Section 276.606 - Definitions.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 276
• Effective - 28 Aug 2018, 2 histories
276.606. Definitions. —
As used in sections 276.600 to 276.661, the following terms mean:
(1)
"Agent"
, any person authorized to act for a livestock dealer;
(2)
"Dealer transactions"
, any purchase, sale, or exchange of livestock by a dealer, or agent, representative, or consignee of a dealer or person in which any interest equitable or legal is acquired or divested whether directly or indirectly;
(3)
"Director"
, the director of the Missouri department of agriculture or his designated representative;
(4)
"Engaged in the business of buying, selling, or exchanging in commerce livestock"
, sales and purchases of greater frequency than the person would make in feeding operation under the normal operation of a farm, if the person is a farmer. If the person is not a farmer he is a dealer engaged in the business of buying, selling, or exchanging in commerce livestock;
(5)
"Livestock"
, cattle, swine, sheep, goats, horses and poultry, llamas, alpaca, buffalo, bison, and other domesticated or semidomesticated or exotic animals;
(6)
"Livestock dealer"
, any person engaged in the business of buying, selling, or exchanging in commerce of livestock;
(7)
"Livestock transactions"
, any purchase, sale or exchange of livestock by a person, whether or not a livestock dealer, in which any interest equitable or legal is acquired or divested whether directly or indirectly;
(8)
"Official ear tag"
, a metal or plastic ear tag prescribed by the director conforming to the nine character alpha-numeric national uniform ear-tagging system;
(9)
"Person"
, any individual, partnership, corporation, association or other legal entity;
(10)
"State veterinarian"
, the state veterinarian of the Missouri department of agriculture, or his appointed agent.
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(L. 1987 H.B. 368, A.L. 2005 S.B. 355, A.L. 2018 S.B. 627 & 925)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 276 - Stockyards, Grain and Produce Exchanges › Section 276.611 - Dealers to register with director.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 276
• Effective - 28 Aug 1989
276.611. Dealers to register with director. —
Any person engaged in the business of buying, selling, or exchanging in commerce livestock shall be registered annually with the director. Registration shall be made on forms provided by the director.
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(L. 1987 H.B. 368, A.L. 1989 H.B. 362)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 276 - Stockyards, Grain and Produce Exchanges › Section 276.615 - Records to state veterinarian, when.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 276
• Effective - 28 Aug 1977
276.615. Records to state veterinarian, when. —
1. If the state veterinarian has reasonable cause to believe any livestock in this state are diseased in such a manner as to constitute a health hazard to other livestock, wherever located, he may request in writing the livestock sales records of any livestock dealer in this state for the purpose of tracing or discovering the diseased livestock, the source of the disease and all other livestock which may be affected by the disease. A livestock dealer shall have twenty-four hours to comply with such a request.
2. The state veterinarian may inspect, acquire and use such records only for the detection and eradication of disease and for no other purpose.
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(L. 1977 H.B. 248 § 4)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 276 - Stockyards, Grain and Produce Exchanges › Section 276.617 - Livestock dealer law enforcement and administration fund, created — use, investment of funds — fund not to lapse.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 276
• Effective - 28 Aug 1987
276.617. Livestock dealer law enforcement and administration fund, created — use, investment of funds — fund not to lapse. —
1. All penalties assessed for violations of this chapter shall be paid to the state treasurer to be credited to the "Livestock Dealer Law Enforcement and Administration Fund", which is hereby created. All money credited to the livestock dealer law enforcement and administration fund shall be for the use and benefit of the animal health division of the department of agriculture and specified in the annual appropriations to the department.
2. The unexpended balance in the fund at the end of each fiscal year shall not be transferred to the general revenue fund of the state, and the provisions of section 33.080 relating to the transfer of funds to the general revenue fund of the state by the state treasurer shall not apply to this fund.
3. The state treasurer shall invest all sums in the livestock dealer law enforcement and administration fund not needed for current operating expenses in interest-bearing banking accounts or United States government obligations in the manner provided by law. All yield, increment, gain, interest or income derived from the investment of these sums shall accrue to the benefit of, and be deposited within, the state treasury to the credit of the livestock dealer law enforcement and administration fund.
