New Hampshire § 427:38 Definitions

New Hampshire Statutes

§ 427:38 — Definitions

New Hampshire § 427:38

Title XLAGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY

Ch. 427LIVESTOCK AND MEAT INSPECTION

SubdivisionLivestock Auction

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N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 427:38 (2026).

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As used in this subdivision:

I."Commissioner" shall mean the commissioner of agriculture, markets, and food.

II."Livestock dealer" shall mean any person, partnership, unincorporated association, or corporation engaged in the business of buying, selling or transporting livestock, excluding any common carrier, or operating a livestock auction or sales ring, including any person acting as an agent or buyer for any other person, partnership, unincorporated association or corporation.

III."Livestock" shall include beef and dairy cattle, steer, oxen, goats, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or other equidae, as well as domesticated strains of buffalo, bison, llamas, alpacas, emus, ostriches, poultry, rabbits, yaks, elk (Cervus canadensis), fallow deer (Dama dama), red deer (Cervus elephus), and re

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As used in this subdivision:
I. "Commissioner" shall mean the commissioner of agriculture, markets, and food.
II. "Livestock dealer" shall mean any person, partnership, unincorporated association, or corporation engaged in the business of buying, selling or transporting livestock, excluding any common carrier, or operating a livestock auction or sales ring, including any person acting as an agent or buyer for any other person, partnership, unincorporated association or corporation.
III. "Livestock" shall include beef and dairy cattle, steer, oxen, goats, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or other equidae, as well as domesticated strains of buffalo, bison, llamas, alpacas, emus, ostriches, poultry, rabbits, yaks, elk (Cervus canadensis), fallow deer (Dama dama), red deer (Cervus elephus), and reindeer (Rangifer tarandus).