Chapter 54 — LIVESTOCK
1,170 sections in this chapter.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-407 Estrays; owner unknown; procedure.
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In case the owner of such stock is not known or found in the county, the distrainor of the stock so trespassing upon lands shall proceed as provided by law regulating estrays and the stock shall be held liable for all damages and costs.
Repealed. Laws 1996, LB 1174, § 9.
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Repealed. Laws 1965, c. 333, § 2.
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Repealed. Laws 1965, c. 333, § 2.
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Repealed. Laws 1965, c. 333, § 2.
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Repealed. Laws 1965, c. 333, § 2.
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Repealed. Laws 1965, c. 333, § 2.
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Repealed. Laws 1965, c. 333, § 2.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-415 Estrays; report; sale; procedure; disposition of proceeds; violations; penalty.
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Any person taking up an estray within the brand inspection area or brand inspection service area shall report the same within seven days thereafter to the Nebraska Brand Committee. Any person taking up an estray in any other area of the state shall report the same to the county s…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-416 Feral swine; applicability of sections; destruction; when.
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The duties and liabilities imposed by sections 54-401 to 54-415 do not apply in the case of estray or trespass of feral swine as defined in section 37-524.01. Feral swine may be destroyed as provided in section 37-524.01.
Repealed. Laws 1965, c. 333, § 2.
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Repealed. Laws 1965, c. 333, § 2.
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Repealed. Laws 1965, c. 333, § 2.
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Repealed. Laws 1965, c. 333, § 2.
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Repealed. Laws 1965, c. 333, § 2.
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Repealed. Laws 1965, c. 333, § 2.
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Repealed. Laws 1965, c. 333, § 2.
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Repealed. Laws 1965, c. 333, § 2.
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Repealed. Laws 1965, c. 333, § 2.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-501 Act, how cited.
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Sections 54-501 to 54-508 shall be known and may be cited as the Food Supply Animal Veterinary Incentive Program Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-502 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of the Food Supply Animal Veterinary Incentive Program Act: (1) Department means the Department of Agriculture; (2) Food supply animal includes cattle, hogs, sheep, goats, and poultry; (3) Food supply animal veterinarian means a veterinarian who is engaged in general…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-503 Program; participation; incentives.
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Each year the department shall select from a pool of applicants up to four veterinarians to participate in the program. The selected veterinarians are eligible to receive up to eighty thousand dollars under the program as an incentive to locate in rural Nebraska and practice food…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-504 Applicant; eligibility; preference.
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(1) To be eligible for funds under the program, an applicant shall: (a) Be a graduate of an approved veterinary medical school; (b) Be licensed to practice veterinary medicine in this state; (c) Enter into a contract with the department to provide full-time veterinary medicine se…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-505 Distribution of program funds.
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(1) To the extent that funds are available, program funds shall be distributed as follows: (a) After completing the first year of service under the contract, the veterinarian is eligible to receive up to fifteen thousand dollars; (b) After completing the second year of service un…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-506 Release from program; when; recovery of payments.
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(1) A veterinarian shall be released from the program contract without penalty if: (a) The veterinarian has completed the service requirements of the contract; (b) The veterinarian is unable to complete the service requirements of the contract because of a permanent physical disa…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-507 Food Supply Animal Veterinary Incentive Fund; created; use; investment.
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The Food Supply Animal Veterinary Incentive Fund is created. The fund may be used to carry out the purposes of the Food Supply Animal Veterinary Incentive Program Act. The State Treasurer shall credit to the fund any money appropriated to the fund by the Legislature and any money…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-508 Rules and regulations.
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The department shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the Food Supply Animal Veterinary Incentive Program Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-601 Dogs; personal property; owner liable for damages; exceptions.
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(1) Dogs are hereby declared to be personal property for all intents and purposes, and, except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the owner or owners of any dog or dogs shall be liable for any and all damages that may accrue (a) to any person, other than a trespasser,…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-602 Dogs owned by different persons; joint liability.
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If two or more dogs owned by different persons shall kill, wound, chase or worry any sheep or other domestic animal, such persons shall be jointly and severally liable for all damage done by such dogs.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-603 License tax; amount; service animal; license; additional fee; county, city, or village; collect fee; disposition.
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(1) Any county, city, or village shall have authority by ordinance or resolution to impose a license tax, in an amount which shall be determined by the appropriate governing body, on the owner or harborer of any dog or dogs, to be paid under such regulations as shall be provided …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-604 Dogs; killing; when permitted.
