3-2009

3-2009. Transfer of license without fee

If a person who is a licensee under the provisions of this article sells or otherwise disposes of his slaughtering business, together with the goodwill thereof, and the purchaser or transferee continues the business at the same location, substantially in the same manner and under the same business name as it was conducted by the seller, the license of the original licensee may be transferred to the new owner without payment of a license fee if the new owner submits to the division:

1. An affidavit stating, under penalty of perjury, that the new owner will comply with the law and will not slaughter animals or sell, exchange or expose meat for sale except according to law and the rules of the director.

2. Evidence that the new owner is law-abiding, trustworthy and of good moral character.