Title 25 — ANIMALS

25-609. Official brucellosis test charts — Transmission of copies to laboratories. It shall be the duty of all veterinarians to transmit to the laboratory conducting the brucellosis test on blood samples of cattle or other animals, three (3) copies of the official brucellosis tes…

25-610. Branding of positive reactors — Revoking accreditation of veterinarians for noncompliance. It shall further be the duty of each veterinarian in the state of Idaho, upon the receipt of such brucellosis test chart from the laboratory, to brand clearly or have branded in his…

25-611. Laboratory tests — Where and by whom taken. All laboratory tests of blood samples taken from cattle or other animals in certified brucellosis-free herds, cattle or other animals in cooperative herds in process of certification, additions to certified free and process herd…

25-612. Duty of owner to have reactors slaughtered. It shall be the duty of the owner of any cattle or other animals which have been officially classified as reactors to the brucellosis disease test in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, after receiving a written orde…

25-613. Vaccination method of control. (1) The owner of any cattle who has such cattle vaccinated for protection against brucellosis shall have such cattle vaccinated by a veterinarian who is licensed and accredited in the state of Idaho or vaccinated by state or federal regulato…

25-613A. Official vaccination against brucellosis required — Penalty. (1) All female cattle in the state of Idaho shall be officially vaccinated for protection against brucellosis except as provided in subsection (2) of this section. "Officially vaccinated" shall mean a bovine fe…

25-614. Indemnity payments restricted. No indemnity shall be paid to any owner of cattle or other animals for any positive reacting cattle or other animals unless such cattle or other animals are native Idaho cattle or other animals or have been imported in compliance with existi…

25-614A. Herd depopulation. In order to facilitate the advancement of the state of Idaho to brucellosis class free and to maintain the state in this category, the division of animal industries is granted authority to condemn brucellosis infected herds and to require the destructi…

25-615. Branding and isolation of positive reactors. All cattle or other animals showing a positive reaction to the brucellosis test in the cooperative work, whether in individual herds or in cooperative areas, shall immediately after being branded in accordance with the provisio…

25-616. Penalty for violations. (1) Any person, firm, or corporation who shall fail to do or perform, or who shall not permit another to do or perform, any act which he or it is required to do or perform under the provisions of this chapter, or who shall in any manner interfere w…

25-617. Separability. If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and t…

25-618. Bison — Management of diseased animals. (1) The legislature finds that significant potential exists for the spread of contagious disease to persons, livestock and other animals in Idaho, and in particular, the spread of brucellosis to livestock, elk, moose and other susce…

25-801. Scope of act. The practice of artificial insemination of domestic animals in the state of Idaho is subject to the regulations prescribed in this act. Nothing herein shall be held to apply to, interfere with or prohibit the activities of duly licensed veterinarians, or to …

25-802. Definition. Artificial insemination as used in this act shall for the purposes herein mean the fertilization of or the attempt to fertilize the female domestic animal by placing and implanting by artificial means in the vagina of the female domestic animal the seminal flu…

25-803. License required. It is unlawful for any person to practice artificial insemination of domestic animals unless he shall first obtain a license so to do as provided in this act. Provided, no license shall be required of or by any person to perform artificial insemination u…

25-804. Division of animal industries — Powers and duties. This act shall be administered by the division of animal industries and in addition to any powers now conferred by law shall have the following powers and duties: a. To conduct examinations to ascertain the qualifications…

25-805. Prerequisite qualifications of applicants for license. Every applicant for a license to practice artificial insemination as in this act defined shall be a person of good moral character and a graduate of a course on artificial insemination and sanitation, or of an equival…

25-806. Application for license. Application for a license shall be made in writing by the applicant under oath at such time, in such form and accompanied by such proof of applicant’s fitness to practice as the division of animal industries of the state of Idaho may from time to …

25-807. Fees. The division of animal industries of the state of Idaho is authorized to charge every applicant for a license a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) which shall accompany the application. A license shall be issued to each successful applicant without the payment of a…

25-808. Examinations. Each applicant shall be examined in writing by the division of animal industries. Such written examination shall be given to determine the knowledge of such applicant of the practice of artificial insemination. Such examination shall consist of such question…

25-809. Licenses — Issuance, renewals and reinstatement. If the applicant shall pass such examination as is herein provided to be given and shall show that he is a person of good moral character and that he possesses the qualifications required by this act to entitle him to a lic…

25-810. Refusal, revocation or suspension of license. The division of animal industries may either refuse to issue, or refuse to review, or suspend or revoke any license upon any of the following grounds: a. Fraud or deception in procuring the license. b. The publication or use o…

25-811. Register. The division of animal industries shall keep on file a register of all applicants for licenses, rejected applicants and persons licensed to practice under this act.

