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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 942 | Garbage-Fed Swine and Poultry › Section 942.12 | Prosecution Proceedings.

Effective:
November 1, 1977
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 219 - 112th General Assembly
The prosecuting attorney or city director of law to whom the director of agriculture reports any violation of sections 942.01 to 942.11 of the Revised Code shall institute prosecution proceedings in any court of record in whose jurisdiction the defendant resides, where his licensed place of business is located, or where the violation occurs.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 942 | Garbage-Fed Swine and Poultry › Section 942.13 | Exceptions.

Effective:
July 17, 2009
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly
This chapter does not apply to either of the following:
(A) An individual who feeds garbage from the individual's household to the individual's own animals or an individual who only feeds bakery waste, candy waste, eggs, vegetables, or dairy products to swine;
(B) Rendered products. As used in this division, "rendered product" means raw rendering material that has been ground and heated to a minimum temperature of two hundred thirty degrees Fahrenheit to make products such as animal, poultry, or fish protein, grease, or tallow.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 942 | Garbage-Fed Swine and Poultry › Section 942.99 | Penalty.

Effective:
December 14, 1967
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 843 - 107th General Assembly
Whoever violates sections 942.01 to 942.11, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall, upon conviction be sentenced to pay a fine of one hundred dollars for a first offense. For each subsequent violation, such person shall be fined two hundred dollars or imprisoned not less than ninety days nor more than six months, or both.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 943 | Livestock Dealers › Section 943.02 | License Required.

Effective:
March 23, 2016
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 131 - 131st General Assembly
(A) No person shall act as a small dealer, dealer, or broker without first being licensed. No person shall be an employee of more than one small dealer, dealer, or broker. Except as provided in division (B) of this section, no person holding a license as a small dealer, dealer, or broker shall be an employee. No employee shall act for any small dealer, dealer, or broker unless the small dealer, dealer, or broker is licensed, and has designated the employee to act in the small dealer's, dealer's, or broker's behalf and has notified the department of agriculture in the application for license or has given official notice in writing of the appointment of the employee. The small dealer, dealer, or broker shall be accountable and responsible for all contracts pertaining to the purchase, exchange, or sale of livestock made by the employee. The small dealer, dealer, or broker who terminates the services of an employee shall notify the department in writing of the employee's termination. No person who is a licensed small dealer, dealer, or broker shall have livestock exempted pursuant to divisions (B)(1) to (6) of section 943.01 of the Revised Code.
(B)(1) No person who has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a violation of this chapter or rules adopted under it shall act as an owner, supervisor, employee, contractor, volunteer, or agent of a person licensed under this chapter unless specifically authorized to do so by the director of agriculture.
(2) The offense established under division (B)(1) of this section is a strict liability offense and section 2901.20 of the Revised Code does not apply. The designation of this offense as a strict liability offense shall not be construed to imply that any other offense, for which there is no specified degree of culpability, is not a strict liability offense.
(C) A small dealer, dealer, or broker may be an employee of other small dealers, dealers, or brokers only when the small dealer, dealer, or broker so employed is a soliciting agent for a video auction.
(D) The director shall define by rule "soliciting agent" and "video auction" for the purposes of this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 943 | Livestock Dealers › Section 943.031 | Application for License as a Small Dealer.

Effective:
October 9, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 263 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) Application for a license as a small dealer shall be made in writing to the department of agriculture. The application shall state the nature of the business, the municipal corporation or township, county, and post-office address of the location where the business is to be conducted, the name of any employee who is authorized to act in the small dealer's behalf, and any additional information that the department prescribes.
(B) The applicant shall satisfy the department of the applicant's good faith in seeking to engage in the business of a small dealer. The department then shall issue to the applicant a license to conduct the business of a small dealer at the place named in the application. Licenses, unless revoked, shall expire annually on the thirty-first day of March and shall be renewed according to the standard renewal procedure established in sections 4745.01 to 4745.03 of the Revised Code.
(C) No license shall be issued by the department to a small dealer having weighing facilities until the applicant has filed with the department a copy of a scale test certificate showing the weighing facilities to be in satisfactory condition, a copy of the license of each weigher employed by the applicant, and a certificate of inspection by the department showing livestock market facilities to be in satisfactory sanitary condition.
(D) No licensed small dealer shall employ as an employee a person who, as a small dealer, dealer, or broker, previously defaulted on contracts pertaining to the purchase, exchange, or sale of livestock until the licensee signs and files with the director an agreement that guarantees, without condition, all contracts pertaining to the purchase, exchange, or sale of livestock made by the person while in the employ of the licensee. The director shall prescribe the form and content of the agreement.
(E) A licensed small dealer is not required to maintain financial responsibility or furnish proof of financial responsibility.
Last updated October 9, 2021 at 5:20 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 943 | Livestock Dealers › Section 943.04 | Fees.