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(L. 1987 H.B. 368)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 276 - Stockyards, Grain and Produce Exchanges › Section 276.621 - Violations of chapter.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 276
• Effective - 28 Aug 1987
276.621. Violations of chapter. —
Any of the following acts or omissions by any person who is a livestock dealer or agent thereof or other person engaged in livestock transactions shall constitute violations of this chapter:
(1) Failure by a livestock dealer to obtain any bond required by the Packers and Stockyard Act;
(2) Any movement of livestock by any person without accompanying proper health certificates, proper tests for disease or identification as may be required under the animal health statutes of Missouri or the United States, or any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder;
(3) Failure to maintain records as required by the director;
(4) Failure to register in accordance with section 276.611.
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(L. 1987 H.B. 368)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 276 - Stockyards, Grain and Produce Exchanges › Section 276.626 - Powers and duties of director — rules and regulations.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 276
• Effective - 28 Aug 1993
276.626. Powers and duties of director — rules and regulations. —
The director shall exercise the following powers and duties:
(1) Promulgate such rules and regulations pursuant to section 276.406 and chapter 536 as he deems necessary to implement and supplement sections 276.600 to 276.661 and provide for the orderly administration of these sections. The senate committee on agriculture, conservation and parks and the house committee on agribusiness shall receive copies of any proposed rules and regulations prior to submission to the secretary of state;
(2) Require the necessary record keeping by livestock dealers;
(3) Request the attorney general to take civil action against a livestock dealer found to be in violation of any provision of sections 276.600 to 276.661. The circuit courts are hereby authorized to take jurisdiction of all such actions. Any person in violation of any provision of sections 276.600 to 276.661 is subject to a penalty not to exceed ten thousand dollars for each violation;
(4) Subpoena any record required by sections 276.600 to 276.661 or any rule or regulation promulgated hereunder of any person operating as a livestock dealer, or of any person acting for or on behalf of, or providing a service to a livestock dealer;
(5) Designate representatives.
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(L. 1987 H.B. 368, A.L. 1993 S.B. 52)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 276 - Stockyards, Grain and Produce Exchanges › Section 276.631 - Director may investigate, purpose — hearing, procedures, subpoena power, appeal — penalty, limitation.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 276
• Effective - 28 Aug 1989
276.631. Director may investigate, purpose — hearing, procedures, subpoena power, appeal — penalty, limitation. —
1. The director may, upon his own motion or upon verified complaint in writing of any person, investigate the actions of any livestock dealer or other person engaging in livestock transactions. If such person is found to be in violation of any provision of sections 276.600 to 276.661, the director may summon same to a hearing which shall be set no later than twenty business days from the date of the summons. At any time after the summons is issued, the director may apply to the circuit court in the county in which the livestock dealer resides, or, if a nonresident, in Cole County, and the court shall be authorized to enter an order barring further purchases or sales of livestock. Such order shall remain in effect until the administrative hearing provided for in this section shall be had.
2. At the hearing, the livestock dealer or other person engaging in livestock transactions and the state shall have the opportunity to present in person or by counsel such statements, testimony, evidence and argument as may be pertinent to the charges or to any defense. The director may subpoena any persons or documents incident to the hearing, may take testimony orally, by deposition or by exhibit, in the same manner and with the same fees and mileage as prescribed in judicial proceedings in civil cases. The director or his designated representative may also administer oaths to those giving evidence. Following the hearing, the director may:
(1) Assess a penalty upon such livestock dealer or other person engaging in livestock transactions in an amount not to exceed ten thousand dollars for each violation of sections 276.600 to 276.661; or
(2) Dismiss the case.
3. Any person aggrieved by a decision of the director after a hearing pursuant to this section may appeal to the circuit court.
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(L. 1987 H.B. 368, A.L. 1989 H.B. 362)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 276 - Stockyards, Grain and Produce Exchanges › Section 276.641 - Records, dealer to keep.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 276
• Effective - 28 Aug 1987
276.641. Records, dealer to keep. —
Every livestock dealer and any agent of any livestock dealer shall maintain written records of sales and purchase transactions and other information relating thereto, as shall be established by rule or regulation promulgated under the provisions of sections 276.600 to 276.661.
