Missouri Laws 267.620 – Artificial insemination, license for production of semen, fee, renewal
1. No person, firm, partnership, corporation, or association shall engage in the business of producing semen for the artificial insemination of female animals of the bovine or suis species until such person, firm, partnership, corporation or association shall have first applied for and received from the department a license to conduct such business.
2. The department shall issue to the applicant a license upon payment of an annual fee of fifteen dollars for each and every male animal of the bovine species used in such business and five dollars for each and every male animal of the suis species used in such business. Said license shall be annually renewed on the first calendar day of each year.
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 267.620
- 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.
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
3. All male animals of the bovine or suis species used in the production of semen for the artificial insemination of female animals of the same species shall meet such health standards as may be required by the rules and regulations of the department.