Effective:
October 17, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 229 - 129th General Assembly
(A) Fees for the initial issuance of any license issued pursuant to sections 943.02, 943.03, and 943.031 of the Revised Code, shall be paid to the department of agriculture.
(B) All annual renewal fees for the licenses shall be paid by the applicant for the renewal of a license on or before the thirty-first day of March of each year to the treasurer of state. Except for license fees for small dealers, the fees shall be based on the number of head of livestock purchased, sold, or exchanged, in this state, whichever is the greatest, during the preceding calendar year. Those fees for dealers or brokers shall be as follows:
Less than 1,000 head __________ $50.00 per annum;
For 1,001 to 10,000 head __________ $125.00 per annum;
For more than 10,000 head __________ $250.00 per annum.
In the event a dealer or broker operates more than one place where livestock is purchased, sold, or exchanged, a fee shall be paid for each place, but only the original purchase, sale, or exchange shall be counted in computing the amount of the fee to be paid for each place operated by the dealer or broker. Shipment between yards owned or operated by the dealer or broker shall be exempt.
A late fee of one hundred dollars shall be paid for each dealer or broker license renewal application that is received after the thirty-first day of March each year.
(C)(1) A fee of twenty-five dollars shall be paid by each small dealer.
If a small dealer operates more than one place where livestock is purchased, sold, or exchanged, a fee shall be paid for each place, but only the original purchase, sale, or exchange shall be counted in computing the amount of fee to be paid for each place operated by the small dealer. Shipment between yards owned or operated by the small dealer shall be exempt.
(2) A late fee of twenty-five dollars shall be paid for each small dealer license renewal application that is received after the thirty-first day of March each year.
(D) A fee of twenty dollars shall be paid by each employee that is appointed by a small dealer, dealer, or broker as provided in section 943.02 of the Revised Code.
(E) A fee of ten dollars shall be paid by each licensed weigher.
(F) All money collected under section 943.03 of the Revised Code and under this section shall be credited to the animal and consumer protection laboratory fund created in section 901.43 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 943 | Livestock Dealers › Section 943.06 | Posting of License.

Effective:
July 17, 2009
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly
Every small dealer, dealer, and broker licensed under section 943.03 or 943.031 of the Revised Code, as applicable, and carrying on or conducting business under that license, shall post in a conspicuous place in or at the place of business of the licensee a copy of the license furnished by the department of agriculture, to be kept so posted and exposed for inspection by any person.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 943 | Livestock Dealers › Section 943.07 | Sanitation.

Effective:
July 17, 2009
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly
Each small dealer, dealer, or broker leasing, renting, operating, or owning livestock yards, pens, premises, or vehicles in which animals are quartered, fed, held, or transported, shall have a veterinary inspector approved by the department of agriculture, inspect, when directed, all such yards, premises, and vehicles and shall thoroughly and completely disinfect all such yards, pens, premises, and vehicles under the direction of the veterinary inspector and as prescribed by the department. The cost of the inspection and disinfection shall be borne by the small dealer, dealer, or broker.
The department shall not require such veterinary inspection of yards, pens, premises, or other facilities where veterinary inspection is regularly maintained by the United States department of agriculture, or by the municipal corporation in which the same are located, or where livestock is transported to markets or slaughtering establishments where such inspection is maintained.
The department may adopt adequate sanitary requirements covering the construction and maintenance of buildings, pens, and chutes on all premises regularly used for the assembling, receiving, handling, feeding, watering, holding, buying, or selling of livestock, and may prescribe and enforce rules for the purpose of carrying into effect sections 943.01 to 943.18 of the Revised Code. Those sections shall not apply to railroads subject to the "Interstate Commerce Act of 1887," 24 Stat. 379, 49 U.S.C.A. 1.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 943 | Livestock Dealers › Section 943.08 | Weighing Regulations.