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(L. 1987 H.B. 368)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 276 - Stockyards, Grain and Produce Exchanges › Section 276.646 - Director granted subpoena power — venue, where.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 276
• Effective - 28 Aug 1987
276.646. Director granted subpoena power — venue, where. —
If any livestock dealer fails or refuses to comply with the provisions of sections 276.600 to 276.661, the director may subpoena such person and all livestock sales and purchase records. Upon refusal of any person to comply with any such subpoena, the director may petition the circuit court having venue for an order enforcing such subpoena. Upon failure of any person to obey a court order enforcing the director's subpoena, the court issuing such order shall find that person in contempt and punish him as provided by law. For purposes of this section venue shall be in the circuit court of any county in which the livestock dealer regularly purchases or sells any livestock.
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(L. 1987 H.B. 368)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 276 - Stockyards, Grain and Produce Exchanges › Section 276.661 - Director may petition for injunctive relief, how.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 276
• Effective - 28 Aug 1987
276.661. Director may petition for injunctive relief, how. —
The director, on determining that any person may have violated any provision of sections 276.600 to 276.661, may petition for injunctive relief from further violation. Such petition shall be addressed to the circuit court in the county in which the offense occurred or in which the offender has his principal place of business or is doing business or resides. The court, on determining that there is probable cause that a violation of sections 276.600 to 276.661 exists, shall issue appropriate injunctive relief.
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(L. 1987 H.B. 368)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 277 - Missouri Livestock Marketing Law › Section 277.010 - Designation of chapter.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 277
Effective - 28 Aug 1957
277.010. Designation of chapter. —
This chapter shall be known and referred to as "Missouri Livestock Marketing Law".
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(L. 1943 p. 310 § 1, A.L. 1957 p. 20)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 277 - Missouri Livestock Marketing Law › Section 277.020 - Definitions.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 277
• Effective - 28 Aug 2018, 2 histories
277.020. Definitions. —
The following terms as used in this chapter mean:
(1)
"Livestock"
, cattle, swine, sheep, ratite birds including but not limited to ostrich and emu, aquatic products as defined in section 277.024, llamas, alpaca, buffalo, bison, elk documented as obtained from a legal source and not from the wild and raised in confinement for human consumption or animal husbandry, goats and poultry, equine and exotic animals;
(2)
"Livestock market"
, a place of business or place where livestock is concentrated for the purpose of sale, exchange or trade made at regular or irregular intervals, whether at auction or not, except this definition shall not apply to any public farm sale or purebred livestock sale, or to any sale, transfer, or exchange of livestock from one person to another person for movement or transfer to other farm premises or directly to a licensed market;
(3)
"Livestock sale"
, the business of mediating, for a commission, or otherwise, sale, purchase, or exchange transactions in livestock, whether or not at a livestock market; except the term "livestock sale" shall not apply to order buyers, livestock dealers or other persons acting directly as a buying agent for any third party;
(4)
"Person"
, individuals, partnerships, corporations and associations;
(5)
"State veterinarian"
, the state veterinarian of the Missouri state department of agriculture.
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(L. 1943 p. 310 § 2, A.L. 1957 p. 20, A.L. 1989 S.B. 300, A.L. 1993 H.B. 566 merged with S.B. 84, A.L. 1995 S.B. 109, A.L. 2005 S.B. 355, A.L. 2018 S.B. 627 & 925)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 277 - Missouri Livestock Marketing Law › Section 277.022 - Ratite birds classified as livestock.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 277
Effective - 28 Aug 1993
277.022. Ratite birds classified as livestock. —
For the purposes of any rule or regulation promulgated by any department, board, or commission of this state, ratite birds including, but not limited to, ostrich and emu, scientifically designated as Dromiceius novaehollandiae, shall be treated and classified as livestock rather than as exotic animals.
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(L. 1993 H.B. 566 § 13 merged with S.B. 84 § 13)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 277 - Missouri Livestock Marketing Law › Section 277.024 - Aquatic products classified as livestock.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 277
• Effective - 28 Aug 1995
277.024. Aquatic products classified as livestock. —
1. As used in this section, the term
"aquaculture"
means the controlled propagation, growth and harvest of aquatic organisms, as defined by rule of the conservation commission.
