Missouri Code of State Regulations
Title 2 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Division 30 - Animal Health
Chapter 7 - Missouri Livestock Dealer Law
Section 2 CSR 30-7.010 - Provisions for Registration and Recordkeeping of Livestock Dealers
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, March 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule sets forth the requirements for records and retention time required by the new Dealer Law, subdivision (2) of subsection 1. of section 276.626.
(1) Each registered dealer, agent, representative or consignee of a dealer will be required to keep the following written records:
(2) These records shall be kept for a minimum of two (2) full calendar years as required by Packers & Stockyards Act, section 201.50, unless notified that specific records should be retained pending completion of any investigation or proceeding under sections 276.600-276.646, RSMo for such periods of time as the director of agriculture shall require.
(3) The records specified in this rule shall be made available at any reasonable period of time to the director of agriculture or his/her designated representative. Every effort shall be made to inspect the records upon twenty-four (24) hours' notice at the dealer's place of business or at a local livestock market; but should inspection of records at these locations be deemed impractical or futile by the director, a dealer may be required by order of the director to produce them at the official offices of the Missouri Department of Agriculture in Jefferson City, Missouri.
*Original authority: 267.560, RSMo 1959.