Effective:
June 20, 1994
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 134 - 120th General Assembly
(A) Each person maintaining and operating any weighing facilities used for, in connection with, or incident to the purchase or sale of livestock at any auction market, concentration yard, stockyard, packing plant, or place for assembling livestock in the state, shall do both of the following:
(1) Maintain and operate all the weighing facilities so as to ensure accurate weights;
(2) Be licensed as a weigher, or employ one or more weighers licensed by the department of agriculture, and require that all livestock handled for purchase, sale, or exchange be accurately weighed by the licensed weighers upon scales approved by the department and inspected, tested, maintained, and operated in accordance with this section. This section does not prevent such weighers from performing other duties not inconsistent with this section.
(B) Any person maintaining and operating a weighing facility used for the purposes set forth in this section may operate unapproved scales if he meets all of the following conditions:
(1) Signs and files with the director of agriculture an affidavit stating that any unapproved scales will not be used in connection with the purchase, exchange, or sale of livestock;
(2) Posts a conspicuous sign above any unapproved scales stating, "this scale cannot be used to weigh livestock for purchase, exchange, or sale";
(3) Agrees to submit to an audit of market records once every six months by the director or any of his authorized agents.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 943 | Livestock Dealers › Section 943.09 | Weigher's License.

Effective:
December 29, 2023
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 131 - 134th General Assembly
(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, licenses shall be issued by the department of agriculture to weighers under such rules and regulations as the department shall prescribe. Each weigher shall display the weigher's license in a conspicuous place on or adjacent to the weighing facility operated by such weigher. A weigher's license may be revoked for a violation of section 943.11 of the Revised Code or of the rules and regulations of the department relating thereto. The license of any weigher convicted of a violation of such section shall be promptly revoked. A weigher's license, unless revoked, shall expire on the thirty-first day of March of each year and shall be renewed according to the standard renewal procedure of sections 4745.01 to 4745.03, inclusive, of the Revised Code.
(B) The director of agriculture shall issue a weigher's license in accordance with Chapter 4796. of the Revised Code to an individual if either of the following applies:
(1) The individual holds a license in another state.
(2) The individual has satisfactory work experience, a government certification, or a private certification as described in that chapter as a weigher in a state that does not issue that license.
Last updated December 29, 2023 at 7:28 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 943 | Livestock Dealers › Section 943.10 | Weighing Facilities.

Effective:
January 1, 1973
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1138 - 109th General Assembly
All weighing facilities operated under the "Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921," 42 Stat. 159, 7 U.S.C.A. 181 as amended, shall be maintained and operated in accordance with rules of the United States department of agriculture; and all other such weighing facilities shall be maintained and operated in accordance with rules of the state department of agriculture. All such weighing facilities not regularly inspected and tested as required by the United States department of agriculture under the "Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921," 42 Stat. 159, 7 U.S.C.A. 181 as amended, shall be inspected and tested under the supervision of the state department once every six months in accordance with rules of the state department. In the event the state department finds, after proper inspection and test, that such weighing facilities are defective it may condemn and seal such weighing facilities and prevent their further use until repairs or renewals have been made to its full satisfaction. The department may utilize the inspection facilities, services, and personnel performing similar functions under the "Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921," 42 Stat. 159, 7 U.S.C.A. 181 as amended, to whatever extent they may be available or desirable in carrying out this section. The operator of such weighing facilities shall bear all costs incident to the testing and sealing of such facilities.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 943 | Livestock Dealers › Section 943.11 | Prohibition.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
No weigher shall improperly weigh any livestock, or give any false certificate of weight, or accept directly or indirectly money or other consideration for any neglect or improper performance of duty, and no person shall wrongfully influence or interfere, or attempt to so influence or interfere, with any such weigher in the performance of his duty or attempt to do so.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 943 | Livestock Dealers › Section 943.12 | Right of Entry.

Effective:
January 1, 1973
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1138 - 109th General Assembly
Any authorized representative of the department of agriculture may enter any stockyard livestock market, auction market, concentration yards, packing plant, conveyance, or place for assembling livestock for the purpose of inspecting the facilities, livestock, records, or scales, and may weigh or reweigh any livestock.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 943 | Livestock Dealers › Section 943.13 | Inspection and Treatment - Animals Sold Through Livestock Auction Markets.

