§ 15-17-14-1 — Application of chapter

Indiana § 15-17-14-1

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 17: ANIMAL HEALTH AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
• Ch. 14: Livestock Dealers

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This chapter does not apply to the following:
(1) The purchase of livestock by an individual for the individual's
own use other than resale on the livestock market.
(2) The distribution of livestock in connection with programs
dedicated to improvement of breeding practices or experimental
procedures in which the ownership of the livestock remains
vested, in whole or in part, in the distributor or breeder.
(3) The purchase or sale of livestock by a producer or farmer that
buys or sells livestock in connection with a business of raising,
feeding, grazing, or breeding livestock as a part of a farming
enterprise and does not follow a definite or routine pattern of
disposing of acquired livestock through channels of trade in less
than sixty (60) days after the date of acquisition as part of a
farming enterprise as distinguished from that of a dealer or trader.
(4) The purchase of livestock by slaughtering establishments,
meat processors, restaurants, grocery stores, meat markets, and
similar businesses if:
(A) the livestock is purchased solely for the purpose of being
processed into meat products for use or sale in connection with
the business; and
(B) the total number of livestock purchased for the use or sale
does not exceed twenty (20) in any one (1) week.
[Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-14-1.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.