Chapter 17A — Minnesota Livestock Market Agency and Dealer Licensing Act

17A.01 Citation This section provides the official citation name for chapter 17A: the Minnesota Livestock Market Agency and Dealer … 17A.02 Purpose This section states the purpose of chapter 17A: to protect farmers, livestock producers, dealers, and the public by … 17A.03 Definitions This section defines key terms used in chapter 17A, including livestock (which covers cattle, sheep, swine, horses for … 17A.036 Custodial Account for Shippers Proceeds This section requires every livestock market agency that sells livestock on commission in Minnesota to maintain a … 17A.04 Licenses This section sets the licensing requirements for livestock market agencies, public stockyards, livestock dealers, … 17A.05 Amount of Bonds This section sets the minimum bond amounts that livestock market agencies and dealers must maintain. Market agency bonds … 17A.06 Claims Against Bonds This section establishes the process for filing and resolving claims against a livestock market agency or dealer's bond. … 17A.07 Prohibited Conduct This section lists activities that are unlawful under chapter 17A, including operating as a livestock market agency, … 17A.08 Record Keeping This section requires all persons subject to chapter 17A to keep accurate accounts, records, and business memoranda that … 17A.09 Feeder Pig Markets This section gives the Commissioner of Agriculture authority to establish record-keeping requirements for operators of … 17A.091 Section 17A.091 is a repealed section of the Minnesota Livestock Market Agency and Dealer Licensing Act. Both … 17A.10 Livestock Scales and Weighing This section requires all scales used to weigh livestock for buying or selling in Minnesota to meet state and federal … 17A.11 Fees for Livestock Weighing This section authorizes the Commissioner of Agriculture to set fees for state livestock weighing services, which are … 17A.12 Weighmaster Qualifications This section prohibits state livestock weighmasters from having any financial interest in livestock handling, shipping, … 17A.13 Gross Misdemeanors This section makes it a gross misdemeanor for any livestock weigher to knowingly or carelessly give false weight … 17A.14 Penalties This section sets both criminal and civil penalties for violations of chapter 17A. A first violation is a misdemeanor; … 17A.145 Civil Penalty Procedures This section establishes the process for issuing civil penalty citations to people who violate chapter 17A. The … 17A.15 Powers and Duties of Commissioner This section gives the Commissioner of Agriculture broad enforcement authority under chapter 17A. The commissioner can … 17A.151 Duty to Prosecute This section requires county and city attorneys to promptly begin criminal proceedings when the Commissioner of … 17A.16 Injunctive Remedy This section allows the Commissioner of Agriculture to seek a court injunction to stop unlicensed and unbonded persons … 17A.17 Audit by Department This section authorizes the Department of Agriculture to audit the records of livestock packers, including purchase …