9 CFR § 201.98 - Packers and dealers not to charge, demand, or collect commission, yardage, or other service charges.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t9/s201.98"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "9 CFR § 201.98 - Packers and dealers not to charge, demand, or collect commission, yardage, or other service charges."
title_number: 9
title_name: "Animals and Animal Products"
section_number: "201.98"
section_name: "Packers and dealers not to charge, demand, or collect commission, yardage, or other service charges."
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (FAIR TRADE PRACTICES PROGRAM), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
part_number: "201"
part_name: "ADMINISTERING THE PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS ACT"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "7 U.S.C. 181-229c."
cfr_part: "201"
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# 201.98 Packers and dealers not to charge, demand, or collect commission, yardage, or other service charges.
No packer or dealer shall, in connection with the purchase of livestock in commerce, charge, demand, or collect from the seller of the livestock any compensation in the form of commission, yardage, or other service charge unless the charge is for services mandated by law or statute and is not inconsistent with the provisions of the Act.
[61 FR 36282, July 10, 1996]