Effective:
July 17, 2009
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly
The department of agriculture shall require inspection, tests, and treatments necessary to prevent the spread of diseases of all animals sold or transferred from pens, yards, premises, or vehicles by small dealers, dealers, or brokers except when such animals are immediately delivered to a slaughtering establishment. The inspection, tests, and treatments shall be made by a veterinary inspector approved by the department and shall be made and reported as prescribed by the department. The fees for that service shall be paid by the small dealer, dealer, or broker. This section shall not apply to a person operating a slaughtering establishment at which antemortem veterinary inspection is regularly maintained.
The director of agriculture, without a prior hearing, may revoke the approval of a veterinary inspector. A person to whom an order of revocation is issued shall be afforded a hearing in accordance with sections 119.01 to 119.13 of the Revised Code.
Animals sold through a livestock auction market shall be accompanied by a release as may be prescribed by the department and issued by the small dealer, dealer, or broker. The release shall state the date, number and kind of animals moved, point of origin, and buyer.
Animals sold for slaughter may be identified by an ear tag, a livestock paint brand, or other prescribed identification, whenever the department finds such identification necessary.
Operators of livestock auction markets shall furnish and maintain cattle chutes suitable for restraining animals for careful inspection and shall provide suitable laboratory space for the veterinary inspector. All swine pens shall be paved and maintained so that they can be cleaned and disinfected. All diseased animals shall be segregated by species and held in designated pens constructed to facilitate cleaning and disinfecting.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 943 | Livestock Dealers › Section 943.14 | Maintenance and Inspection of Records.

Effective:
March 23, 2016
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 131 - 131st General Assembly
(A) The department of agriculture or any of its authorized agents may inspect the records of any licensee or employee at any time to determine the origin and destination of any livestock handled by the licensee and to determine if sections 943.01 to 943.18 of the Revised Code, or the rules adopted thereunder, have been violated.
(B) A small dealer, dealer, or broker, employee, or person described in division (B)(4) of section 943.01 of the Revised Code, who acquires or disposes of an animal by any means, shall make a record of the name and address of the person from whom the animal was acquired and to whom disposed. The record also shall show the individual identification of each animal at the time of acquisition or disposal. These records shall be maintained for a period of sixty months or longer from the date of acquisition or disposal.
(C) The individual identification in division (B) of this section shall be in a manner or form approved by the department.
(D) A person who is a soliciting agent for a video auction pursuant to division (C) of section 943.02 of the Revised Code shall maintain records in a manner or form approved by the department.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 943 | Livestock Dealers › Section 943.15 | Rules.

Effective:
July 27, 1990
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 571 - 118th General Assembly
(A) The department of agriculture may adopt and enforce rules for the purpose of carrying into effect sections 943.01 to 943.17 of the Revised Code.
(B) No person shall fail to comply with any rule adopted under division (A) of this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 943 | Livestock Dealers › Section 943.16 | Disposition of Fines.

Effective:
October 17, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 229 - 129th General Assembly
All fines imposed and collected under section 943.99 of the Revised Code shall be credited to the animal and consumer protection laboratory fund created in section 901.43 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 943 | Livestock Dealers › Section 943.17 | Jurisdiction.

Effective:
January 1, 1960
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 288 - 103rd General Assembly
Municipal courts, county courts, and courts of common pleas have jurisdiction in cases arising under sections 943.01 to 943.17, inclusive, of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 943 | Livestock Dealers › Section 943.18 | Temporary or Permanent Injunctions.

Effective:
January 1, 1973
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1138 - 109th General Assembly
In addition to the remedies provided and irrespective of whether or not there exists an adequate remedy at law, the director of agriculture may apply to the court of common pleas for a temporary or permanent injunction or other appropriate relief against continued violation of the provisions of sections 943.01 to 943.17 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 943 | Livestock Dealers › Section 943.19 | Effect of Child Support Default on License, Certificate or Permit.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, the director of agriculture shall comply with sections 3123.41 to 3123.50 of the Revised Code and any applicable rules adopted under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code with respect to a license, certificate, or permit issued pursuant to this chapter.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 943 | Livestock Dealers › Section 943.20 | License for Propagation of Deer With Status or Wasting Disease; Hunting Preserve License.

