CHAPTER 6. Inspection of Cattle [21051. - 21323.]

Chapter 6 enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.

§§ 21051–21323 · 73 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Requirements, Generally §§ 21051–21070 · 25 sections

   • § 21051 Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, cattle shall be inspected as follows: (a) Whenever cattle are sold or ownership is transferred. (b) Prior to…
   • § 21051.3 (a) Any person who moves or transports any animal without inspection, as required by this chapter, is liable to the director for a civil penalty in the amount…
   • § 21051.4 (a) In addition to any other penalty provided by this chapter, the director may levy a civil penalty against any person who violates this chapter of an amount…
   • § 21051.5 When brand inspection is not required under Section 21051, any person, upon his request, shall receive brand inspection of cattle. Any such person who requests…
   • § 21051.6 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, for five years following the date of conviction, a person convicted of Section 487a of the Penal Code shall submit to an…
   • § 21052 It is unlawful for any person who owns or has custody of cattle to move, slaughter, release, sell, or receive at a registered feedlot that cattle without the…
   • § 21053 Inspection is not required prior to transportation from a modified point-of-origin inspection area, or prior to movement if being sold, if the cattle are being…
   • § 21054 Inspection is not required in cases where cattle are being transported to or from a fair or livestock exhibit within the state’s boundaries if the shipment is…
   • § 21055 Inspection is not required prior to slaughter by licensed slaughterers at slaughterhouses where the chief determines it is impossible or impractical to have…
   • § 21056 Inspection is not required prior to slaughter of an animal by the producer of the animal pursuant to Section 22002. The hides of such animals shall, however,…
   • § 21057 Except as provided in Section 21206, inspection is not required prior to slaughter at a licensed slaughterhouse when the cattle are being shipped direct from…
   • § 21058 All cattle shipped pursuant to Section 21057 shall be accompanied by one of the following: (a) A bill of sale on an approved form giving the date of sale, the…
   • § 21059 Inspection is not required for pasture-to-pasture movement in the following cases: (a) When the cattle are moved or transported only between points in the same…
   • § 21060 Inspection is not required in cases where the cattle being moved or transported are dairy calves, and such calves meet all of the following classifications:…
   • § 21060.4 (a) Inspection is not required in cases where cattle are sold or ownership is transferred under all of the following circumstances: (1) The individual or…
   • § 21060.5 Any calves not exempt from inspection pursuant to Section 21060, shall be inspected in accordance with the provisions of Sections 21051 and 21052.
   • § 21060.7 It is unlawful for any person to move or transport any calves exempt from inspection pursuant to Section 21060 without preparing the bill of sale or…
   • § 21061 The director may make regulations which govern the brand inspection of cattle and hides at slaughterhouses. The regulations may provide for an inspection…
   • § 21062 All cattle shipped to a registered feedlot, licensed slaughterhouse, or licensed or posted livestock salesyard or market in this state for inspection at…
   • § 21064 A copy of the document required by Section 21062 shall be kept on file in the office of the registered feedlot, licensed slaughterhouse, or salesyard or market…
   • § 21066 Except as otherwise provided in subdivisions (b) and (h) of Section 21051, all cattle transported within the state for pasture or feeding purposes with no…
   • § 21067 (a) The chief may issue an annual permit to allow cattle to be transported out of this state without the brand inspection required pursuant to this article…
   • § 21068 (a) The secretary may issue a special permit to allow cattle to be transported out-of-state directly for immediate slaughter only, without the brand inspection…
   • § 21069 (a) The director may issue an annual release permit to allow cattle to be transported into another state without brand inspection if all of the following…
   • § 21070 (a) The secretary may issue an annual exhibition permit to allow cattle to be transported out of the state during the permit year without the inspection…
2. ARTICLE 2. Feedlot Registration §§ 21081–21084 · 4 sections

   • § 21081 The operator of a feedlot as defined in Section 20013 shall register each such feedlot with the director.
   • § 21082 Registration consists of filing of a registration application with the bureau which shall show the location of the feedlot, its capacity, the names and…
   • § 21083 The director may cancel the registration of any feedlot from which cattle were shipped without the inspection required by subdivision (d) of Section 21051.…
   • § 21084 The director may cancel the registration of any feedlot in which the operator has not fed cattle for slaughter for a period of 90 days. When a feedlot has had…
3. ARTICLE 3. Modified Point-of-Origin Inspection Areas §§ 21111–21112 · 3 sections

   • § 21111 The secretary shall, by regulation, establish and maintain a modified point-of-origin inspection area whenever the cattle producers owning cattle in the…
   • § 21111.5 Cattle producers owning cattle in the affected area may, upon written request or petition signed by at least 25 cattle producers owning cattle in that area,…
   • § 21112 A modified point-of-origin inspection area may consist of one or more counties or geographical areas.
4. ARTICLE 4. Point of Origin Inspection Area §§ 21141–21142 · 3 sections

   • § 21141 The secretary shall, by regulation, establish and maintain a full point-of-origin inspection area whenever the cattle producers owning cattle in the affected…
   • § 21141.5 A full point-of-origin inspection area may consist of one or more counties or geographical areas.
   • § 21142 Cattle producers owning cattle in the affected area may, upon written request or petition signed by at least 25 cattle producers owning cattle in that area,…
5. ARTICLE 5. Procedure §§ 21171–21175 · 7 sections

