(1) Any person who engages in business as a commodity dealer without obtaining a license or who refuses to permit inspection of licensed premises, books, accounts, records or other documents required by the provisions of this chapter or who uses a scale ticket or credit-sale contract that fails to satisfy the requirements of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a felony and be punished by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years, or by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both.
(2)  Any person who knowingly submits false information to or who knowingly withholds information from the department when such information is required to be submitted or maintained pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a felony and be punished by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years, or by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both.
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Terms Used In Idaho Code 69-512

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • dealer: means any person who solicits, contracts for, or obtains from an Idaho producer or producers, title, possession, or control of any agricultural commodity through his place of business located in the state of Idaho or through his place of business located outside the state of Idaho for the purpose of sale or resale or who buys, during any calendar year, at least ten thousand dollars ($10,000) worth of agricultural commodities from an Idaho producer or producers of the commodities. See Idaho Code 69-502
  • Department: means the department of agriculture of the state of Idaho. See Idaho Code 69-502
  • Person: means any individual, firm, association, partnership, corporation, or limited liability company. See Idaho Code 69-502
(3)  Any person who shall misrepresent, forge, alter or counterfeit a license required by the provisions of this chapter, or who shall issue, utter or aid in the issuance or utterance or attempt to issue or utter a false or fraudulent receipt for any commodity shall be guilty of a felony and be punished by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years, or by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both.
(4)  Any violation of the provisions of this chapter except as provided in subsections (1), (2) or (3) of this section or section 69-520, Idaho Code, shall be a misdemeanor and punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than six (6) months, or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both.