Effective:
June 29, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 389 - 129th General Assembly
(A) A person who wishes to propagate captive deer with status or captive deer with certified chronic wasting disease status shall obtain a license under section 943.03 or 943.031 of the Revised Code in addition to a captive white-tailed deer propagation license issued under section 1533.71 of the Revised Code.
(B) A person who wishes to operate a wild animal hunting preserve as defined in section 1531.01 of the Revised Code on which monitored captive deer, captive deer with status, or captive deer with certified chronic wasting disease status are released and hunted shall obtain a license under section 943.03 or 943.031 of the Revised Code in addition to a wild animal hunting preserve license issued under section 1533.721 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 943 | Livestock Dealers › Section 943.21 | Required Testing of Deer.

Effective:
June 29, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 389 - 129th General Assembly
(A) A captive whitetail deer licensee shall have monitored captive deer, captive deer with status, and captive deer with certified chronic wasting disease status in the licensee's herd tested for disease in accordance with rules.
(B) A captive whitetail deer licensee shall provide the results of all testing required under this section to the director of agriculture.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 943 | Livestock Dealers › Section 943.22 | Mitigation or Elimination of Chronic Wasting Disease.

Effective:
June 29, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 389 - 129th General Assembly
The director of agriculture shall take actions that the director determines are necessary to mitigate or eliminate the presence of chronic wasting disease or other disease at a facility owned by a captive whitetail deer licensee regarding monitored captive deer, captive deer with status, or captive deer with certified chronic wasting disease status if the director is notified of a positive result from a test for chronic wasting disease or other disease for a monitored captive deer, captive deer with status, or captive deer with certified chronic wasting disease status at the facility.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 943 | Livestock Dealers › Section 943.23 | Compliance With Rules and Requirements; Penalties for Violations.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) A captive whitetail deer licensee shall comply with the requirements established in sections 943.20 to 943.26 of the Revised Code and in rules. The director of agriculture may suspend or revoke a license issued under section 943.03 or 943.031 of the Revised Code regarding monitored captive deer, captive deer with status, or captive deer with certified chronic wasting disease status if the licensee fails to comply with those requirements.
(B)(1) The director, after providing an opportunity for an adjudication hearing under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, may assess a civil penalty against a person who has violated or is in violation of section 943.20 of the Revised Code. If the director assesses a civil penalty, the director shall do so as follows:
(a) If, within five years of the violation, the director has not previously assessed a civil penalty against the person under this section, in an amount not exceeding five hundred dollars;
(b) If, within five years of the violation, the director has previously assessed one civil penalty against the person under this section, in an amount not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars;
(c) If, within five years of the violation, the director has previously assessed two or more civil penalties against the person under this section, in an amount not exceeding ten thousand dollars.
(2) Money collected under division (B)(1) of this section shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the captive deer fund created in section 943.26 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 943 | Livestock Dealers › Section 943.24 | Adoption of Rules.

Effective:
June 29, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 389 - 129th General Assembly
The director of agriculture shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that establish all of the following:
(A) Requirements governing health monitoring and disease testing of monitored captive deer, captive deer with status, and captive deer with certified chronic wasting disease status, which testing may include, but is not limited to, testing for chronic wasting disease, brucellosis, and tuberculosis of such deer that are held at a facility licensed under section 1533.71 or 1533.721 of the Revised Code;
(B) Requirements governing captive whitetail deer licensees, including record-keeping requirements related to health monitoring and disease testing of monitored captive deer, captive deer with status, and captive deer with certified chronic wasting disease status;
(C) Requirements and procedures that are necessary to preserve the health, safety, and welfare of monitored captive deer, captive deer with status, or captive deer with certified chronic wasting disease status;
(D) Requirements and procedures governing the transfer of living game and nonnative wildlife, as defined in section 1531.01 of the Revised Code, from one wild animal hunting preserve licensed under section 1533.721 of the Revised Code to another such wild animal hunting preserve;
(E) Tagging requirements for captive deer with status and captive deer with certified chronic wasting disease status for such deer that are propagated pursuant to a captive white-tailed deer propagation license issued under section 1533.71 of the Revised Code;
(F) Requirements governing the certification of captive deer with certified chronic wasting disease status;
(G) Any other requirements or procedures that are necessary to administer and enforce sections 943.20 to 943.26 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 943 | Livestock Dealers › Section 943.25 | On-Site Inspections.