   • § 21171 Inspection of cattle consists of the examination of the cattle for all brands and marks, and, in the case of unbranded cattle, for natural marks, sex, and…
   • § 21172 If inspection is required, the person that requests the inspection shall notify the inspector. The inspector shall make his inspection as soon as practicable…
   • § 21172.2 The director may, by regulation, provide that any person who ships any cattle from a modified point-of-origin inspection area, for inspection at destination,…
   • § 21172.5 The brand inspection of cattle as provided for in this chapter shall be conducted in such a way as to minimize the disruption of normal cattle raising…
   • § 21173 If requested to do so, the person in charge of the animals shall furnish the inspector with a list of the brands and marks on them to the best of his ability.
   • § 21174 If, upon inspection, there is found any animal which does not bear the recorded brand of the person that presents the animal for inspection, such person shall…
   • § 21175 The shipper or person in charge of cattle being shipped or offered for inspection is responsible for sorting out stray animals and identifying such strays to…
6. ARTICLE 6. Certificate of Inspection §§ 21201–21208 · 8 sections

   • § 21201 It is unlawful for any inspector to issue a certificate of inspection unless he personally made the inspection between sunrise and sunset.
   • § 21202 If satisfied that the person that offers the cattle for inspection is in lawful possession of them, the inspector shall issue a certificate of inspection.
   • § 21203 The certificate of inspection shall be signed by the inspector and shall show all of the following: (a) The place and date of inspection and the number of…
   • § 21204 One copy of the certificate of inspection shall accompany the shipment.
   • § 21205 Unless the inspector who issued the certificate is notified and approves, it is unlawful for any person to remove any animal and substitute another for it, or…
   • § 21206 Cattle which are shipped for slaughter from either of the following points of origin may be inspected by the director without any charge prior to slaughter on…
   • § 21207 Whenever the director upon the inspection provided for by Section 21206 finds any cattle that have not been inspected in accordance with subdivisions (d), (f)…
   • § 21208 In addition to any other penalty, any person who slaughters cattle at a slaughter plant without the brand inspection required by this chapter, shall pay a…
7. ARTICLE 7. Duplicate Brand Inspection Certificates §§ 21231–21238 · 6 sections

   • § 21231 Unless the shipment is released pursuant to Section 21233 or 21744, no common carrier, or owner or driver of any conveyance shall receive for transporation or…
   • § 21232 The duplicate brand inspection certificate shall accompany to destination any cattle which are transported over a public thoroughfare.
   • § 21233 The chief may release, or provide for the release of, cattle without the inspection which is required by Section 21231, but inspection shall be made en route…
   • § 21236 Any brand inspection certificate which has been altered, defaced, or changed is void. An inspector may, however, indicate on an inspection certificate any…
   • § 21237 Except as otherwise provided in Section 21236, it is unlawful for any person to alter, deface, or change any brand inspection certificate.
   • § 21238 Except as otherwise provided in Section 21236, it is unlawful for any person to possess, or present to an inspector or any peace officer, any brand inspection…
8. ARTICLE 8. Shipping Permits § 21261 · 1 section

   • § 21261 The chief may provide for the issuance of shipping permits for inspected cattle which are shipped by railroad, or for cattle that are covered by one…
9. ARTICLE 9. Fees §§ 21281–21292 · 13 sections

   • § 21281 All brand inspection fees are due and payable at the time of the inspection. The amount which is due for all inspections that are made shall be paid to the…
   • § 21281.5 In addition to other applicable fees, as provided by this chapter, the secretary may impose a service charge in an amount not to exceed twenty-five dollars…
   • § 21282 Any fees which are due and payable for brand inspections which are not paid as required by this article may be recovered by the director pursuant to Section…
   • § 21283 (a) Unless otherwise provided in this article, inspection fees shall be paid at the point of inspection. (b) The fee for inspection is one dollar and sixty…
   • § 21283.5 Except as otherwise provided in this article, on all private treaty transaction inspections, as defined in Section 20026, regardless of destination, the fee of…
   • § 21284 A charge shall not be made for the inspection of suckling calves which are accompanying their mothers if they are transported for purposes other than for sale…
   • § 21285 The fee is one dollar and sixty cents ($1.60) for the inspection before sale of each animal at a public saleyard that is posted by the Secretary of Agriculture…
   • § 21288 In a modified point-of-origin inspection area, as provided in Section 21111, the fee for the inspection of cattle, other than suckling calves that are…
   • § 21288.5 For cattle, other than suckling calves accompanying their mothers, transported out of the state for purposes other than sale or slaughter and where no change…
   • § 21289 The fee for the inspection of cattle which originated in any county or geographical area where a full point-of-origin inspection is maintained pursuant to…
   • § 21290.5 Any person who receives cattle from any cattle sale market, either public or private, including any public stockyard where sales of cattle are held, may, upon…
   • § 21291 The fees which are provided in Article 9 (commencing with Section 21281) and Article 5 (commencing with Section 21561) may be: (a) Lowered by the director,…
   • § 21292 (a) The Bureau of Livestock Identification is authorized to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with any purebred cattle producer or breeder for purposes…
10. ARTICLE 10. Records and Memorandums §§ 21321–21323 · 3 sections

    • § 21321 The inspector shall make a memorandum which shows the number, sex, brands, or marks on each animal which is inspected, and the names of the owner or claimant,…
    • § 21322 The memorandum of the inspection shall be retained for record purposes by the inspector for at least two years after the date of the inspection.
    • § 21323 The bureau shall maintain for a period of five years a file of brand inspection certificates in such manner as to disclose the number of cattle which have been…