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K.S.A. § 47-1501 (2026)

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47-1501. Definitions. As used in this act:

(a) "Feedlot" means: (1) A livestock feedlot, or feed yard, having more than 1,000 head of livestock at one time during the licensed year; or (2) any other livestock feedlot whose operator elects to come under this act.

(b) "Feed yard feeding" means the feeding of livestock in lots or pens which are not used normally for raising crops and in which no vegetation, intended for livestock feed, is growing.

(c) "Livestock" means cattle, swine, sheep and horses.

(d) "Operator" means the owner, or the person having charge or control, of a feedlot.

(e) "Person" means an individual, a corporation, a group of individuals, joint venturers, a partnership or any other business entity.

(f) "Commissioner" means the state animal health commissioner.

(g) "Board" means the Kansas animal health board.

History: L. 1963, ch. 287, § 1; L. 1989, ch. 156, § 56; L. 2012, ch. 140, § 91; July 1.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1985–2012 · leading case: T-Bone Feeders, Inc. v. Martin, 693 P.2d 1187 (Kan. 1985).
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T-Bone Feeders, Inc. v. Martin, 693 P.2d 1187 (Kan. 1985). · cites it 2× “” In 1963, the legislature enacted K.S.A. 47-1501 et seq., providing for the regulation of feedlots within the state.”
Weber v. Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners, 884 P.2d 1159 (Kan. Ct. App. 1994). “For purposes of humane slaughter, “livestock” means “cattle, calves, sheep, swine, horses, mules, goats, aquatic animals, domesticated deer and any other animal which can or may be used in and for the preparation of meat or meat products.”
Seward Cnty. ex rel. Seward Cnty. Bd. of Commissioners v. Navarro, 133 P.3d 1283 (Kan. Ct. App. 2006). “47-1402(c); K.S.A. 47-1501(c). If the Navarros are simply raising or training horses on the property for agricultural pursuits, there is no question that the agricultural use exception would apply.”
Velda J. Shore v. Maple Lane Farms, LLC (Tenn. Ct. App. 2012). “4; Kansas, Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 47-1501 to -1510; Kentucky, Ky.”
— K.S.A. § 47-1501(c) — 2 cases
Weber v. Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners, 884 P.2d 1159 (Kan. Ct. App. 1994). “For purposes of humane slaughter, “livestock” means “cattle, calves, sheep, swine, horses, mules, goats, aquatic animals, domesticated deer and any other animal which can or may be used in and for the preparation of meat or meat products.”
Seward Cnty. ex rel. Seward Cnty. Bd. of Commissioners v. Navarro, 133 P.3d 1283 (Kan. Ct. App. 2006). “47-1402(c); K.S.A. 47-1501(c). If the Navarros are simply raising or training horses on the property for agricultural pursuits, there is no question that the agricultural use exception would apply.”
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