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§ 38-18-26 Certificate of inspection required to transfer ownership of bees or used bee equipment--Copy to recipient of bees--Violation as misdemeanor.

SD Codified L § 38-18-26 (2019) (N/A)
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38-18-26. Certificate of inspection required to transfer ownership of bees or used bee equipment--Copy to recipient of bees--Violation as misdemeanor. No person may sell, offer for sale, give away, or transfer ownership of any apiary, bees, or used bee equipment within this state without receiving a certificate of inspection from the secretary issued within six months prior to the disposition. The seller or giver shall issue a copy of the certificate to the purchaser or person receiving the colony at the time of delivery. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.

Source: SL 1947, ch 6, § 13; SL 1959, ch 2, § 8; SDC Supp 1960, § 4.1113; SL 1976, ch 243, § 17; SL 1984, ch 265, § 2; SL 1986, ch 330, § 30.

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