2. For the purposes of construction of any law of this state or any rule or regulation promulgated by any department, board, or commission of this state, aquatic products obtained through aquaculture shall be treated and classified as livestock.
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(L. 1995 S.B. 109 § 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 277 - Missouri Livestock Marketing Law › Section 277.030 - License required to hold livestock sale.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 277
Effective - 28 Aug 1957
277.030. License required to hold livestock sale. —
No person as defined in this chapter shall engage in the business of operating a livestock sale or market unless duly licensed as hereinafter provided.
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(L. 1943 p. 310 § 3, A.L. 1957 p. 20)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 277 - Missouri Livestock Marketing Law › Section 277.040 - Application for license — issuance — disposition of fees.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 277
Effective - 28 Aug 2015
277.040. Application for license — issuance — disposition of fees. —
1. Any person engaged in establishing or operating a livestock sale or market for the purpose aforesaid shall file with the state veterinarian of the state department of agriculture an application for a license to transact such business under the provisions of this chapter. The application shall state the nature of the business and the city, township and county, and the complete post office address at which the business is to be conducted, together with any additional information that the state veterinarian requires, and a separate license shall be secured for each place where a sale is to be conducted such as is defined and required to be licensed under the provisions of this chapter.
2. The state veterinarian shall then issue to the applicant a license upon payment of an annual license fee to be fixed by rule or regulation entitling the applicant to conduct a livestock sale or market for the period of the license year or for any unexpired portion thereof, unless the license is revoked as herein provided.
3. All license fees collected under this chapter shall not yield revenue greater than the total cost of administering this chapter during the ensuing year. All license fees collected shall be made payable to the order of the state treasurer and deposited with him to the credit of the "Livestock Sales and Markets Fees Fund" hereby created, subject to appropriation by the general assembly, to inure to the use and benefit of the animal health division of the department of agriculture.
4. No business entity, whether a proprietorship, partnership or corporation shall be issued a livestock market license if any such proprietor, partner or, if a corporation, any officer or major shareholder thereof, participated in the violation of any provision of this chapter within the preceding five years, which resulted in the revocation of a livestock market license.
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(L. 1943 p. 310 § 4, A. 1949 S.B. 1100, A.L. 1957 p. 20, A.L. 1989 S.B. 300, A.L. 2015 S.B. 12)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 277 - Missouri Livestock Marketing Law › Section 277.060 - Posting of license.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 277
Effective - 28 Aug 1957
277.060. Posting of license. —
Every licensee licensed under the provisions of this chapter and carrying on or conducting business under the license shall publicly post, in a conspicuous place in or at the place of business, the license issued by the state veterinarian, the license to be kept so posted or displayed for inspection by any person.
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(L. 1943 p. 310 § 6, A.L. 1957 p. 20)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 277 - Missouri Livestock Marketing Law › Section 277.070 - Responsibility of licensee — net proceeds.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 277
Effective - 28 Aug 1957
277.070. Responsibility of licensee — net proceeds. —
1. Each licensee is responsible to the consignor of any animal offered in the livestock sale for the net proceeds of any bona fide sale of the animal and on the date of sale is responsible to the purchaser of the livestock for the safe delivery of the animal to the purchaser or his agent in a loading chute at site of the sale.
2.
"Net proceeds"
means and includes the amount remaining of any sale after deducting commissions, inspection fees and all other deductible items authorized by the terms of sale as announced by licensee, his or its agents, at the opening of the livestock sale at which the sale is made.
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(L. 1943 p. 310 § 7, A.L. 1957 p. 20)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 277 - Missouri Livestock Marketing Law › Section 277.080 - Bond — letter of credit or other financial security required — form — refusal by director, when, powers of director.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 277
Effective - 04 May 1989, see footnote
277.080. Bond — letter of credit or other financial security required — form — refusal by director, when, powers of director. —
1. Every person subject to the provisions of this chapter shall, before receiving a license, provide a satisfactory bond in an amount designated by the state veterinarian.
