Food and Agricultural Code section 24130

Any person that is engaged in the business of buying or selling animals on consignment at any public or private salesyard shall keep after each sale, a certificate of consignment which contains all of the following information:

(a)

The name and address of the consignor.

(b)

A description of each animal which is sold that includes its sex, breed, color, approximate height and weight, approximate age, natural marks and identifying scars, and a description of each brand or tattoo and its location on each animal.

(c)

Reasonable proof of the ownership of the animal.

(d)

The license number of any vehicle which transports the animal to the salesyard. If the animal is transported in a trailer, the license number of both the trailer and the vehicle which pulls it shall be given.

(e)

The signature of the consignor.

Source: Section 24130, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=FAC§ionNum=24130.­ (updated Jan. 1, 1991; accessed Jul. 28, 2025).

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