Chapter 47, LIVESTOCK AND DOMESTIC ANIMALS

47-104. Freighters and drovers liable for damages. All damages done by stock owned by freighters or drovers to crops adjacent to roads along which the trains or droves may be passing or herded shall be paid by the owners of the stock to the owners of the crops so damaged, without…

47-120. Driving livestock along highway. (a) Nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to prevent drovers or other persons from driving livestock from one place to another along any public highway, the owner or owners being responsible for all damages that any person or p…

47-121. Penalty for unlawful driving of livestock. That any person or persons other than the owner or such owner's authorized agent who shall willfully drive or cause to be driven any livestock further from their usual and customary range than the nearest corral obtainable withou…

47-122. Unlawful for livestock to run at large. It shall be unlawful for any livestock to run at large. History: L. 1929, ch. 211, § 1; L. 1986, ch. 195, § 6; L. 2012, ch. 125, § 5; July 1. Law Review and Bar Journal References: "Kansas Fence Laws and Trespassing Livestock," Sam …

47-122a. Livestock running at large; taking up such livestock by county sheriff; notice; sale; disposition of proceeds of sale; consolidated law enforcement department. (a) Whenever the owner or the owner's authorized agent allows any livestock to run at large, in violation of K.…

47-123. Damages to person injured; lien. Any owner whose livestock shall run at large, in violation of K.S.A. 47-122 shall be liable to the person injured for all damages resulting therefrom, and the person so damaged shall have a lien on said livestock for the amount of such dam…

47-124. Who may take animals into custody; procedure. Any person sustaining damages as provided in K.S.A. 47-123, may take the trespassing livestock into custody, and may retain the same until such damages and all reasonable charges are paid. It shall be the duty of the person ta…

47-229. Definitions. As used in this act: (a) "Domestic animals," shall include all domestic animals except dogs and cats. (b) "Stray" or "strays" shall mean any domestic animal which is found running at large, contrary to law, or which may be found in any enclosure other than th…

47-230. Taking up stray; notice, requirements; record of ownership and animal released, when; costs. (a) Any person may take up any stray found upon such person's premises or upon any public thoroughfare adjoining thereto. Within 24 hours after taking up the stray, such person sh…

47-232. Certification to court where controversy between adverse claimants; affidavits; testimony; order determining ownership and disposition of sale proceeds. In the event that there are more than one claimant to any stray, and if a contest or controversy ensues as a result of …

47-236. Care of strays. Any person taking up a stray as hereinbefore provided, shall feed and care for said stray and not injure or abuse it, and if any stray shall die while in the possession of the taker-up without fault of said taker-up, he shall not be responsible for said de…

47-237. Penalties for unlawful acts. If any person shall unlawfully take up any stray or fails to comply with the provisions of this act or uses or works such stray before giving notice or shall drive the same on any premises for the purpose of unlawfully taking up the same, or s…

47-238. Same; advertising stray by sheriff; delivery of stray to market; sale; conditions. After the sheriff has received notice of the taking up of any stray, and the ownership not having been established, the sheriff shall advertise such stray in the area where taken up, and sh…

47-239. Same; publication notice for sale; contents; disposition of proceeds of sale; special stray fund; establishing of ownership within six months of sale. (a) The notice for the sale of the stray shall be published for one issue in a publication or publications having general…

47-414. Definitions. As used in article 4 of chapter 47 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto: (a) "Person" means every natural person, firm, copartnership, association or corporation; (b) "livestock" means cattle, horses, mules or asses; (c) "brand" means any …

47-414a. "Brand commissioner" and "livestock brand commissioner" mean animal health commissioner. Whenever in any statutes of this state the terms "livestock commissioner," "livestock brand commissioner" or "brand commissioner" are used, or the term "commissioner" is used to refe…

47-416. Animal health commissioner, duties; brand recording; inspectors, investigators, examiners and employees; contractual agreements with attorney general. It shall be the duty of the animal health commissioner to keep all books and records and to record all brands used for th…

47-416a. Livestock special investigators; law enforcement powers; training requirements. Each special investigator, appointed by the animal health commissioner, pursuant to K.S.A. 47-416, and amendments thereto, shall have the authority to make arrests, conduct searches and seizu…

47-417. Adoption of brands; registration of brands; application, registration and renewal fees; forfeited brands; abandonment; rules and regulations. (a) Any person may adopt a brand for the purpose of branding livestock in accordance with authorized rules and regulations of the …

47-417a. Brand inspection; fees; disposition; livestock brand fee fund; rules and regulations. (a) The animal health commissioner, when brand inspectors or examiners are available, may provide brand inspection. When brand inspection is requested and provided, the animal health co…

47-418. Branding; rules and regulations; identification brands for disease control purposes. Livestock may be branded in any way, or on any part of the animal, according to rules and regulations adopted by the commissioner, but livestock shall be branded so that they may be readi…

47-419. Certified copies of record; fee. When any brand is recorded, as provided herein, the owner thereof shall be entitled to one certified copy of the record of such brand from the commissioner. Additional certified copies of such record may be obtained by anyone upon the paym…

47-420. Unlawful use of brands; additional marking systems; feedlot brands. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to use any brand for branding any livestock unless such brand has been duly registered in the office of the animal health commissioner, except: (1) The use of a sin…

47-421. Unlawful branding or defacing of brands; penalty; venue of prosecutions. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), any person who willfully brands or causes to be branded any livestock in any manner other than as required or authorized by the laws of this state and the ru…

47-422. Effect of brand registering; recordation, fee; evidence; use by another prohibited. Any brand registered with the animal health commissioner of the Kansas department of agriculture in compliance with the requirements of article 4 of chapter 47 of the Kansas Statutes Annot…

