Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
ATCP 10-19 - Animal Health
Chapter ATCP 17 - Livestock Premises Registration
Section ATCP 17.02 - Livestock premises; registration required
Current through February 24, 2025
(1) GENERAL.
Note: Once a person completes an initial registration, subsequent registrations will be relatively simple. The department will send the registrant a renewal application form (or directions on how to renew) prior to the renewal deadline. The renewal transaction may be conducted by phone, mail, online, or by e-mail if an e-mail address has been provided. There is no fee for an initial or renewal registration.
Note: A person may obtain a form from the department using the information below:
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
2811 Agriculture Drive
P.O. Box 8911
Madison, WI 53708-8911
Phone: (608) 224-4872
(2) WHO MUST REGISTER.
Note: For example, if Person A feeds and cares for livestock owned by Person B, on premises owned by Person C, any one of those persons may register the premises (the others need not). Likewise, if Person X pastures livestock on land that Person Y owns and also uses to pasture livestock, either person may register that pasture (the other need not).
(3) HOW TO REGISTER. A person shall register in one of the following ways:
Note: A person may obtain an application form from the department using the information below and may submit the completed form to the department at the following address:
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
2811 Agriculture Drive
PO Box 8911
Madison, WI 53708-8911
Phone: (608) 224-4872
(4) INFORMATION REQUIRED. A registration application under sub. (3) shall include all of the following information:
Note: See s. ATCP 17.01(1). A street address is preferred.
(5) DEPARTMENT ACTION ON REGISTRATION APPLICATION.
Note: The department will normally grant or deny an on-line application at the time of the on-line application. If the department grants an on-line application, the department will issue a printable electronic registration certificate to the applicant.
(6) REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE.
Note: A person who registers on-line will normally receive a printable electronic registration certificate at the time of the on-line registration.
(7) PREMISES CODE. Whenever the department grants a registration application under sub. (3), the department shall assign a unique code to the location identified in that application. The premises code shall be generated by the United States Department of Agriculture. A premises code may not be transferred to another location.
A premises code, once assigned to a location, normally continues with that location even if the registrant changes. If the premises location is subdivided among new registrants, the premises code assigned to that location will be retired, and a new premises code will be assigned to each new location created by the subdivision.