11.4.3.060 Bills of Sale – Necessity and Presumption-Definitions of Livestock.

(a) No person shall buy, receive, sell, dispose of or have in his possession any livestock unless the person selling or disposing of such livestock shall give, and the person buying or receiving such livestock shall take, a written bill of sale giving the number, kind, marks, and brand of each animal sold which meet the requirements set out in this Code.

(b) The possession of livestock, without having a written bill of sale meeting the requirements set out in this Code shall be prima facie evidence of illegal possession against any person charged with theft, unlawful possession, handling, driving or killing any livestock.

(c) For the purpose of this ordinance, livestock is defined as cattle, horses, asses, sheep, goats, swine or the carcasses thereof.