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 1 of this section, a licensee may substitute in lieu of any bond required therein a certificate of deposit issued by an institution insured by the federal deposit insurance corporation or the federal savings and loan insurance corporation or a bank irrevocable letter of credit, or any combination thereof, or any instrument of financial security approved and authorized by the Packers and Stockyards Administration of the United States Department of Agriculture. Letters of credit shall name the director of the department of agriculture or his designated representative as beneficiary, and be submitted in a form established by rule or regulation. The director of the department of agriculture or his designated representative may refuse to accept a letter of credit in lieu of the bond required by this chapter if the director finds that the issuing bank is or may become insolvent, or for any other reason may be unable to honor the terms of the letter of credit. The director may require an issuing bank to submit evidence of its financial condition, and the director may seek the cooperation of the division of finance in evaluating the financial condition of an issuing bank. In the event that the licensee entered into a trust fund agreement, the beneficiary of a letter of credit or the pledgee of a certificate of deposit shall be in accordance with the federal Packers and Stockyards Administration Act. In any situation wherein a trust agreement is entered into, the state veterinarian shall be the trustee on a letter of credit.
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(L. 1943 p. 310 § 8, A.L. 1957 p. 20, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 1989 S.B. 300)
Effective 5-04-89
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 277 - Missouri Livestock Marketing Law › Section 277.090 - Sales record to be kept.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 277
Effective - 28 Aug 1957
277.090. Sales record to be kept. —
The licensee shall maintain and keep a complete record so that the state veterinarian, his deputy or any peace officer may ascertain therefrom the origin and destination of each animal sold by the licensee within one year next after date of the sale.
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(L. 1943 p. 310 § 9, A.L. 1957 p. 20)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 277 - Missouri Livestock Marketing Law › Section 277.100 - Inspection and test to be made by approved persons — request by market operator to dismiss inspecting veterinary, procedure.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 277
Effective - 04 May 1989, see footnote
277.100. Inspection and test to be made by approved persons — request by market operator to dismiss inspecting veterinary, procedure. —
1. The state veterinarian shall require all licensees defined in this chapter to obtain inspection of all livestock offered for sale at any livestock sale or market in the manner that he designates.
2. The state veterinarian, or his deputy, may in his discretion order any livestock vaccinated or quarantined or both if he thinks such action advisable. The authority to require vaccination given herein shall not be construed to give the state veterinarian power to issue a general order for the vaccination of all livestock sold in this state or sold at all livestock sales in this state.
3. Livestock inspections, and all official testing of livestock for disease, including any method of identifying animals in connection with a disease, shall be made by a licensed veterinarian or other person approved by the state veterinarian and whose performance of official tests or inspections shall be in accordance with rules and regulations that may be made by the state veterinarian not contrary to the provisions of this chapter. The veterinary inspector is subject to dismissal by the state veterinarian for neglect of duty in the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter or for misconduct while on official duty. Any market operator who desires to dismiss from his position a veterinarian approved under this section, shall notify the state veterinarian, who shall review the circumstances surrounding the proposed dismissal. The state veterinarian shall provide both the market operator and the market veterinarian an opportunity to appear and be heard. In the event that such circumstances cannot be satisfactorily resolved within thirty days, the state veterinarian shall withdraw approval of the market veterinarian for that market or sale, unless it shall appear that the predominant reason for dismissal is a refusal by the market veterinarian to breach a state or federal requirement relating to the performance of official tests and inspections.
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(L. 1943 p. 310 § 10, A.L. 1957 p. 20, A.L. 1989 S.B. 300)
Effective 5-04-89
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 277 - Missouri Livestock Marketing Law › Section 277.120 - Records, authority to inspect — subpoena powers — financial records confidential, exception.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 277
• Effective - 04 May 1989, see footnote
277.120. Records, authority to inspect — subpoena powers — financial records confidential, exception. —
The state veterinarian or his duly authorized representative may inspect the records of any livestock sales or market licensee, at any reasonable time, to determine the origin and destination of any livestock handled by the licensee, or to determine if any provision of this chapter has been violated. In addition, the state veterinarian may subpoena any market record or any record relating to a market transaction. Such subpoena shall be enforceable in the circuit court of the county in which the livestock market is located or wherein any livestock sale transaction is consummated. Any documents or records obtained by the state veterinarian or his representatives which reveal the financial condition of a licensee shall be deemed confidential, and shall not be disclosed except at a hearing before the director or a court.
