Chapter 54, LIVESTOCK
430 sections in this chapter.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1168 Records required; available for inspection.
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Every market license holder under the Livestock Auction Market Act shall keep an accurate record of all transactions conducted in the ordinary course of his or her business. Such records shall be available for examination of the director, or his or her duly authorized representat…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1169 Department; complaint; notice of hearing; process; hearings; findings; suspension or revocation of license.
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(1) The department may, upon its own motion, whenever it has reason to believe the Livestock Auction Market Act has been violated, or upon verified complaint of any person in writing, investigate the actions of any market license holder, and if the department finds probable cause…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1170 Director; audio recording; appeal; procedure.
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The director shall keep an audio recording of all proceedings and evidence presented in any hearing under the Livestock Auction Market Act. The applicant for a market license, any protestant formally appearing in the hearing for such market license, the holder of any market licen…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1171 Violations; penalties; injunction.
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Any person who violates any provision or requirements of the Livestock Auction Market Act is guilty of a Class II misdemeanor. Each day any person operates or conducts a livestock auction market in this state without a license as prescribed in such act is considered a separate of…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1172 Livestock Auction Market Fund; creation; use; investment.
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Salaries and expenses of employees, costs of hearings, and all other costs of administration of the Livestock Auction Market Act shall be paid from the Livestock Auction Market Fund which is hereby created. Any money in the Livestock Auction Market Fund available for investment s…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1173 Livestock Auction Market Fund; license and permit fees; occupation tax; use.
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The license and permit fees collected as provided by the Livestock Auction Market Act are an occupation tax and shall be remitted to the State Treasurer for credit to the Livestock Auction Market Fund. All money so collected shall be appropriated to the uses of the Department of …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1178 Maintenance in sanitary condition; rules and regulations.
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Every livestock auction market shall be maintained in a sanitary condition under the rules and regulations as prescribed by the director.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1180 Inspection of livestock; duties; fees; use; disposition; notice of change.
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All cattle, calves, swine, sheep, and goats, upon entering a livestock auction market, shall be inspected for health before being offered for sale. Such inspection shall be made by a designated veterinarian. The fees for such inspection shall be established by rules and regulatio…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1181 Veterinarians; agreement for services; contents; compensation; liability.
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The State Veterinarian shall make the designation of the veterinarians required by sections 54-1180 and 54-1182 by entering into an agreement with any accredited veterinarian for his or her professional services in performing necessary inspections. Such agreement shall provide th…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1181.01 Violations; penalty.
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Any person engaging in livestock commerce at a licensed livestock auction market who violates any provision of sections 54-1180 and 54-1181, or any rules or regulations duly promulgated thereunder, shall be guilty of a Class II misdemeanor.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1182 Livestock sold; treatment by veterinarians; release; documentation; rules and regulations.
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Any livestock sold or disposed of at a livestock auction market, before removal therefrom, shall be released by the designated veterinarian and treated to conform with the health requirements of the rules and regulations prescribed by the department for the movement of livestock.…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1601 SPF, defined.
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As used in sections 54-1601 to 54-1605, unless the context otherwise requires, SPF shall mean specific pathogen-free swine, which must conform to the conditions and health standards prescribed by the University of Nebraska Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources or its des…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1602 SPF Accredited; advertisement; subject to sections.
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Every person, partnership, limited liability company, firm, association, or corporation which issues, uses, or circulates any certificate, advertisement, tag, seal, poster, letterhead, marking, circular, or written or printed representation or description of or pertaining to SPF …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1603 University of Nebraska Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources; accreditation.
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Every person, firm, partnership, limited liability company, association, or corporation subject to the provisions of sections 54-1601 to 54-1605 shall observe, perform, and comply with all rules, regulations, and requirements fixed, established, or specified by the University of …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1604 University of Nebraska Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources; accreditation; withhold.
