Florida Statutes Title XXXIII Chapter 534 - Livestock; Marks And Brands; Stamping Beef

• 534.011 - Inspection And Protection Of Livestock; Jurisdiction Of Department Of Agriculture And Consumer Services.
  The inspection and protection of livestock in the state are hereby placed under the jurisdiction of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, herein called...
• 534.021 - Recording Of Marks Or Brands.
  The department shall be the recorder of livestock marks or brands, and the marks or brands may not be recorded elsewhere in the state. Any...
• 534.031 - Certified Copies Of Marks And Brands.
  Certified copies of recorded marks and brands shall be furnished by the department when and as requested and it shall charge and collect $2 for...
• 534.041 - Renewal Of Certificate Of Mark Or Brand.
  The registration of a mark or brand entitles the registered owner to exclusive ownership and use of the mark or brand for a period ending...
• 534.051 - Transfer Of Ownership Of Mark Or Brand.
  Marks or brands recorded under this act are the property of the person, firm or corporation causing the record to be made, and may be...
• 534.061 - Transfer Of Ownership Of Cattle.
  It shall be the duty of all purchasers of cattle, except for immediate slaughter, to remark or rebrand the same within 10 days, or have...
• 534.071 - Rules And Regulations.
  The department shall prescribe and enforce suitable rules and regulations for the inspection of livestock and carcasses of livestock to the end that the true...
• 534.081 - Duties Of Law Enforcement Officers; Appointment Of Special Officers.
  (1) All law enforcement officers of the state or any political subdivision thereof, including investigators and agricultural law enforcement officers of the department and highway patrol...
• 534.082 - Duties Of Livestock Hide Dealers.
  Livestock hide dealers shall make and keep a record of all hides of livestock received by them, which record shall include the name and address...
• 534.083 - Livestock Hauler’s Waybill Or Bill Of Lading.
  Persons engaged in the business of transporting or hauling livestock in the state shall, upon receiving such livestock for transportation, issue a waybill or bill...
• 534.091 - Claim Of Ownership Without Title.
  It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to have the possession of livestock or carcasses of livestock under claim of ownership when...
• 534.101 - Penalties.
  Any person who shall violate the provisions of ss. 534.011-534.091, either by doing anything forbidden, or failing to do and perform anything required hereby, shall...
• 534.111 - Injunction.
  In addition to the remedies provided in this chapter, and notwithstanding the existence of any adequate remedy at law, the department is hereby authorized to...
• 534.47 - Definitions.
  As used in ss. 534.48-534.53:(1) “Department” means the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.(2) “Livestock market” means any location in the state where livestock is assembled and...
• 534.48 - License And Fee.
  Prior to engaging in business, every livestock market shall make application to the department for a license. Such application shall be on a form provided...
• 534.49 - Livestock Drafts; Effect.
  For the purposes of this section, a livestock draft given as payment at a livestock auction market for a livestock purchase shall not be deemed...
• 534.50 - Report And Notice Of Dishonored Check Or Draft.
  It shall be the duty and responsibility of each livestock market to report to the department within 24 hours after having knowledge that a check...
• 534.501 - Livestock Draft; Unlawful To Delay Payment.
  It shall be unlawful for the purchaser of livestock to delay payment of the livestock draft upon presentation of said draft at the payor’s bank....
• 534.51 - Prohibition Against Filing Complaint.
  A livestock market shall be prohibited from filing a complaint under s. 604.21 if such livestock market has violated any provision of ss. 534.47-534.53 in...
• 534.52 - Violations; Refusal, Suspension, Revocation; Penalties.
  (1) For any violation of ss. 534.47-534.53, the department may refuse to renew a license or may suspend or revoke a license already issued, upon notice...
• 534.53 - Information And Records.
  The livestock auction market shall be required to record and maintain information or records necessary to properly administer and enforce ss. 534.47-534.53, and such records...
• 534.54 - Cattle Or Hog Processors; Prompt Payment; Penalty; Lien.
  (1) As used in this section:(a) “Livestock” means cattle or hogs.(b) “Meat processor” means a person, corporation, association, or other legal entity engaged in the business of slaughtering...

Last modified: September 23, 2016