Title 36, Livestock

In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Animals" means alpaca, bison, bovine animals, farmed elk, goats, horses, llamas, sheep, swine, and nontraditional livestock. 2. "Board" means the state board of animal health.

No person may sell, give away, or in any manner part with any animal infected with or suspected of being infected with any contagious or infectious disease, except as may be provided otherwise by the rules of the state board of animal health. If any animal is known to have been i…

The owner, agent, or person having in charge any animal infected or suspected of being infected with any contagious disease shall confine the animal immediately in a safe place isolated from all other animals with all necessary restrictions to prevent the dissemination of the dis…

1. Except as otherwise provided by this chapter or by rule, all domestic animals and nontraditional livestock brought into this state must be accompanied by a certificate of veterinary inspection certifying that the animals are free from symptoms of all contagious and infectious …

The purchase, possession, or use of living hog cholera virus and vaccines by any person, including all licensed veterinarians, is unlawful except by written permit issued by the state veterinarian. Any person violating this section is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.

Shipments into this state of animals for immediate slaughter may be permitted without a certificate of veterinary inspection only if the animals are not diverted en route and are delivered directly to a slaughtering establishment approved by the agriculture commissioner.

All certificates of veterinary inspection required under the provisions of this chapter must be issued, and all tests must be made, by a federal or state veterinarian or a deputy state veterinarian, or by a graduate veterinarian whose inspections and tests are endorsed by the off…

The certificate certifying to a test made under this chapter must be made on official federal or state blanks and must accompany the shipment to its destination. When an original certificate is made, two copies of the certificate must be mailed immediately to the state veterinari…

Whenever any animal has been adjudged by the board to be diseased, the board or its authorized agent shall serve a written notice of its decision upon the owner or keeper of the animal before the condemned animal is killed. The animal must be destroyed within fifteen days after n…

Any person who issues a certificate of veterinary inspection for livestock within this state without being authorized so to do by the state board of animal health or by the United States department of agriculture is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.

If livestock is brought into this state in violation of this chapter or contrary to any rule of the state board of animal health, the state veterinarian or other accredited agent of the commissioner shall notify the state's attorney of the county into which the livestock has been…

Every person who owns or has in charge any sheep infected with scab or other infectious or contagious disease and who: 1. Does not keep such sheep securely within some enclosure; or 2. Drives or permits any such sheep to be driven upon any public highway, or within the distance o…

Any animal which is found dead must be presumed to have died from a contagious or infectious disease until the contrary is shown unless another cause of death is apparent. The owner or person in charge of any domestic animal or nontraditional livestock which dies within this stat…

If the owner or person in charge of a dead animal fails to comply with the provisions of section 36-14-19, the overseer of highways shall comply with the provisions of section 36-14-19 for the owner or person. If burial of the animal is permitted, the burial may be made upon the …

1. The board may order any domestic animal or nontraditional livestock brought into this state which is not in compliance with the provisions of this chapter to be returned to the state of origin, or in the alternative, the board may order the animal slaughtered or destroyed. 2. …

Every person violating any of the provisions of this chapter is liable in a civil action to any person injured by such violation for all damages directly or indirectly suffered thereby.

1. Whenever any animal has been adjudged to be diseased and ordered killed by the board, the board or its authorized agent, within seven days after the entry of the order and before the animal has been killed pursuant to the order, shall determine the actual value of the animal. …

Except as provided in section 36-14-23, if any individual who owns or who represents the owner of any animal ordered killed under this chapter is not satisfied with the appraisal by the board or its agents, the individual may protest the order within seven days, and a board of th…

Each member of the board of appraisers who is not an agent of the board is entitled to receive one hundred thirty-five dollars per day as compensation for services rendered, plus reimbursement for expenses as provided by law for state officers. Fifty percent of the amount due und…

If the board determines that an animal is so seriously diseased as to warrant disposal of the animal and of all other exposed animals, the board may approve indemnity payments, as funds are appropriated, on the animals in accordance with the limits set in section 36-14-27. The bo…

The return of an appraisal under this chapter must be in writing and signed by the board or by the board's agent who made the appraisal, or by the members of the board of appraisers if a reappraisal is made after a protest, and by the owner of the condemned animal. The return mus…

The right of the owner of a diseased animal to be indemnified does not exist and the board may not authorize payment if: 1. The animal belongs to the United States, to this state, or to any political subdivision of this state. 2. The owner at the time of coming into possession of…