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The University of Nebraska Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources or its designated agency may withhold Nebraska SPF accreditation from any producer of SPF swine who is engaged in or attempting to engage in any dishonest practice for the purpose of evading the provisions …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1605 Violations; penalty.
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It shall be unlawful for any person, partnership, limited liability company, firm, association, or corporation to issue, make, use, or circulate any accreditation without the authority and approval of the University of Nebraska Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources or it…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-170 Livestock Brand Act, how cited.
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Sections 54-170 to 54-1,138 shall be known and may be cited as the Livestock Brand Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1701 Public policy.
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Sections 54-1701 to 54-1711 shall be deemed an exercise of the police powers of the State of Nebraska for the protection of the agricultural public to facilitate the control and prevention of diseases in domestic animals by requiring compliance with the laws of this state enacted…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1702 Act, how cited.
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Sections 54-1701 to 54-1711 may be cited as the Nebraska Livestock Dealer Licensing Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1703 Terms, defined.
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As used in sections 54-1701 to 54-1711, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Department shall mean the Department of Agriculture; (2) Director shall mean the Director of Agriculture; (3) State Veterinarian shall mean the person officially appointed to this position by the d…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1704 Livestock dealer; license; application; bond; form; renewal; fee; disposition.
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No person as defined in the Nebraska Livestock Dealer Licensing Act as a livestock dealer shall: (1) Engage in the business of buying, selling, or otherwise dealing in livestock in this state without a valid and effective license issued by the Director of Agriculture under the pr…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1705 State Veterinarian; powers.
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The State Veterinarian shall have the power to: (1) Enter premises and buildings occupied by a licensee at any reasonable time to examine books and records maintained by the licensee; (2) Require, by general or special order, livestock dealers to file with the State Veterinarian,…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1706 Violations; order to appear; notice; hearing; appeal.
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(1) Whenever the director or the State Veterinarian has reason to believe that any person has violated any of the provisions of the Nebraska Livestock Dealer Licensing Act or any rules or regulations adopted and promulgated under the act, an order may be entered requiring such pe…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1707 Hearings; procedure; order; appeal.
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(1) Hearings shall be conducted by the director or by a hearing officer designated by him or her. Provision shall be made to insure that any such hearing officer other than the director shall not have participated in the performance of investigative or prosecuting functions in th…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1708 State Veterinarian; rules and regulations; adopt; inspections; fees.
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(1) The State Veterinarian shall, subject to the approval of the director, adopt rules and regulations necessary to carry out the purposes, provisions, and intent of sections 54-1701 to 54-1711. (2) The State Veterinarian shall make the designation of the veterinarian required by…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1709 Licensed dealer; records; contents; access.
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Every dealer required to be licensed under the provisions of sections 54-1701 to 54-1711 shall keep such records and accounts as shall fully and correctly disclose all purchases, sales or transfers involving livestock transactions consummated in connection with his business. The …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-171 Definitions; where found.
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For purposes of the Livestock Brand Act, the definitions found in sections 54-171.01 to 54-190 shall be used.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-171.01 Approved nonvisual identifier, defined.
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Approved nonvisual identifier means a nonvisual method of livestock identification approved by the Nebraska Brand Committee such as an electronic device, a nose print, a retinal scan, a DNA match, or any other such nonvisual method of livestock identification.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-171.02 Backgrounding lot, defined.
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Backgrounding lot means a grow yard that is located within or outside of the brand inspection area and that prepares cattle for entry into a registered feedlot.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1710 Facility; standards; State Veterinarian; prescribe; concentration points; inspection; approval.
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Livestock moving in commerce handled by dealers covered by the provisions of sections 54-1701 to 54-1711 and held at a facility shall be held at a facility conforming to standards prescribed by regulation by the State Veterinarian, and in no case shall the standards be less than …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1711 Violations; penalty.
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Any livestock dealer who violates any of the provisions of sections 54-1701 to 54-1711 or any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder, or any order of the department after such order has become final or upon termination of any review proceeding where the order has been sustaine…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-172 Bill of sale, defined.
