Section 90-C. Prohibitions

1.  It  shall  be  unlawful for any person to
  purchase, or deal in, or sell cattle,  swine,  horses,  deer,  camelids,
  sheep,  goats  or  poultry at wholesale, or for any person to operate or
  conduct an auction where cattle, swine, horses, deer,  camelids,  sheep,
  goats  or  poultry  are  sold,  or  for any person to transport poultry,
  unless such wholesale cattle, swine, horse, deer, camelids, sheep, goats
  or poultry dealer or auctioneer or poultry transporter holds a  domestic
  animal health permit granted by the commissioner.
    2. No person who holds or is required to hold a domestic animal health
  permit  shall  purchase,  sell or otherwise deal in cattle, deer, swine,
  camelids, sheep or goats unless and until an ear tag is securely affixed
  to the ear of such animal or unless such animal is otherwise  identified
  by  a registration number, distinctive tattoo, electronic identification
  device or other unique permanent mark or, for an animal  that  is  moved
  directly to slaughter, an official backtag.
    3.  No  person  shall deface, obliterate or remove an ear tag or other
  identification mark affixed to an animal under his or  her  control,  or
  shall  affix an ear tag to the ear of an animal that has previously been
  affixed to the ear of another animal.