47-423. Livestock from another state. Any person who causes to be brought into the state from any other state for the purpose of grazing or feeding for a period of not to exceed 12 months, livestock which carry a brand or brands recorded in a recognized brand organization of any …

47-424. Publication of handbook and supplements; exchanges, sale and distribution. The commissioner shall from time to time cause to be published in book form or produce in electronic format, a list of all brands and marks on record at the time of such publication. Such lists may…

47-425. Duty of attorney general. It shall be the duty of the attorney general to enforce the provisions of this act, and all acts amendatory thereto, together with the rules and regulations of the commissioner; and for such purposes the attorney general shall have original juris…

47-426. Rules and regulations. The commissioner may make all the necessary rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of article 4 of chapter 47 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, and may by such rules and regulations make and provide for exceptions,…

47-427. Invalidity of part. The provisions of this act are severable, and if any part therein shall be held unconstitutional, or invalid, the same shall not affect the validity of any remaining portion of this act. History: L. 1939, ch. 222, § 14; March 29. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Ac…

47-428. Entry upon private lands; inspections; proof of ownership of livestock. The animal health commissioner and the commissioner's deputies, assistants, special investigators, inspectors or examiners are hereby authorized to enter upon any private lands to make any inspections…

47-429. Moneys received from sale of branded stray livestock. All moneys received from the sale of branded stray livestock shall be paid to the state animal health commissioner, notwithstanding article 2 of chapter 47 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, or a…

47-446. Feedlot brands; application; not evidence of ownership. Feedlot brands may be lawfully applied to livestock which are not branded with a registered brand of the owner and which are in the custody of, and upon the premises of, a feedlot operator licensed under the provisio…

47-448. Reciprocity agreements with livestock commissioners or brand inspection agencies of other states; brand inspection fees, not limited by other laws. The animal health commissioner is authorized to enter into reciprocity agreements with any livestock commissioner or brand i…

47-449. Abolishment of livestock brand emergency revolving fund and county option brand fee fund. On July 1, 2016, the director of accounts and reports shall transfer all moneys in the livestock brand emergency revolving fund and the county option brand fee fund to the livestock …

47-604. Penalty for violating quarantine. Any person who knowingly and intentionally violates, disregards or evades, or attempts to violate, disregard or evade any order establishing or regulating a quarantine issued pursuant to article 6 of chapter 47 of the Kansas Statutes Anno…

47-605. Oaths and affirmations. For the purpose of this act, the animal health commissioner is hereby authorized and empowered to administer oaths and affirmations. History: L. 1905, ch. 495, § 25; R.S. 1923, 47-605; L. 1989, ch. 156, § 12; L. 2012, ch. 140, § 31; July 1. Source …

47-607. Unlawful to transport uninspected animals into state; certificates of health required; rules and regulations of animal health commissioner; special quarantine. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to bring, drive or transport any cattle, calves, sheep, swine…

47-607a. Transportation of uninspected animals into state; special permit may be required to cross state line. When the animal health commissioner of this state determines that a special permit is required to move any or all kinds or species of livestock into or through the state…

47-607c. Transportation of uninspected animals into state; criminal and civil penalties for violations; submission of records to commissioner for review. (a) Any person who intentionally or knowingly violates or intentionally or knowingly fails to comply with the provisions of th…

47-607d. Same; rules and regulations. The animal health commissioner may adopt such rules and regulations as necessary to carry out the purposes of this act. History: L. 1951, ch. 315, § 3; L. 1989, ch. 156, § 14; L. 2012, ch. 140, § 34; July 1. Revisor's Note: "This act" see als…

47-608. Animal health commissioner to cooperate with federal officers. The animal health commissioner is hereby authorized and directed to cooperate with the secretary of agriculture of the United States or any officer or authority of the general government, in the suppression an…

47-610. State quarantine, sanitary and other regulations; veterinarian; compensation. The state animal health commissioner is hereby directed to protect the health of domestic animals of the state from all contagious or infectious diseases and for this purpose is hereby authorize…

47-611. Quarantine and other regulations; notice of quarantine; proclamation by governor; enforcement; direction by governor; assistance of any state agency. (a) When the animal health commissioner determines that a quarantine and other regulations are necessary to prevent the sp…

47-612. Delivery of animals into quarantine; payment of fees, costs and expenses; sale. Whenever the animal health commissioner determines that certain animals within the state are capable of communicating infectious or contagious disease, the commissioner may issue an order to t…

47-613. Quarantine duties of sheriff. The sheriff to whom the existence of any contagious or infectious disease of domestic animals is reported shall proceed without delay to the place where such domestic animal or animals are and examine the same, and shall report immediately th…

47-614. Killing unconfined, diseased or exposed animals. When in the opinion of the commissioner it shall be necessary to prevent the spread of any contagious or infectious diseases among the domestic animals of this state, to destroy animals affected with or which have been expo…

47-615. Killing of condemned animals; inventory and appraisal; duties of commissioner; payment or indemnity to owner. Whenever the commissioner directs the killing or disposition of any domestic animal or animals, except dogs, it shall be the duty of the commissioner and the owne…

47-616. Same; right of indemnity. When any animal or animals are killed under the provisions of this act by order of the commissioner, the owner of such animal or animals shall be paid for such animal or animals such proportion of the appraised value as fixed by the appraisement …

47-617. Animals killed by order of commissioner; certificate; payment or indemnity to owner; specific disease procedures. When any domestic animal, other than dogs and animals affected with foot-and-mouth disease, is killed by order of the commissioner, the commissioner shall iss…