Oregon Statutes 599.215 – Prohibitions
(1) No person shall operate a livestock auction market without a valid license to operate such market issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 599.215
- Licensee: means any person who operates a livestock auction market, either as owner or lessee, and who holds a license to conduct such market issued by the department pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. See Oregon Statutes 599.205
- Livestock: includes horses, mules, asses, cattle, sheep, swine, goats and poultry, including turkeys, of any age or sex. See Oregon Statutes 599.205
- Livestock auction market: means a place of business to which the public may consign livestock for sale by auction open to public bidding or sold on a commission basis, but, specifically, it does not include breed or livestock associations operating subject to and in compliance with the provisions of the Oregon Nonprofit Corporation Act, ORS Chapter 65, Future Farmer and 4-H groups, auction sales conducted in conjunction with county, state or private fairs or auction sales conducted by or for a person at which livestock of such person's ownership are sold on premises of the person. See Oregon Statutes 599.205
- Meat dealer: means a person licensed to slaughter meat food animals pursuant to the applicable provisions of this section and ORS Chapter 603. See Oregon Statutes 599.205
- Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
(2) No person shall interfere with the performance by any veterinarian of duties and responsibilities imposed by the provisions of this chapter.
(3) No licensee, or the managing agent of the licensee, shall operate a livestock auction market at which the sanitary practices or conditions prescribed by the provisions of this chapter or regulations promulgated thereunder have not been complied with.
(4) No licensee shall sell or offer for sale any livestock which has not been examined, tested or treated as required by the provisions of this chapter or regulations promulgated thereunder.
(5) No person other than a meat dealer shall remove from the market zone an animal which has been sold or purchased for immediate slaughter pursuant to the provisions of this chapter; provided, however, that a person may remove from the market zone any such animal if it is to be transported directly out of this state.
(6) No meat dealer who removes from the market zone an animal sold or purchased for immediate slaughter pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall fail, refuse or neglect to slaughter such animal within eight days from the date the animal is so removed. [1953 c.677 § 17; 1971 c.578 § 10]
[Repealed by 1953 c.677 § 22]
[1953 c.677 § 4; 1967 c.368 § 6; repealed by 1971 c.578 § 20]
[Repealed by 1953 c.677 § 22]