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Any person shall have the right to kill any dog found doing any damage as mentioned in sections 54-601 and 54-602 to any sheep or domestic animal, or if he shall have just and reasonable ground to believe that such dog has been killing, wounding, chasing or worrying such sheep or…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-605 Dogs; collar required.
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It shall be the duty of every owner or owners of any dog or dogs to securely place upon the neck of such dog or dogs a good and sufficient collar with a metallic plate thereon. The plate shall be plainly inscribed with the name of such owner.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-606 Dogs; collarless; who deemed owner.
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Every person who shall harbor about his or her premises a collarless dog for the space of ten days shall be taken and held as the owner, and shall be liable for all damages which such dog shall commit.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-607 Dogs; running at large; penalty.
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The owner of any dog running at large for ten days without a collar as required in section 54-605 shall be fined an amount not to exceed twenty-five dollars.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-608 Dogs in counties having a population of 80,000 inhabitants or more; responsibilities of owners.
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In counties having a population of eighty thousand or more inhabitants and cities of the first class contained in such counties, it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation to have any dog which is owned, kept, harbored, or al…
Repealed. Laws 2008, LB 1055, § 24.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-610 Dogs in counties having a population of 80,000 inhabitants or more; poundmaster; duties; filing complaint.
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In counties having a population of eighty thousand or more inhabitants and cities of the first class contained in such counties, whenever complaints are made to the poundmaster or the person or corporation performing the duties of poundmaster that a dog is at large, it shall be t…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-611 Dogs in counties having a population of 80,000 inhabitants or more; convictions; disposition of offending dog; costs.
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In counties having a population of eighty thousand or more inhabitants and cities of the first class contained in such counties, if upon final hearing the defendant is adjudged guilty of any violation of section 54-601 or 54-608, the court may, in addition to the penalty provided…
Repealed. Laws 1969, c. 445, § 13.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-613 Violations; penalties.
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Any person in violation of section 54-601 or 54-608 shall be deemed guilty of a Class IV misdemeanor.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-614 County; license tax; regulate dogs running at large; appeal process.
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(1) A county may collect a license tax in an amount which shall be determined by the appropriate governing body from the owners and harborers of dogs and may enforce such tax by appropriate penalties. A county may impound any dog if the owner or harborer shall refuse or neglect t…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-615 County; impound dog; cost and penalties.
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A county may impound any dog deemed to be running at large. The owner of such dog shall pay the reasonable cost and penalties provided for the violation of such prohibition, including the expense of impounding and keeping the dog.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-616 County; pounds; erection; keepers; compensation; rules and regulations.
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A county may provide for the erection of any pounds needed within the county, appoint and compensate keepers thereof, and establish and enforce rules governing such pounds.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-617 Dangerous dogs; terms, defined.
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For purposes of sections 54-617 to 54-624: (1) Animal control authority means an entity authorized to enforce the animal control laws of a county, city, or village or this state and includes any local law enforcement agency or other agency designated by a county, city, or village…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-618 Dangerous dogs; actions required; costs; limitations on transport; permanent relocation; procedure.
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(1) A dangerous dog that has been declared as such shall be spayed or neutered and implanted with a microchip identification number by a licensed veterinarian within thirty days after such declaration. The cost of both procedures is the responsibility of the owner of the dangerou…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-619 Dangerous dogs; confinement required; warning signs.
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(1) No person, firm, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation shall own, keep, or harbor or allow to be in or on any premises occupied by him, her, or it or under his, her, or its charge or control any dangerous dog without such dog being confined so as to protect t…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-620 Dangerous dogs; confiscation; when; costs.
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Any dangerous dog may be immediately confiscated by an animal control officer if the owner is in violation of sections 54-617 to 54-624. The owner shall be responsible for the reasonable costs incurred by the animal control authority for the care of a dangerous dog confiscated by…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-621 Dangerous dogs; disposal by court order.
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In addition to any other penalty, a court may order the animal control authority to dispose of a dangerous dog in an expeditious and humane manner.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-622 Dangerous dogs; violation; penalty.
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Except as provided in section 54-622.01, any owner who violates sections 54-617 to 54-621 shall be guilty of a Class IV misdemeanor.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-622.01 Dangerous dogs; serious bodily injury; penalty; defense.
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(1) Any owner whose dangerous dog inflicts on a human being a serious bodily injury as defined in section 28-109 is guilty of a Class I misdemeanor for the first offense and a Class IV felony for a second or subsequent offense, whether or not the same dangerous dog is involved. (…