CHAPTER 6. DEALERS IN FARM PRODUCTS
PART I. LIVESTOCK DEALERS
§561. Definitions
As used in this Part, the following terms shall have the following meanings ascribed to them:
(1) "Board" means the Louisiana Board of Animal Health.
(2) "Livestock" means cattle, buffalo, bison, oxen, and other bovine; horses, mules, donkeys, and other equine; sheep; goats; swine; domestic rabbits; fish, turtles, and other animals identified with aquaculture that are located in artificial reservoirs or enclosures that are both on privately owned property and constructed so as to prevent, at all times, the ingress and egress of fish life from public waters; imported exotic deer and antelope, elk, farm-raised white-tailed deer, farm-raised ratites, and other farm-raised exotic animals; chickens, turkeys, and other poultry; and animals placed under the jurisdiction of the commissioner of agriculture and forestry and any hybrid, mixture, or mutation of any such animal.
(3) "Livestock dealer" means any person, not a market agency, engaged in the business of buying or selling livestock.
(4) "Market agency" means any persons, firm, or corporation engaged in the business of buying or selling livestock in commerce on a commission basis, either at a public stockyard or at a privately owned and operated sales pen or concentration point, or any persons engaged in the furnishing of services for the conduct of such business, including but not limited to livestock video auctions.
(5) "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, or association of such persons acting as a unit.
(6) "Security device" means any lien, mortgage, pawn, pledge, privilege, or other instrument by which an interest in livestock is used to secure the performance or payment of any obligation.
Amended by Acts 1962, No. 95, §1; Acts 1983, No. 348, §1; Acts 1990, No. 58, §1; Acts 2008, No. 920, §1, eff. July 14, 2008; Acts 2018, No. 429, §1.
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