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(L. 1943 p. 310 § 12, A.L. 1957 p. 20, A.L. 1989 S.B. 300)
Effective 5-04-89
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 277 - Missouri Livestock Marketing Law › Section 277.130 - Licensee shall determine true ownership.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 277
Effective - 28 Aug 1957
277.130. Licensee shall determine true ownership. —
The licensee shall use reasonable care to determine the true ownership and source of any livestock sold or offered for sale and shall keep a record of same.
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(L. 1943 p. 310 § 13, A.L. 1957 p. 20)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 277 - Missouri Livestock Marketing Law › Section 277.140 - Penalties.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 277
Effective - 28 Aug 1957
277.140. Penalties. —
Any person, or any officer, agent, representative or employee of such person, who violates any of the provisions of this chapter shall upon conviction be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and in addition thereto his or their license is subject to suspension or revocation by the state veterinarian.
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(L. 1943 p. 310 § 14, A.L. 1957 p. 20)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 277 - Missouri Livestock Marketing Law › Section 277.141 - Warranties of merchantability or fitness to be in writing.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 277
Effective - 28 Aug 1980
277.141. Warranties of merchantability or fitness to be in writing. —
If a contract for the sale of livestock does not contain a written statement as to a warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, the seller is not liable for damages resulting from the lack of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose of the livestock sold under the terms of that contract.
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(L. 1980 H.B. 972)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 277 - Missouri Livestock Marketing Law › Section 277.160 - Rulemaking authority of state veterinarian, procedure.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 277
Effective - 28 Aug 1995
277.160. Rulemaking authority of state veterinarian, procedure. —
The state veterinarian is hereby authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to aid in the administration and enforcement of this chapter. No rule or portion of a rule promulgated under the authority of this chapter shall become effective unless it has been promulgated pursuant to the provisions of section 536.024.
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(L. 1989 S.B. 300, A.L. 1993 S.B. 52, A.L. 1995 S.B. 3)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 277 - Missouri Livestock Marketing Law › Section 277.170 - Injunction powers of state veterinarian.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 277
Effective - 04 May 1989, see footnote
277.170. Injunction powers of state veterinarian. —
The state veterinarian may apply to the circuit courts and the circuit courts shall be authorized to issue orders enjoining any violation of this chapter.
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(L. 1989 S.B. 300)
Effective 5-04-89
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 277 - Missouri Livestock Marketing Law › Section 277.180 - Bribes to violate the livestock marketing law — class E felony.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 277
• Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories, see footnote
277.180. Bribes to violate the livestock marketing law — class E felony. —
1. Any person who offers a bribe to any livestock market or sale operator or market veterinarian for the purpose of inducing such operator or veterinarian to violate the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a class E felony.
2. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to authorize any private cause of action, or to establish any substitute principal of a law in connection therewith.
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(L. 1989 S.B. 300 §§ 277.180, 277.200, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)
Effective 1-01-17
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 278 - Soil Conservation › Section 278.060 - Title of law.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 278
• Effective - 28 Aug 1961
278.060. Title of law. —
Sections 278.060 to 278.155 may be known and cited as "The Soil and Water Conservation Districts Law".