Effective:
June 29, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 389 - 129th General Assembly
The director of agriculture or the director's authorized representative may enter at reasonable times on the premises of a captive whitetail deer licensee to conduct investigations and inspections or to otherwise execute duties that are necessary for the administration and enforcement of sections 943.20 to 943.26 of the Revised Code and rules.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 943 | Livestock Dealers › Section 943.26 | Captive Deer Fund.

Effective:
June 29, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 389 - 129th General Assembly
Notwithstanding section 943.04 of the Revised Code, all money collected through the issuance of licenses to captive whitetail deer licensees under this chapter shall be credited to the captive deer fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury. The director of agriculture shall use money in the fund to administer sections 943.20 to 943.26 of the Revised Code and rules.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 943 | Livestock Dealers › Section 943.99 | Penalty.

Effective:
July 1, 1996
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 2 - 121st General Assembly
(A) Whoever violates section 943.11 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fifth degree.
(B) Whoever violates sections 943.01 to 943.10 and 943.12 to 943.17 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 945 | Humane Slaughter of Livestock › Section 945.01 | Humane Methods of Slaughtering Livestock.

Effective:
August 24, 1965
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 40 - 106th General Assembly
After July 1, 1967, no method of slaughtering livestock or handling in connection with the commercial slaughtering of livestock shall be utilized unless it is humane. Without limiting other methods as may be prescribed by the secretary of agriculture of the United States, pursuant to "Act of August 27, 1958," 72 Stat. 862, 7 U.S.C.A. 1902, the following methods are deemed humane:
(A) In the case of cattle, calves, horses, mules, sheep, swine, and other livestock, all animals are rendered insensible to pain by a single blow or gunshot or an electrical, chemical, or other means that is rapid and effective, before being shackled, hoisted, thrown, cast, or cut;
(B) By slaughtering in accordance with the ritual requirements of the Jewish faith or any other religious faith that prescribes a methods of slaughter whereby the animal suffers loss of consciousness by anemia of the brain caused by the simultaneous severance of the carotid arteries with a sharp instrument.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 945 | Humane Slaughter of Livestock › Section 945.02 | Ritual Slaughter Exemption.

Effective:
August 24, 1965
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 40 - 106th General Assembly
Nothing in section 945.01 of the Revised Code shall be construed to prohibit, abridge, or in any way hinder the religious freedom of any person or group. Notwithstanding any other provisions of such section, in order to protect freedom of religion, ritual slaughter, and the handling or other preparation of livestock for ritual slaughter are exempted from the terms of section 945.01 of the Revised Code.
For the purposes of this section, "ritual slaughter" means slaughter in accordance with division (B) of section 945.01 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 945 | Humane Slaughter of Livestock › Section 945.03 | Inspection of Establishments.

Effective:
August 24, 1965
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 40 - 106th General Assembly
All establishments engaged in the operation of commercial slaughtering of livestock as set forth in section 945.01 of the Revised Code shall be open to inspection, as to compliance with sections 945.01 and 945.02 of the Revised Code, at all reasonable times by any duly authorized officer.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 945 | Humane Slaughter of Livestock › Section 945.99 | Penalty.

Effective:
August 24, 1965
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 40 - 106th General Assembly
Whoever violates section 945.01 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 947 | Property Identification › Section 947.01 | Property Identification Definitions.

Effective:
August 6, 2008
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 352 - 127th General Assembly
As used in this chapter:
(A) "Brand" means a distinctive design, mark of identification, or number that is applied to the hide of livestock by a hot iron or other humane method approved by the director of agriculture and is currently registered under section 947.02 of the Revised Code.
(B) "Livestock" means cattle, sheep, goats, and other animals of the family bovidae, swine and other animals of the family suidae, horses, mules, burros, asses, and other animals of the family equidae, alpacas, and llamas.
(C) "Person" includes an individual, firm, association, partnership, corporation, or other legal entity, and the state and any of its agencies, institutions, instrumentalities, or political subdivisions.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 947 | Property Identification › Section 947.03 | Reregistration of Brands.