25-812. Records of practitioners — Inspection by division. Every person practicing artificial insemination as herein defined in the state of Idaho must make and keep a record showing each artificial insemination performed by him, the date thereof, the owner of the animal so insem…

25-813. Unlawful practice a misdemeanor. Any person who practices or attempts to practice artificial insemination, who publicly advertises for the purpose of practicing artificial insemination, or who uses any word or designation, title, or abbreviation calculated to induce belie…

25-901. Grazing preference appurtenant to base property. The United States congress, in fulfilling the constitutional obligation to manage the property of the United States, passed the Taylor grazing act in 1934. Through this act, congress acknowledged grazing preference rights a…

25-902. Continuing right to grazing preference. When a grazing preference right is made use of through sale, rental or other equitable distribution of base property to another person with the view of receiving benefit of grazing under the appurtenant preference right, such person…

25-903. Interference with grazing right. Any person who willfully or negligently interferes with the legal herding, grazing or pasturing of livestock or with a fence, gate, water development or other range improvement on private base property or on an adjudicated allotment is gui…

25-1001. Stock rancher defined. Every person who, for a consideration, takes horses or other stock to keep and take care of by the day, week, month or year, is deemed a stock rancher.

25-1002. Duties and liability. It is the duty of every stock rancher to use due diligence to prevent the death or loss of, or injury to, any animal in his charge as such rancher; and in case of death, loss or injury to such animal while in possession of a stock rancher, the owner…

25-1003. Forfeiture of fees. Any stock rancher using any animal placed in his charge, by riding or working the same in any manner whatever, unless there is an express contract between himself and the owner thereof allowing such animal to be used, forfeits all claims or demands fo…

25-1004. Stock rancher ranging stock on lands of another a misdemeanor — Prima facie evidence. It shall constitute a misdemeanor for any stock rancher, as defined in this act, having charge of horses or other stock to herd, move, drive, or range the same or permit or suffer them …

25-1101. Definitions. As used in this chapter, and elsewhere in the Idaho Code where applicable: "Livestock" means any cattle, horses, mules or asses. "Transportation" means the movement of livestock in any manner. "Person" means every natural person, firm, association, partnersh…

25-1102. Board created — Membership and organization. There shall be in the Idaho state police a state brand board and such board is hereby created. The state brand board shall consist of five (5) members, three (3) of whom shall be experienced in, and while serving as a member o…

25-1103. State brand inspector — Appointment, salary, bond. The state board shall appoint the state brand inspector who shall be a nonclassified state employee and who shall serve at the pleasure of such board and the salary of such officer shall be fixed by such board within the…

25-1104. Officers, deputies and assistants. The state brand inspector, with the approval of the state brand board, and within the limits of any appropriation made available for such purposes, shall appoint, fix the compensation, determine the tenure of office, and prescribe the d…

25-1105. Ex officio brand inspectors. The director of the Idaho state police, every state police officer, port of entry officers, county sheriff and deputy sheriff is hereby made an ex officio brand inspector, and shall have the authority to inspect any livestock described in thi…

25-1106. Duties of inspector and deputy brand inspectors as law enforcement officers. The state brand inspector and deputy brand inspectors shall also have power and the duty to enforce all of the laws of the state for the identification, inspection and transportation of livestoc…

25-1107. Duties of inspector. The state brand inspector shall cooperate with the Idaho state department of agriculture, insofar as the administration and enforcement of the Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921 and all amendments thereto, and shall provide all brand inspections requ…

25-1108. Office of board. The board shall maintain offices in the state of Idaho at such places as determined by the board.

25-1109. Board to audit claims and make annual report. The board shall audit all bills for salaries and expenses incurred by it that may be payable from appropriations made therefore, which claims shall be audited and allowed and paid as other claims against the state. The board …

25-1110. Brand board to make rules and regulations. The state brand board shall be responsible for the promulgation, implementation and enforcement of all rules and regulations as adopted by the state brand board to implement and administer the requirements of this chapter. The s…

25-1120. Brand inspection. (1) The state brand board shall have the authority to require brand inspection of all livestock transferred in any manner, or which shall be placed for sale with or delivered into the custody of the owners or operators of any auction, auction house, sal…

25-1121. Requirements for brand inspection — Written permit in lieu of inspection. (1) Any person desiring to transport, remove, or drive any livestock from the boundaries of this state in any manner shall, before doing so, apply to the state brand inspector to inspect the same f…

25-1122. Ownership and transportation certificate. (1) The owner or owners of any horses, mules or asses desiring to transport them within the state for any purpose other than sale or trade, may, upon request to the state brand inspector, be issued an ownership and transportation…

25-1123. Exemption from brand requirement and inspection. A sucking calf or colt without brand, accompanying its mother in any shipment, shall be deemed to bear the same brand as its mother for the purposes of this chapter. Any person desiring to transport any livestock from the …

25-1124. Certificate or permit to be produced upon demand. Every person transporting livestock shall, upon demand, permit examination thereof by any brand inspector or peace officer the brand inspection certificate or written permit and allow copies thereof to be taken.

25-1125. Inspection of livestock in transit — Impounding when certificate or permit erroneous. Any livestock in transit or being transported in any manner, may be inspected at any time or place, without liability by any brand inspector of the state or by any peace officer or othe…

25-1126. Owner of recorded brand — Right to cause inspection of livestock in transit. Every citizen of Idaho who is the owner of any duly recorded brand is hereby authorized to require livestock in transit, or which is about to be shipped, transported or otherwise removed, to be …

25-1140. Use of brands restricted. Every stock grower in this state must use a brand for cattle, and a brand for horses, mules and asses, which brand must be placed in a conspicuous place on the animal. It shall be unlawful for any person to use any brand as herein provided, unle…