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Bill of sale means a formal instrument for the conveyance or transfer of title to livestock or other goods and chattels. The bill of sale shall state the purchaser's name and address, the date of transfer, the guarantee of title, the number of livestock transferred, the sex of su…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-173 Brand clearance, defined.
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Brand clearance means the documentary evidence of ownership that is issued and signed by a brand inspector and given to persons who have legally purchased cattle at a livestock auction or sale where a brand inspection service is provided. The brand clearance shall give the name a…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-173.01 Brand committee, defined.
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Brand committee means the Nebraska Brand Committee.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-173.02 Brand committee districts, defined.
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(1) Brand committee district one means the following counties: Banner, Box Butte, Cherry, Cheyenne, Dawes, Kimball, Morrill, Scotts Bluff, Sheridan, and Sioux. (2) Brand committee district two means the following counties: Arthur, Chase, Deuel, Dundy, Frontier, Garden, Grant, Hay…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-174 Brand inspection agency, defined.
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Brand inspection agency means an agency of a state, or a duly organized livestock association of a state, authorized by state law and registered with the Packers and Stockyards Division of the United States Department of Agriculture to charge and collect, at designated stockyards…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-175 Brand inspection area, defined.
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Brand inspection area means that portion of the State of Nebraska designated in section 54-1,109, where brand inspection is mandatory.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-175.01 Brand inspection service area, defined.
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Brand inspection service area means all Nebraska counties and areas of Nebraska counties contiguous with the brand inspection area designated by section 54-1,109.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-176 Brand inspector, defined.
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Brand inspector means a person employed by the Nebraska Brand Committee, or some other brand inspection agency, inside or outside of the State of Nebraska, for the purpose of identifying brands, marks, or other identifying characteristics of livestock or approved nonvisual identi…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-177 Carcass, defined.
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Carcass means the body, or part thereof but not less than one-fourth of a body, of any dead or slaughtered livestock.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-178 Cattle, defined.
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Cattle means bovine cattle only and does not relate to or include any other kind of animal.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-179 Certificate of inspection, defined.
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Certificate of inspection means the official document issued and signed by a brand inspector authorizing (1) movement of livestock from a point of origin within the brand inspection area to a destination either inside or outside of the brand inspection area or outside of this sta…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-179.01 Certified bill of sale, defined.
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Certified bill of sale means a document generated by the Nebraska Brand Committee from information provided electronically by a qualified dairy when selling calves under thirty days of age for beef production purposes. Such information shall include the name and physical address …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-179.02 Certified transportation permit, defined.
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Certified transportation permit means a document generated by the Nebraska Brand Committee from information provided electronically by a qualified dairy when moving calves under thirty days of age out of the inspection area for beef production purposes. Such information shall inc…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-179.03 Electronic inspection, defined.
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Electronic inspection means a method of performing inspections of livestock enrolled with the Nebraska Brand Committee utilizing approved nonvisual identifier means of identification.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-179.04 Enrollment, defined.
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Enrollment means the registration of livestock identified by nonvisual identifier means of livestock identification approved by the Nebraska Brand Committee and which occurs electronically and uses only those approved identifiers for evidence of ownership.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-179.05 Dairy heifer development facility, defined.
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Dairy heifer development facility means a facility that specializes in raising and managing dairy heifers until such dairy heifers are ready for breeding or calving.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-180 Estray, defined.
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Estray means any livestock found running at large upon public or private lands, either fenced or unfenced, whose owner is unknown in the area where found, any such livestock which is branded with a brand which is not on record in the office of the Nebraska Brand Committee, or any…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1801 Act, how cited.
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Sections 54-1801 to 54-1808 may be cited as the Nebraska Livestock Sellers Protective Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1802 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of the Nebraska Livestock Sellers Protective Act, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Director shall mean the Director of Agriculture; (2) Slaughter livestock shall mean cattle, sheep, and swine produced or fed in this state and destined for immediate slaughte…