§ 172B.4 — Execution and retention of records

Iowa § 172B.4

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title V: AGRICULTURE
• Ch. 172B: LIVESTOCK TRANSPORTATION

Text

1. Shipper. A person who causes the transporting of livestock shall cause to be executed
and to be delivered to the person transporting livestock, at the request of that person,
duplicate copies of a transportation certificate.
2. Transporter. A person transporting livestock who has been given a receipt by a law
enforcement officer shall retain that receipt until the person relinquishes custody of the
livestock.
3. Law enforcement officer.
a. A law enforcement officer, upon requesting and receiving a transportation certificate,
shall retain a copy of the certificate and shall submit the certificate to the law enforcement
agency by which the officer is employed.
b. The law enforcement officer shall give to the person transporting livestock, in a form
prescribed by the commissioner of public safety or the commissioner’s designee, a receipt
for the certificate given to the officer. The commissioner of public safety may authorize the
use of any method of giving receipt, including endorsement by the officer on the certificate
retained by the person transporting livestock. The receipt shall make the law enforcement
officer issuing the receipt identifiable by other law enforcement officers.
c. A law enforcement officer shall not retain a copy of the certificate if the person
transporting livestock has a receipt issued by another law enforcement officer.

Legislative History

[C77, 79, 81, §172B.4]