Alabama Administrative Code
Title 80 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND INDUSTRIES
AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY
Chapter 80-3-11 - LIVESTOCK DEALERS
Section 80-3-11-.03 - Dealer Defined And Exemptions

(1) Code of Ala. 1975, § 2-15-131(5), defines dealer as follows: (5) DEALER. Any person engaged in the business of buying livestock in the State of Alabama for resale, exchange or slaughter and meat packing purposes, either on his own account or as agent for others on a commission basis or otherwise. The above definition is not construed to mean full-time salaried employees of a person or business already required to be licensed, but if a person buys livestock for more than one person or business unit, no matter how he is paid, he is deemed to meet the above definition of dealer, thereby requiring a license and bond. Those persons considered full-time employees of a person or business unit may be required to submit proof of their being carried on the rolls of a business unit as any other employee. Even a full-time employee of only one business unit, who is in the business of buying livestock in his own name, for later transfer to his employer, is deemed to be a dealer, as defined above.

(2) Bona fide farmers or stockman purchasing livestock for grazing, feeding, dairying or breeding purposes, under Code of Ala. 1975, § 2-15-137, are exempt from the provisions of the Act, but as provided in the above section, any livestock purchased for the above purposes must be kept for at least 15 days. Any person buying and selling the same livestock within a 15 day period shall be deemed a Dealer, and required to meet the requirements of licensing and bonding.

Author: Charles H. Barnes