§ 4.1-28-01 — Definitions

In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Commissioner" means the agriculture commissioner or the commissioner's designee.
2. "Internet livestock auction" means a place or establishment conducted or operated for
compensation or profit as a public market where livestock located in this state is sold
or offered for sale at a facility or website within or outside the state through the use of
the internet.
3. "Livestock" means horses, mules, cattle, swine, sheep, farmed elk, and goats.
4. "Representative" means a dealer licensed under chapter 4.1-83 or a livestock auction
market licensed under chapter 4.1-27.
5. "Video livestock auction market" means a place or establishment conducted or
operated for compensation or profit as a public market where livestock located in this
state is sold or offered for sale at a facility within or outside the state through the use of
video at a public auction.