New Jersey § 4:11-9

§ 4:11-9.

The secretary may decline to grant or may revoke a license when he is satisfied that: a. The applicant or licensee has violated the State laws or official regulations governing

interstate or intrastate movement of cattle, sheep , horses or swine; b. In the buying or receiving of cattle, sheep , horses or swine, or receiving, selling, exchanging, soliciting or negotiating the sale,

resale, exchange or shipment of cattle, sheep , horses or swine, there have been false or misleading statements as to the health or physical

condition of the animals with regard to official tests, or quantity of cattle, sheep , horses or swine or the practice of fraud or misrepresentation in connection therewith; c. As shown by a continual course of dealing, the licensee is unable or unwilling

to conduct properly the business of a dealer or broker; d. The applicant or licensee has knowingly bought or received cattle, sheep , horses or swine, or received, sold, exchanged, solicited or negotiated the sale, resale

or exchange of cattle, sheep , horses or swine that were diseased and likely to transmit such disease to other cattle,

sheep , horses or swine, or human beings; e. There has been a failure to practice ordinary measures of sanitation of barns,

stables, premises or vehicles used for the stabling, holding or transporting of cattle,

sheep , horses or swine; f. There has been a continual or persistent failure to keep records required by the

secretary or by law; or that there is a refusal on the part of the licensee to produce

books, accounts or records of transactions in the carrying on of the business for

which the license is granted ; or g. There has been a continual or persistent failure to comply with the provisions

of R.S.4:22-1 et seq. relating to cruelty to animals .