California Food and Agricultural Code ARTICLE 2 - Public Salesyards

• Section 21731.
  Stockyards which are posted by the United States Department of Agriculture under the Packers and Stockyards Act (7 U.S.C., Sec. 181 et seq.), agricultural fairs,...
• Section 21732.
  The license and bond provisions of this article do not apply to the sale by an auctioneer of cattle on the premises of the owner...
• Section 21733.
  A person shall not engage in the business of selling cattle at a public salesyard unless he has done all of the following:(a) Obtained a license...
• Section 21734.
  The bond required pursuant to Section 21733 is subject to the approval of the director and shall be conditioned as follows:(a) That the person shall not...
• Section 21735.
  Any amount which is recovered upon the bond shall be paid to the owner of the animal.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
• Section 21736.
  The bureau shall grant to every applicant that complies with this article and the regulations which are adopted pursuant to it, a separate license to...
• Section 21737.
  A permit shall be granted by the bureau to change the address or location of a previously licensed salesyard. No additional license fee or bond...
• Section 21738.
  Each such license shall be renewed on or before the first day of each succeeding calendar year. The renewal fee is one hundred dollars ($100)...
• Section 21743.
  Any person that is engaged in the business of selling cattle on consignment at any public stockyard, public salesyard, or public cattle sales market shall...
• Section 21744.
  Cattle shall not be released from a public stockyard, public salesyard, public cattle sales market, or any other public consignment sale or private auction sale...
• Section 21745.
  The press-numbered bill of sale or press-numbered certificate of sale that is required pursuant to Section 21744 shall contain all of the following information on...
• Section 21746.
  The director may make regulations which govern the brand inspection of cattle at public salesyards, public stockyards and at private cattle auction sales. The regulations...
• Section 21747.
  It is unlawful for any person to sell cattle at a public salesyard or release cattle from public salesyards unless an inspector has made a...
• Section 21748.
  It is unlawful for any person to release any cattle which are sold at public auction unless the required brand inspection certificate has been prepared...
• Section 21749.
  Except as otherwise provided in Section 21750, any person that engages as a business in the sale of cattle at a public salesyard without a...
• Section 21750.
  Any public cattle salesyard operator that has had a previous license and continues to operate a public salesyard after the expiration of his license is...
• Section 21751.
  (a) If cattle sold at a public auction have a dairy exemption number, the auctioneer shall announce at the sale that those cattle are being sold...

Last modified: October 22, 2018