1998 Minnesota Statutes

     35.245 Cattle; sale, lease, loan. 

    Subdivision 1.    Limitation on sale.  No person may 
 sell, lease, or loan or offer for sale, lease, or loan cattle in 
 violation of the board's rules.  

    Subd. 1a. Repealed, 1992 c 433 s 5 

    Subd. 2.    Tests and vaccination.  A test and 
 vaccination must be made at the time and in the manner 
 prescribed by the board and a certificate of the test and 
 vaccination or both, approved by the board, must be furnished to 
 the purchaser by the vendor at the time of sale.  

    Subd. 3.    Female cattle; sale without test or 
 vaccination.  Female cattle under 18 months of age of beef 
 type and breed may be sold in quarantine for feeding purposes 
 without a test for or vaccination against brucellosis, in 
 compliance with board rules, if the purchaser of the cattle 
 furnishes the seller an affidavit certifying the cattle are 
 purchased for feeding purposes and will be kept apart from other 
 cattle except other quarantined feeding cattle until they are 
 resold under affidavit, resold for immediate slaughter, 
 delivered to a public stockyard under supervision of the United 
 States Department of Agriculture, or tested in accordance with 
 board rules relating to the class of cattle.  A purchaser of 
 cattle under this section must comply with the terms of the 
 affidavit furnished the seller and with rules or quarantines 
 prescribed by the board under this section. 

    Subd. 4.    Other identification.  The board may 
 authorize the use of ear tattoos, brands, or other suitable 
 identification instead of the vaccination certificate required 
 by this section. 

    Subd. 5.    Penalty.  An auctioneer convicted of 
 knowingly conducting a sale of livestock in violation of this 
 section shall forfeit the auctioneer's license until its renewal 
 is approved by the authority which issued the license. 

    HIST: 1945 c 234 s 1-4; 1951 c 222 s 1-4; 1955 c 869 s 1; 1961 
 c 54 s 1,2; 1963 c 6 s 1; 1963 c 502 s 1; 1969 c 8 s 1; 1980 c 
 467 s 17; 1981 c 86 s 1; 1985 c 265 art 1 s 1; 1988 c 485 s 2; 
 1992 c 433 s 2,3