Section 15-17-14-1 - Application of chapter This chapter does not apply to the following:
(1) The purchase of livestock by an individual for the individual's own use other than resale on the livestock market.(2) The distribution of livestock in connection with programs dedicated to improvement of breeding practices or experimental procedures in which the ownership of the livestock remains vested, in whole or in part, in the distributor or breeder.(3) The purchase or sale of livestock by a producer or farmer that buys or sells livestock in connection with a business of raising, feeding, grazing, or breeding livestock as a part of a farming enterprise and does not follow a definite or routine pattern of disposing of acquired livestock through channels of trade in less than sixty (60) days after the date of acquisition as part of a farming enterprise as distinguished from that of a dealer or trader.(4) The purchase of livestock by slaughtering establishments, meat processors, restaurants, grocery stores, meat markets, and similar businesses if: (A) the livestock is purchased solely for the purpose of being processed into meat products for use or sale in connection with the business; and(B) the total number of livestock purchased for the use or sale does not exceed twenty (20) in any one (1) week.Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-14-1.
As added by P.L. 2-2008, SEC.8.