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CHAPTER 3. Animal Quarantine [9501. - 9702.]

Chapter 3 enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.

§§ 9501–9702 · 38 sections

  1. ARTICLE 1. Definitions §§ 9501–9503 · 3 sections
    • § 9501 Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
    • § 9502 “Animal,” “livestock,” or “domestic animal,” includes poultry.
    • § 9503 “Poultry” includes all domesticated fowl and any wild fowl or bird which is reduced to captivity.
  2. ARTICLE 2. Inspections §§ 9531–9532 · 2 sections
    • § 9531 If the director receives information of the existence of any contagious, infectious, or transmissible disease which affects domestic animals within this state,…
    • § 9532 This chapter does not deprive the regular inspectors who are employed by any chartered or incorporated city, or city and county, after they have passed a civil…
  3. ARTICLE 3. Establishment of Quarantine §§ 9561–9574 · 8 sections
    • § 9561 The State Veterinarian may establish such quarantine, sanitary, and police regulations as may be necessary to prevent, circumscribe, or exterminate, any…
    • § 9562 (a) Subject to the rights and procedures established pursuant to Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 11400) of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code,…
    • § 9563 It is unlawful for any person to move or allow to be moved any of the animals, food product from animals, vehicles, farm equipment, farm products, or other…
    • § 9564 If it is necessary to restrict the movements of animals pursuant to Section 9562, the State Veterinarian may fix and proclaim the boundaries of a quarantine…
    • § 9569 In addition to actions that may be directed by the State Veterinarian pursuant to Section 9562, the State Veterinarian may: (a) Regulate, restrict, or restrain…
    • § 9570 If the State Veterinarian invokes Section 9562, and the importation of animals, animal products, or other property from any state, territory, or foreign…
    • § 9573 A quarantine shall not be established by one county or city against another county or city on account of the existence of any disease or condition subject to…
    • § 9574 (a) Any person who negligently or intentionally violates any state or federal law or regulation, including any quarantine regulation, by moving any animal or…
  4. ARTICLE 4. Compensable Destruction of Diseased Animals §§ 9591–9595 · 5 sections
    • § 9591 Except as otherwise provided in Section 9595, if any animal or property is destroyed pursuant to Section 9569, the owner of the animal or property shall be…
    • § 9592 The state may contribute toward the payment for the animal or property destroyed if either of the following occurs: (a) The United States agrees to share…
    • § 9593 (a) The value of the animal or property prior to its destruction for which contribution is made pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 9592 shall be determined…
    • § 9594 The department may pay from any money which is available for the support of the department all sums that are due or to become due from the state to owners of…
    • § 9595 Indemnity payments provided by this division shall not be paid for any animal or property which is taken, destroyed, or otherwise disposed of pursuant to any…
  5. ARTICLE 5. Noncompensable Destruction of Diseased Animals § 9621 · 1 section
    • § 9621 Except as otherwise provided in Section 9571, every horse, mule, or other animal which is affected with dourine, as shown by a complement-fixation test, is a…
  6. ARTICLE 6. Importation §§ 9641.5–9641.7 · 3 sections
    • § 9641.5 (a) Any horse or other Equidae brought into this state shall be accompanied by the following: (1) A certificate of health from the state of origin issued by an…
    • § 9641.6 (a) The director may issue a permit, valid on January 1 and renewable on or before January 1 of each year thereafter, that exempts any working horse from the…
    • § 9641.7 Any positive test for equine infectious anemia performed in a California laboratory shall be reported by telephone within 24 hours to the department by the…
  7. ARTICLE 7. Interagency Cooperation §§ 9671–9674 · 4 sections
    • § 9671 The director shall meet periodically with the livestock sanitary officials or committees of other states, the duly authorized agricultural representatives of…
    • § 9672 A county may appropriate and expend money from the general fund of the county to carry on investigation, inspection, control, and eradication of disease in…
    • § 9673 An agreement which is entered into pursuant to Section 9672 may do all of the following: (a) Provide that payments from the county treasuries may be made to…
    • § 9674 An agreement which is entered into pursuant to Section 9672 shall provide for the disposition, division, or distribution of any property which is acquired as…
  8. ARTICLE 8. Violations §§ 9691–9702 · 12 sections
    • § 9691 It is unlawful for any person to remove or cause to be removed any animal from any district, area, or premises which is quarantined pursuant to this chapter,…
    • § 9692 It is unlawful for any person to bring or cause to be brought any animal into a quarantined district, area, or premises, without written permission from the…
    • § 9693 It is unlawful for any person to move or cause to be moved any animal from place to place within any quarantined district, area, or premises, without written…
    • § 9694 It is unlawful for any person to resist the destruction of any animal or property ordered destroyed by the State Veterinarian pursuant to Section 9562.
    • § 9695 It is unlawful for any person to hide, secrete, or fail to disclose any animal or property that is suffering from, or that has been exposed or potentially…
    • § 9696 It is unlawful for any person to fail or refuse to dispose of any property destroyed pursuant to Section 9562 or 9569 in the manner prescribed by the State…
    • § 9697 It is unlawful for any person to fail or refuse to clean or disinfect any premises in the manner prescribed by the State Veterinarian, when directed to do so…
    • § 9698 It is unlawful for any person to violate any quarantine order which regulates, restricts, or restrains the movement of persons, vehicles, farm equipment, farm…
    • § 9699 It is unlawful for any person to violate the conditions of any permit which authorizes the permittee to travel upon any road or highway within a quarantined…
    • § 9700 It is unlawful for any person to violate any other provision of this chapter or any regulation or order which is made pursuant to it.
    • § 9701 Any violation of any provision of this chapter is an infraction punishable by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100) for the first offense and is a…
    • § 9702 It is unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to fail to stop the vehicle upon demand of a clearly identified animal health quarantine officer when the…