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§19-9-29. When Right of Indemnity Does Not Exist

The right of indemnity shall not exist nor shall payment be made in any of the following cases: (a) For animals owned by the United States, this state, or any county, city, town or village in this state; (b) For animals brought into this state contrary to the provisions of this article, or where the […]

§19-9-31. Certificate of Appraisal

When the animal is to be euthanized, the commissioner or the commissioner's agent shall deliver to the owner a certificate of appraisal which may cover any number of animals belonging to the same owner, showing the age and description of each animal found to be infected or directly exposed; the name and place of test, […]

§19-9-32. Euthanasia of Diseased Animals; Supervision; Certificate of Euthanasia

After the agreement described in section twenty-eight of this article has been executed, the appraisal has been made and the certificate of appraisal issued, the commissioner or the commissioner's agent shall have the animal euthanized and the carcass disposed of in accordance with the meat inspection regulations of the United States Department of Agriculture, or […]

§19-9-33. Payment of Indemnity

All claims for indemnity for animals euthanized as having tuberculosis shall be paid in the manner prescribed in section thirty-seven of this article. In all other cases when animals are euthanized as provided in this article the veterinarian shall forthwith forward to the commissioner the certificates of appraisal and euthanasia, together with the owner's claim […]

§19-9-25. Commissioner May Decline to Accept Health Certificate or Test Chart

If the commissioner shall suspect the genuineness of any health certificate or tuberculin test chart relating to imported animals or shall question the competency of the person of the state of export who shall have issued such chart or certificate, he may decline to accept the same, and refuse to permit the importation of the […]

§19-9-26. Animals Brought Into State for Slaughter or for Exhibition Purposes

Sections twenty to twenty-five, both inclusive, of this article, shall not apply to animals brought into the state for immediate slaughter, or for temporary exhibition purposes only, if a permit, conditioned as the commissioner may prescribe, for each animal intended for exhibition, shall first have been obtained from him

§19-9-14. Establishment of Special Quarantine

The commissioner or his authorized agent shall have the power to establish and maintain a special quarantine, whenever any domestic animal shall be affected with or exposed to any communicable disease, or whenever he deems it necessary to have any animal examined or tested. When a special quarantine is established, the commissioner, or his agent, […]

§19-9-15. Establishment of General Quarantine

A general quarantine may be established and maintained whenever any communicable disease of domestic animals shall exist in any locality in the state larger in extent than that which may be included in a special quarantine. A general quarantine shall be established and maintained by order of the commissioner only; but in establishing and maintaining […]