- (1) A hobbyist apiary site is exempt from the registration provisions of this part, but a hobbyist beekeeper may voluntarily register with the department under this section. A hobbyist beekeeper voluntarily registering a site shall pay any required registration fee but is not required to reregister pursuant to 80-6-102.
(2) The department may grant hobbyist apiary site registrations to hobbyist beekeepers under the following conditions:
- (a) The applicant may not own a total of more than five hives, and all of the hives must be placed on the hobbyist apiary site.
- (b) The applicant must own the bees and the hives and must personally manage and operate the bees and the hives.
- (c) Only one hobbyist apiary site registration is allowed for an applicant and only two hobbyist apiary site registrations are allowed for a family unit.
- (3) A certificate of registration of a hobbyist apiary site may not be leased, assigned, or transferred. A person, other than the hobbyist apiary site registrant, may not exercise any rights or privileges, directly or indirectly, authorized by the certificate of registration.
History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 125, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 198, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 468, L. 2009.