Kansas Statutes 47-1804. Registration of livestock dealers; definitions
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 47-1804
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
As used in Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 47-1804 through 47-1808, and amendments thereto, unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) “Commissioner” means the animal health commissioner of the Kansas department of agriculture.
(b) “Livestock” means cattle, bison, swine, horses, sheep, goats, camelids and all creatures of the ratite family that are not indigenous to this state, including, but not limited to, ostriches, emus and rheas and domesticated deer.
(c) “Livestock dealer” means any person engaged in the business of buying or selling livestock in commerce, either on that person’s own account or as the employee or agent of the seller or purchaser, or any person engaged in the business of buying or selling livestock in commerce on a commission basis and shall include any person who buys or sells livestock with the use of a video. “Livestock dealer” does not include any person who buys or sells livestock as part of that person’s own breeding, feeding or dairy operation, nor any person who receives livestock exclusively for immediate slaughter.
(d) “Person” means any individual, partnership, corporation, company, firm or association. “Person” does not include any public livestock market operator licensed under Kan. Stat. Ann. § 47-1001 et seq., and amendments thereto, or any feedlot operator licensed under Kan. Stat. Ann. § 47-1501 et seq., and amendments thereto.
(e) “Domesticated deer” means any member of the family cervidae which was legally obtained and is being sold or raised in a confined area for: (1) Breeding stock; (2) any carcass, skin or part of such animal; (3) exhibition; or (4) companionship.