§ 768 - Duties of dealers - Vermont Statutes

§ 768. Duties of dealers

A livestock dealer licensed under section 762 of this title shall:

(1) Maintain in a clean and sanitary condition all premises, buildings and conveyances used in the business of dealing in livestock or operating a livestock auction or sales ring;

(2) Submit premises, buildings and conveyances to inspection and livestock to inspection and test at any and such times as the secretary may deem it necessary and advisable;

(3) Allow no livestock on livestock dealer's premises from herds or premises quarantined by the secretary of agriculture, food and markets;

(4) Maintain, subject to inspection by the secretary of agriculture, food and markets or his or her agent, a proper record in which all livestock purchased, repossessed, sold or loaned are to be listed, giving breed, date purchased, repossessed, sold or loaned and complete names and addresses from whom obtained and to whom delivered. Such record shall also show the individual identification of each livestock by a method prescribed for each species by rule by the secretary, except that for equine such record and method of individual identification shall be as prescribed under subchapter 2 of chapter 102 of this title.

(5) Abide by such other reasonable rules and regulations which may be issued by the secretary of agriculture, food and markets to prevent the spread of disease. A copy of such rules and regulations shall be provided to all livestock dealers licensed under the terms of section 762 of this title, at the time they first obtain a license.

(6) Pay the seller within 72 hours following the sale of the animal or animals.

(7) Not simultaneously transport brucellosis-free and diseased and suspect cattle, except when all the animals are being transported directly to a slaughtering facility. (Amended 1973, No. 76, § 2, eff. April 13, 1973; 1975, No. 203 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1977; 1993, No. 74, § 5; 1999, No. 94 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. May 2, 2000; 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003.)