KRS 261.375: License required -- Renewal, records of transactions -- Violations --

License revocation or suspension.

(1) No person shall engage in the business of being a livestock dealer without having

first obtained a license from the department. Application for a license shall be made

on a form provided by the department and accompanied by a fee of ten dollars

($10), payable to the Kentucky State Treasurer. The license shall expire on

December 31 and shall be renewed annually.

(2) Any livestock dealer shall maintain records of all transactions conducted by him for

the next preceding two (2) year period, including the names and addresses of

persons from whom he has purchased or to whom he has sold livestock and the date

of the transactions, and make the records av ailable to department representatives

upon request, but shall not be required to maintain or furnish records or information

as to the amount paid or received for any head of livestock.

(3) The following acts by any livestock dealer shall be violations of t his chapter and

may result in a license being revoked or suspended by the Commissioner of

Agriculture:

(a) Failing to maintain the records required under subsection (2) of this section;

(b) Failing to provide access to department representatives of records;

(c) Buying or selling livestock under an assumed name or address; and

(d) Violating of any valid administrative regulation or statute governing disease

control.

(4) If the Commissioner has reasonable cause to believe any provision of this chapter is

being or has been violated by any livestock dealer, the Commissioner shall notify

the livestock dealer that his license may be suspended or revoked.