Title XVII — AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS

267.010. Definitions. — Whenever in sections 267.010 to 267.460, the following words or terms are used, they shall be deemed and taken as the meaning ascribed as follows: (1) "Cattle" shall mean neat cattle; (2) "Condemned" shall refer to cattle which have reacted to the test; (3…

267.020. Appointment of veterinary surgeon — qualifications — tenure. — The director of agriculture of the state of Missouri shall appoint a veterinary surgeon, to aid and assist in developing and protecting the livestock interests of the state of Missouri. Said veterinary surgeo…

267.030. Veterinarian — oath, bond — office — duties. — Said veterinary surgeon shall, before entering upon the discharge of his duty, file with said director of agriculture his oath of office with a satisfactory and sufficient bond for the faithful performance of his official du…

267.040. Under control of director. — Said veterinary surgeon shall be under the control of the director of the department of agriculture, who may remove him, whenever in his judgment the good of the veterinary service of the state may demand it. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 14192) Pr…

267.050. Appointment of deputy veterinary surgeon — qualifications. — Whenever the state veterinary surgeon shall find it impossible to perform alone in an effective manner the duties imposed by sections 267.010 to 267.460, the director of agriculture, with the advice of the vete…

267.060. Compensation of veterinarian and deputies. — The state veterinarian, deputy state veterinarians and livestock inspectors, shall receive salaries fixed by the state director of agriculture and necessary traveling expenses in the discharge of official duties, payable out o…

267.070. Cooperate with federal officers. — The said director of agriculture and state veterinary surgeon shall cooperate with any commissioner or other officer appointed by the United States for the suppression of contagious diseases among domestic animals, so far as the provisi…

267.080. Report to director. — Said veterinary surgeon shall report to the director of agriculture in writing at least once every three months, setting forth the locality or localities visited as provided in sections 267.010 to 267.070, the kind of stock treated, the type and cha…

267.090. Compilation of information and report. — It shall be the duty of the director of agriculture to collate and compile, briefly and concisely, the useful and interesting information derived from the veterinary sanitary service as provided for in sections 267.010 to 267.460,…

267.100. Petition for veterinarian's services to control contagious disease. — 1. It shall be lawful for any ten residents of this state to go before any clerk of a court of record or associate circuit judge and demand the presence and services of the veterinary surgeon in the fo…

267.110. Veterinarian to investigate on petition. — Such petition may be forwarded by mail or otherwise, as the petitioners may elect, to the director of agriculture, who shall cause a thorough investigation to be made by or under the direction of the state veterinary surgeon or …

267.120. Prescribe disinfectants — enforcement. — Whenever the state veterinary surgeon shall have sufficient evidence to satisfy him that any private or public or corporate barn, or shed, or stock car, or any pen, yard or field, is infected and so injudiciously used as to be lia…

267.122. Animal health diagnostic laboratories established, fees — investment of funds — rulemaking procedure — transfer of funds to general revenue, when. — 1. "Official laboratories" are hereby established. The laboratories are to be known as the "Animal Health Diagnostic Labor…

267.168. Voluntary program may be supported by state — mandated participation prohibited — withdrawal permitted — governor may waive this section, when. — 1. The state of Missouri may support a voluntary animal identification program. The department of agriculture shall not manda…

*267.169. Certain livestock data not subject to disclosure — exceptions. — 1. For purposes of this section, the term animal shall mean the same as the term livestock as defined in section 277.020. 2. The following data shall not be considered a public record and shall not be subj…

267.170. Indemnification — appraisal — payment. — 1. The department of agriculture may pay, within the limit of its appropriation, an indemnity in the manner and in the amounts herein set forth to the owner of cattle who carries on an approved tuberculosis control program in his …

267.210. Disposition of condemned cattle. — After cattle, in quarantine on account of tuberculosis, under sections 267.010 to 267.460, have been duly appraised, said condemned cattle may, at the discretion of the state veterinarian, be shipped by their owner, under the supervisio…

267.220. Reactor animals may be retained, procedure. — Notwithstanding any provision in sections 267.170 to 267.410, the department shall allow and permit the owner of any animal found to be a reactor to retain the animal in quarantine and use the animal for breeding purposes in …

267.230. Quarantine violations or interference with veterinarian, penalty — interception of vehicles transporting livestock — impoundment procedure — penalties for violations — law officer may assist. — 1. Any person or persons who shall in any way interfere with or obstruct the …

267.240. Governor — approval and enforcement of quarantine regulations. — 1. The governor of Missouri may, in his discretion, order said state veterinarian to visit any state or territory and investigate any dangerous or infectious disease said to exist in any designated locality…

267.250. Enforcement of rules, regulations — notification to county commission — sheriff to assist. — 1. The governor, when informed by the state veterinarian that contagious or infectious livestock disease has become largely disseminated or epidemic among domestic animals throug…

267.380. State veterinarian may enter to conduct tests — owner to cooperate. — 1. The state veterinarian and any inspector or person authorized by said state veterinarian, or by him appointed, to assist in the work of applying the tubercular test provided for under sections 267.0…

267.400. Veterinarian to make and enforce regulations. — The state veterinarian shall have power and authority to make and enforce such regulations as may be necessary to control and prevent the spread of tuberculosis among animals in such county and for the creation and maintena…

267.430. Diseased animals — sale or running at large prohibited. — A person shall not sell or offer for sale, or run at large on any common or unfenced lands in this state, any livestock affected with a serious external parasitic infestation or any infectious or contagious diseas…

267.450. Unquarantined stock in quarantined pens prohibited. — It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, company, or corporation, owning or operating any stock pens or stockyards in this state, to permit any livestock, cattle, hogs, sheep or goats, not under or subject to quaran…