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(L. 1943 p. 839 § 1, A.L. 1961 p. 31)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 278 - Soil Conservation › Section 278.090 - Referendum — how conducted.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 278
• Effective - 28 Aug 1961
278.090. Referendum — how conducted. —
Wherever in this law a referendum is provided for and is used, it shall be conducted by secret ballot in such a manner that any person connected with, or any official of such referendum or election cannot know how any land representative votes. Ballot boxes similar to those used in any general election in this state shall be used and such boxes shall only be opened and the ballots counted in the presence of at least three persons who are residents of the soil and water district and who shall sign a statement they witnessed the opening of the ballot boxes and the counting of the ballots therein, but such ballot boxes shall not be opened or any ballots counted until immediately after the time expires for casting a ballot. Any person designated to conduct such a referendum or assist in such a referendum, and in that manner gains knowledge as to how any land representative voted and reveals such knowledge to any other person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
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(L. 1943 p. 839 § 3a, A.L. 1961 p. 31)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 278 - Soil Conservation › Section 278.100 - Establishment of soil and water conservation districts.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 278
• Effective - 28 Aug 1961
278.100. Establishment of soil and water conservation districts. —
1. Whenever the state soil and water districts commission shall receive from any county or any township or townships thereof a petition declaring that the saving of the soil and water in that county or in the specified township or townships is in their opinion a public necessity, said petition being signed by not less than twenty-five land representatives in each township or by fifty percent of the land representatives, if there are less than fifty land representatives in any township in the area covered by the petition, the soil and water commission, when satisfied that such petition is valid, shall call for and conduct within the area described by such petition, a public hearing of land representatives within that area, on the question of establishing that area as a soil and water conservation district. If from this hearing it shall appear to the soil and water commission that there is a general desire for establishing as a soil and water district the county or the specified township or townships, the commission shall without delay determine by a survey of the conditions of farm land in the county or specified township or townships whether the establishment of that area as a soil and water conservation district is actually necessary and administratively feasible. Upon reaching a favorable conclusion on these matters, the commission shall call for and conduct, or cause to be conducted, a referendum by ballot of land representatives within that area, on the question of establishing the county or the specified township or townships as a soil and water conservation district.
2. If a majority of all land representatives voting in this referendum, do vote in favor of this establishment, and if in the judgment of the soil and water commission the total number of votes cast does amount to a substantial expression of opinion, the soil and water commission shall at once declare the county or township, or townships thereof, as specified by the referendum, to be established as a soil and water conservation district; but if these provisions are not met, the soil and water commission shall at once declare the question of establishment to have been lost, although another referendum on this question may be called by the soil and water commission for this area at any time after two years from the date of this declaration, provided the commission meanwhile has received evidence of a more general desire for the establishment of a soil and water district for this area. Subsequent to the establishment of a township or townships as a soil and water district any other township or townships in the same county may be added to this soil and water district by the procedure used for the first establishment.
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(L. 1943 p. 839 § 4, A.L. 1961 p. 31)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 278 - Soil Conservation › Section 278.130 - Soil and water supervisors — limitation of powers.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 278
• Effective - 27 Jun 2000, see footnote
278.130. Soil and water supervisors — limitation of powers. —
1. The soil and water supervisors of any soil and water district shall not
(1) Have or exercise the right of eminent domain;
(2) Incur indebtedness beyond available funds;
(3) Issue bonds;
(4) Levy taxes;
(5) Make or levy benefit assessments or any other kind of assessments;
(6) Take contributions from that soil and water district by exactions or persuasions;
(7) Engage in the marketing of farm products or in the buying and selling of farm supplies other than those products or supplies used or needed directly or indirectly in soil and water conservation work, subject to section 278.135;
(8) Engage in agricultural research or agricultural extension teaching except under the instruction of the Missouri college of agriculture.
2. They may accept voluntary contributions from any source, if the donations are offered for the sole and exclusive purpose of promoting the saving of soil and water within the soil and water district, and if the soil and water supervisors satisfactorily guarantee to the donors the faithful use of their donations for that purpose.
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(L. 1943 p. 839 § 7, A.L. 1961 p. 31, A.L. 1965 p. 95, A.L. 2000 S.B. 741)
Effective 6-27-00
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 278 - Soil Conservation › Section 278.140 - Two or more districts may cooperate.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 278
• Effective - 28 Aug 1961
278.140. Two or more districts may cooperate. —
Any two or more soil and water conservation districts organized under the provisions of this law may cooperate with one another in the exercise of any authority conferred upon such districts or of any duty described for such districts by this law.
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(L. 1943 p. 839 § 8, A.L. 1961 p. 31)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 278 - Soil Conservation › Section 278.145 - Counties and cities may cooperate and contribute.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 278
• Effective - 28 Aug 1969
278.145. Counties and cities may cooperate and contribute. —
The county commission of any county or the governing body of any city, town or village in which a soil and water conservation district lies in whole or in part may cooperate with the supervisors of the district in carrying out the purposes of the district program, and in the event the county commission or governing body finds that the benefits accruing to the county or municipal area by reason of the program of the soil and water conservation district justify such action, the county commission or governing body may contribute money, services or the use of equipment to the district.
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(L. 1969 S.B. 184 § 2)