Effective:
April 4, 1985
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 374 - 115th General Assembly
A brand currently registered under section 947.02 of the Revised Code is personal property of the person in whose name it is registered and may be sold, assigned, transferred, or bequeathed or pass under the laws of descent and distribution as other personal property. However, the buyer or other assignee or transferee of a currently registered brand shall apply to the director of agriculture on a form prescribed and provided by the director for the reregistration of the brand in the name of the buyer, assignee, or other transferee. On receipt of the application, fee, and such proof of sale or assignment that the director may require, the director shall reregister the brand in the name of the buyer, assignee, or other transferee.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 947 | Property Identification › Section 947.04 | Bill of Sale for Branded Livestock Sales - Waybill or Bills of Lading for Transported Livestock.

Effective:
April 4, 1985
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 374 - 115th General Assembly
(A) A person who sells livestock branded with a brand shall execute to the purchaser a written bill of sale bearing the signature and residence of the seller, the name and address of the purchaser, the total number of livestock sold, a description of each animal sold as to sex and kind, and identification of the brand and shall give a copy of the bill of sale to each hauler of livestock, other than railroads, to accompany the shipment of livestock while in transit. The bill of sale or a copy shall be shown by the possessor on demand to any law enforcement officer. The bill of sale is prima-facie evidence of the conveyance of title of the livestock described by the bill of sale.
(B) A person engaged in the business of transporting or hauling livestock in this state shall, upon receiving livestock for transportation, issue a waybill or bill of lading for all livestock transported or hauled. The waybill or bill of lading shall accompany the shipment of livestock and a copy shall be furnished to the person delivering livestock to the hauler. The waybill or bill of lading shall show the place of origin and destination of the shipment, the name of the owner of the livestock, the date and time of loading, the name of person or company hauling the livestock, the number of livestock and a general description thereof, and identification of the brands. The waybill or bill of lading shall be signed by the person delivering the livestock to the hauler certifying that the information contained therein is correct.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 947 | Property Identification › Section 947.05 | Livestock Brand Offenses.

Effective:
April 4, 1985
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 374 - 115th General Assembly
(A) No person, with purpose to deprive the owner of livestock and without privilege to do so, shall knowingly apply a brand to livestock owned by another or knowingly destroy or alter a brand on livestock owned by another.
(B) No person shall knowingly offer to sell, sell, purchase, or transport livestock on which a brand has been destroyed or altered for the purpose of depriving the owner of the livestock.
(C) No person, without privilege to do so, shall knowingly use a brand registered to another.
(D) No person shall knowingly apply a brand to livestock in a way that overlaps, disfigures, mutilates, or destroys a brand or other mark of identification or ownership previously applied.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 947 | Property Identification › Section 947.06 | Administrative Rules.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) The director of agriculture shall adopt rules, subject to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, to implement, administer, and enforce this chapter. No person shall violate such a rule of the director.
(B) In cooperation with law enforcement officers in this and other states, the director shall develop a uniform procedure for notifying livestock marketing and slaughtering establishments of reported livestock thefts and of any brands or other identifying marks on such livestock.
(C) Moneys received by the director under sections 947.01 to 947.06 of the Revised Code shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the animal and consumer protection laboratory fund created in section 901.43 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 947 | Property Identification › Section 947.11 | Identification Number Registration for Farm Equipment, Livestock and Grain - Fund.

Effective:
July 1, 1985
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly
The director of agriculture may, by rule adopted under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, establish and administer a program for registering identification numbers for farm equipment, livestock, and grain. The rules may provide for a central registry of identification numbers, the transfer, renewal, reinstatement, and reregistration of numbers, for fees, assuring that registrants are entitled to exclusive use of a number during periods of current registration, and other matters necessary and convenient for administration or enforcement of the program.
Moneys received by the director pursuant to rules adopted under this section shall be deposited in the identification number fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury. The director shall spend moneys from the fund to pay the costs and expenses of administering this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 947 | Property Identification › Section 947.99 | Penalty.

Effective:
July 1, 1996
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 2 - 121st General Assembly
(A) Whoever violates section 947.04 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree.
(B) Whoever violates division (A) or (B) of section 947.05 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fourth degree.
(C) Whoever violates division (C) of section 947.05 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(D) Whoever violates division (D) of section 947.05 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(E) Whoever violates a rule of the director of agriculture adopted under section 947.06 or 947.11 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 951 | Animals Running at Large; Strays › Section 951.02 | Animals Running at Large on Public Roads - Grazing on Another's Land.