267.560. Title of law. — Sections 267.560 to 267.660 shall be cited as the "Missouri Livestock Disease Control and Eradication Law". ­­-------- (L. 1959 H.B. 501 § 1)

267.565. Definitions. — Unless the context requires otherwise, as used in sections 267.560 to 267.660, the following terms mean: (1) "Accredited approved veterinarian", a veterinarian who has been accredited by the United States Department of Agriculture and approved by the state…

267.570. Transportation of livestock into or through state, exhibitions, public stockyards, regulations. — 1. No livestock or animals that are affected with or that have recently been exposed to any infectious, contagious or communicable disease or which originate from a quaranti…

267.575. Health certificates, contents, duration — inspection and testing, authority. — 1. The official health certificate required by sections 267.560 to 267.660 shall contain the names and addresses of the consignor and consignee, the origin of the animals, livestock or birds, …

267.580. Permits, requests for contents, duration. — 1. Requests for permits shall be directed to the state veterinarian and shall set forth the following information: The names and addresses of the consignor and consignee, number and kind of animals, origin of shipment, proposed…

267.585. Carriers of livestock, regulations. — 1. Owners and operators of railroads, trucks, airplanes and other conveyances are forbidden to move any livestock, animals or birds through, into or within the state except in compliance with the provisions set forth in sections 267.…

267.590. Quarantine of animal or herd by state veterinarian — duration. — If, upon investigation, the state veterinarian is satisfied that an animal, livestock or bird or a herd or flock of animals or birds is suffering from any highly contagious, communicable or infectious disea…

267.595. Quarantine of area, notice, effect — procedure. — 1. When in the opinion of the state veterinarian the quarantine of an area is essential to (1) Confine an outbreak of a highly contagious and communicable disease affecting livestock, animals or birds as defined in sectio…

267.600. Animals under test or investigation not to be removed — holding period permitted, when. — 1. Animals, livestock or birds under test or investigation for a contagious and infectious disease or condition may not be removed from the premises until the results of the tests a…

267.603. Quarantined livestock testing — violations of orders — hearing — witnesses, fees and mileage — penalties, fines — appeals — fines credited to enforcement and administration fund. — 1. Any owner or custodian of livestock placed under quarantine may be required by the stat…

267.604. Injunction against owners of diseased livestock, when — venue. — When, in the judgment of the director, any person has been repeatedly in violation of the animal health laws so as to pose a substantial ongoing risk to the livelihood of other livestock owners in this stat…

267.605. Laboratories to obtain permit, reports — hog cholera virus use limited — veterinarians to report contagions. — 1. All laboratories, whether privately operated or otherwise, shall be required to report the results of their findings of contagious, communicable or infectiou…

267.611. Slaughter of animals, indemnification — accounting. — 1. When in the judgment of the state veterinarian, the slaughter method is the only means of controlling and eradicating a highly contagious or communicable or infectious disease of livestock, animals or birds, or whe…

267.615. License for male breeding animals, application, fee, renewal. — 1. No person, firm, partnership, corporation or association shall engage in the business of leasing, loaning or renting for a specified fee or other compensation male animals of the bovine or suis species fo…

267.620. Artificial insemination, license for production of semen, fee, renewal. — 1. No person, firm, partnership, corporation, or association shall engage in the business of producing semen for the artificial insemination of female animals of the bovine or suis species until su…

267.625. Bovine breeding males to be tested and vaccinated. — All male animals of the bovine or suis species used by a licensee in such breeding service shall be given such examinations, tests and vaccinations at such intervals of time as may be required by the rules and regulati…

267.630. Law inapplicable to loan between breeders. — Nothing contained in sections 267.560 to 267.660 shall apply to the loan of a male animal by a breeder to another breeder. ­­-------- (L. 1959 H.B. 501 § 15)

267.635. Revocation of licenses for violations. — The department may suspend or revoke the license of any person, firm, partnership, corporation or association for violation of any of the provisions of sections 267.560 to 267.660 or the rules and regulations adopted by the depart…

267.640. Certification of disease free herds or flocks, when — cancellation. — 1. When an owner of livestock or animals or a flock of birds makes application to the state veterinarian and agrees to follow one of the several plans for the control and eradication of a specific dise…

267.645. Department may enter premises — rules and regulations. — 1. The department of agriculture is authorized and directed to cooperate with the United States Department of Agriculture in performing the duties and exercising the powers vested in it under sections 267.560 to 26…

267.650. Animals impounded when, costs paid by owner — redemption. — Livestock, animals or birds which are held, moved or transported in violation of the provisions of sections 267.560 to 267.660, or the rules and regulations adopted hereunder, shall be seized and taken into cust…

*267.655. Civil penalties. — In addition to the remedies provided for in sections 267.560 to 267.660 by law, the following civil penalties may be imposed: (1) If the department director determines, after inquiry and opportunity for a hearing, that any individual is in violation o…

267.660. Violation, a misdemeanor. — Any person violating any provision of sections 267.560 to 267.660 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished as provided by law. ­­-------- (L. 1959 H.B. 501 § 21)

267.670. Definitions. — As used in sections 267.670 to 267.730, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following words shall mean: (1) "Accredited approved veterinarian", a veterinarian who has been accredited by the United States Department of Agriculture and approv…

267.673. Sheep and goats to be dipped, when. — All breeding and feeding sheep and goats offered for sale, barter or exchange at any market or at any dealer's premises, or otherwise moved or released from any market or dealer's premises, vehicle or conveyance, shall, within ten da…