Section 17.05. Receiving livestock from unregistered locations.

 

(1)   Prohibition. Except as provided in sub. (2) , no person may receive, for purposes of sale, exhibition, or slaughter, livestock from a location that is required to be registered under s. ATCP 17.02 or an equivalent law in another state, unless that location is registered according to this chapter or an equivalent law in the other state.

(2)   Application contingent upon reciprocity. Subsection (1) does not apply to any person, or to any receipt of livestock for a purpose identified in sub. (1) , unless the United States department of agriculture or all of the states surrounding Wisconsin prohibit persons in those surrounding states from receiving livestock for that purpose from unregistered locations in this state that are required to be registered under s. ATCP 17.02 . The surrounding states are Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, and Michigan.

CR 04-103 : cr. Register September 2005 No. 597 , eff. 10-1-05.