Arizona Administrative Code › Title 3 - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 2 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE - ANIMAL SERVICES DIVISION › Article 7 - LIVESTOCK INSPECTION › Section R3-2-702 - Livestock Self-inspection

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A.
				Definitions.
"Dairy" means an owner or agent of a place or premise where
				  one or more lactating animals are kept for milking purposes and from which a
				  part or all of the milk is provided, sold, or offered for sale that meets both
				  of the following conditions: the livestock is not permitted to range and the
				  dairy is permitted by the Department. If these conditions are met, then a
				  Division employee may grant the applicant dairy status.
"Description" means sex, breed, color, and markings, as
				  applicable to the type of livestock.
"Exhibition" means an event including a fair, show, or field
				  day that has as its primary purpose the opportunity for a member of a livestock
				  organization, including 4-H and FFA, to display an animal raised by the
				  individual in a judged competition.
"Feedlot" means an operator of a beef cattle feedlot or feed
				  yard in which the livestock is not permitted to range and that is licensed by
				  the Department. If these conditions are met, then a Division employee may grant
				  the applicant feedlot status.
"Livestock" means cattle, sheep, goats, and swine.
"Livestock broker" means an owner or agent who engages in the
				  business of buying and selling livestock and has immediate possession of the
				  livestock for 10 days or less in which the livestock is not permitted to range.
				  If these conditions are met, then a Division employee may grant the applicant
				  livestock broker status.
"Non-range" means any owner or agent of an enclosed property
				  that is 100 acres or less that meets all of the following conditions: the fence
				  enclosing the livestock is well maintained, the livestock is not permitted to
				  range, and the owner or agent of the livestock lives where the livestock are
				  kept. If these conditions are met, then a Division employee may grant the
				  applicant non-range status.
"Range" means every character of lands, enclosed or
				  unenclosed, outside of cities and towns, upon which livestock is permitted by
				  custom, license or permit to roam and feed.
A.R.S. §
										3-1201(7)
"Range cattle" means
cattle
customarily permitted to roam upon the ranges of the state, whether
				  public domain or in private control, and not in the immediate actual possession
				  or control of the owner although occasionally placed in enclosures for
				  temporary purposes.
A.R.S. §
										3-1201(8)
B. Application.
1. Owners or agents of livestock or feedlot
				operators shall request a book of self-inspection certificates from the
				Department. The applicant shall submit a written application form obtained from
				the Department and provide the following information:
a. Name, mailing address, physical address,
				telephone number, and email address;
b. Name of business and type of livestock
				operation;
c. Whether the applicant
				has been convicted of a violation of A.R.S. Title 3, or a violation of A.R.S.
				Title 13 related to livestock within the past five years, and if so, the case
				number, court, charge, and sentence;
d. Recorded brand number;
e. Individual(s) designated to sign
				self-inspection certificates, if applicable; and
f. Signature and date.