Every cream station, receiving station, shipping station, creamery, cheese factory, ice cream factory or condensory or any person buying or paying for milk or cream on the basis of the butterfat contained therein shall be required to secure from the commissioner a permit to engage in such business. Such permit, unless sooner revoked, shall be valid until the next succeeding January 1. Application for such permit shall be made to the commissioner upon forms prescribed by the commissioner and approved by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries and shall be accompanied by a filing fee of $1.00. It shall be the duty of the applicant to give all information required on said application blank.
Ala. Code § 2-13-8 (1975)