Effective:
March 28, 2017
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 235 - 131st General Assembly
No person, who is the owner or keeper of horses, mules, cattle, bison, sheep, goats, swine, llamas, alpacas, or poultry, shall permit them to run at large in the public road, highway, street, lane, or alley, or upon unenclosed land, or cause the animals to be herded, kept, or detained for the purpose of grazing on premises other than those owned or lawfully occupied by the owner or keeper of the animals.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 951 | Animals Running at Large; Strays › Section 951.10 | Damages; Evidence.

Effective:
September 23, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 22 - 129th General Assembly
(A) The owner or keeper of an animal described in section 951.02 of the Revised Code, who negligently permits it to run at large in violation of that section, is liable for all damages resulting from injury, death, or loss to person or property caused by the animal in any of the places specified in section 951.02 of the Revised Code or upon the premises of another without reference to the fence that may enclose the premises.
(B) The running at large of any animal specified in section 951.02 of the Revised Code in or upon any of the places specified in that section is prima-facie evidence in a civil action for damages under division (A) of this section that the owner or keeper of the animal negligently permitted the animal to run at large in violation of section 951.02 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 951 | Animals Running at Large; Strays › Section 951.11 | Strays.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153, House Bill 22 - 129th General Assembly
A person finding an animal at large in violation of section 951.02 of the Revised Code, may, and a law enforcement officer of a county, township, city, or village, on view or information, shall, take and confine that animal, promptly giving notice of the taking and confining of the animal to the owner or keeper, if known, and, if not known, by publishing a notice describing the animal once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, township, city, or village where the animal was found. If the owner or keeper does not appear and claim the animal and pay the compensation prescribed in section 951.13 of the Revised Code for so taking, advertising, and keeping it within ten days from the date of the notice, that person or the county shall have a lien for that compensation, and the animal may be sold at public auction as provided in section 1311.49 of the Revised Code. The residue of the proceeds of sale shall be paid and deposited by the treasurer in the general fund of the county.
The Legislative Service Commission presents the text of this section as a composite of the section as amended by multiple acts of the General Assembly. This presentation recognizes the principle stated in R.C. 1.52(B) that amendments are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 951 | Animals Running at Large; Strays › Section 951.12 | Unavoidable Escapes.

Effective:
September 23, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 22 - 129th General Assembly
If it is proven that an animal running at large in violation of section 951.02 of the Revised Code escaped from its owner or keeper without the owner's or keeper's knowledge or fault, the animal shall be returned to its owner or keeper upon payment of the compensation prescribed in section 951.13 of the Revised Code for its taking, advertising, and keeping.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 951 | Animals Running at Large; Strays › Section 951.13 | Fees.

Effective:
March 28, 2017
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 235 - 131st General Assembly
The person or county, township, city, or village whose law enforcement officer takes an animal running at large in violation of section 951.02 of the Revised Code is entitled to receive from the owner or keeper of the animal the following compensation:
(A) For taking and advertising each animal, five dollars;
(B) Reasonable expenses actually incurred for keeping each animal.
Compensation for taking, advertising, and keeping a single herd or flock shall not exceed fifty dollars when the flock or herd belongs to one person.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 951 | Animals Running at Large; Strays › Section 951.99 | Penalty.

Effective:
September 23, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 22 - 129th General Assembly
Whoever recklessly violates section 951.02 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 953 | Rendering Plants › Section 953.21 | Rendering Plant Definitions.

Effective:
July 17, 2009
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly
As used in this chapter:
(A) "Animal" means any animal, other than a human being, and includes domestic fowl, wild birds, fish, and reptiles, living or dead.
(B) "Licensee" means any person who is licensed in accordance with this chapter.
(C) "Loading platform" means any place operated by a licensee for loading dead animals, or parts thereof, onto trucks to take them to a rendering plant or composting facility.
(D) "Person" means any natural person, partnership, association, or corporation.
(E) "Raw rendering material" means any body, part of a body, or product of a body of any dead animal that is unwholesome, condemned, inedible, or otherwise unfit for human consumption.
(F) "Rendering plant" means any premises where raw rendering materials are converted into fats, oils, feeds, fertilizer, and other products.
(G) "Composting facility" means any premises, including structures and equipment, operating in accordance with rules adopted under section 3734.02 of the Revised Code and used for the controlled decomposition of organic solid material, including dead animals, that stabilizes the organic fraction of the material.
(H) "Conveyance" means a vehicle, trailer, or compartment.