§ 202. — "Stockyard" defined; determination by Secretary as to particular yard.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC202]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 9--PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS
SUBCHAPTER III--STOCKYARDS AND STOCKYARD DEALERS
Sec. 202. ``Stockyard'' defined; determination by Secretary as
to particular yard
(a) When used in this subchapter the term ``stockyard'' means any
place, establishment, or facility commonly known as stockyards,
conducted, operated, or managed for profit or nonprofit as a public
market for livestock producers, feeders, market agencies, and buyers,
consisting of pens, or other inclosures, and their appurtenances, in
which live cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats are received,
held, or kept for sale or shipment in commerce.
(b) The Secretary shall from time to time ascertain, after such
inquiry as he deems necessary, the stockyards which come within the
foregoing definition, and shall give notice thereof to the stockyard
owners concerned, and give public notice thereof by posting copies of
such notice in the stockyard, and in such other manner as he may
determine. After the giving of such notice to the stockyard owner and to
the public, the stockyard shall remain subject to the provisions of this
subchapter until like notice is given by the Secretary that such
stockyard no longer comes within the foregoing definition.
(Aug. 15, 1921, ch. 64, title III, Sec. 302, 42 Stat. 163; Pub. L. 85-
909, Sec. 2(2), Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1750; Pub. L. 90-446, Sec. 1(a),
July 31, 1968, 82 Stat. 474.)
Amendments
1968--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 90-446 substituted ``operated, or managed
for profit or nonprofit as a public market for livestock producers,
feeders, market agencies, and buyers'' for ``or operated for
compensation or profit as a public market''.
1958--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 85-909 struck out ``Said sections shall
not apply to a stockyard of which the area normally available for
handling livestock, exclusive of runs, alleys, or passage ways, is less
than twenty thousand square feet.''
Transportation of Livestock
Section 2(2) of Pub. L. 85-909 provided in part: ``That nothing
herein [this section] shall be deemed as a definition of the term
`public stockyards' as used in section 15(5) of the Interstate Commerce
Act [former 49 U.S.C. 15(5)].''
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 203, 207 of this title.
