As used in this chapter, the term: “Cash” includes only currency, cashier’s checks, and money orders. “Dealer” means any person or agent of such person who engages in or facilitates, including by electronic means, the business of buying, selling, exchanging, or otherwise transferring ownership of livestock within this state for his or her own account […]
Any dealer or livestock market operator who violates any of the provisions of this chapter, any quarantine provision, or any rule or regulation established by the Commissioner under the authority of this or any other law for the protection of the general public in the prevention of livestock diseases shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. […]
A person who purchases leased livestock from or a commission merchant who sells leased livestock for the lessee of such livestock shall not be liable to the owner or lessor of such livestock unless the livestock are clearly marked or branded with a mark or brand registered by the owner or lessor with the department […]
The Commissioner shall publish in print or electronically the names and locations of duly licensed dealers and livestock market operators. History. Code 1981, § 4-6-12 , enacted by Ga. L. 2017, p. 129, § 7/HB 49. Effective date. — This Code section became effective July 1, 2017.
No dealer or livestock market operator shall sell, auction, transfer, or move any livestock which are infected with any disease or which have been placed under quarantine by the authority of the Commissioner. Until all such livestock have been inspected by a veterinarian approved by the Commissioner, no dealer or livestock market operator shall sell, […]
No livestock market operator shall engage in or carry on such business without first applying for and obtaining a license from the Commissioner. The triennial fee for a livestock market operator license shall be proportionate to the surety acquired by such operator, but shall not exceed $200.00. No dealer who buys or sells through a […]
Every licensed dealer and livestock market operator who shall violate this chapter or rules and regulations established by the Commissioner pursuant to this chapter shall have his or her license revoked, canceled, or suspended, upon a notice and hearing. History. Ga. L. 1952, p. 184, § 5; Ga. L. 1983, p. 1161, § 1; Ga. […]
No dealer or livestock market operator shall buy, store, or otherwise receive any livestock without first recording the name and address of the person or persons bringing in the livestock and recording the license tag number of the vehicle used to transport the livestock. History. Ga. L. 1963, p. 541, § 1; Ga. L. 1983, […]
In the control, suppression, prevention, and eradication of livestock diseases, the Commissioner or any duly authorized livestock inspector acting under the authority of this or any other livestock law of this state is authorized and required to quarantine any premises or any area when he shall determine that livestock in such place or places are […]
The Commissioner is authorized to formulate, adopt, promulgate, and enforce rules and regulations for the purpose of carrying this chapter into effect. History. Ga. L. 1952, p. 184, § 4; Ga. L. 1983, p. 1161, § 1.
Any person affected by any rule or regulation adopted and promulgated by the Commissioner pursuant to any statute conferring such authority upon him, who believes that the Commissioner, in the promulgation of such rules and regulations or in the enforcement thereof, has gone beyond the authority vested in him by law or who believes that […]
In addition to the remedies provided in this chapter and notwithstanding the existence of an adequate remedy at law, the Commissioner is authorized to apply to the superior courts of this state for injunctions. Such courts shall have the jurisdiction, for good cause shown, to grant temporary or permanent injunctions or temporary restraining orders restraining […]
