CHAPTER 9. Equine Protection: Enforcement

Chapter 9 added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 747, Sec. 2.

§§ 24101–24134 · 35 sections

§ 24101 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Equine Protection Act of 1991.
§ 24102 For purposes of this chapter: (a) “Animal” means a horse, pony, mule, or burro. (b) “Program” means the program of equine protection and identification of the…
§ 24103 There is in the department a program of equine protection and identification.
§ 24104 Each sheriff or other officer to whom a complaint that relates to the loss or theft of any animal is made shall, in a timely manner, transmit to the Bureau of…
§ 24104.5 The Bureau of Livestock Identification shall compile a report on information received pursuant to Section 24104. The bureau shall distribute the report to all…
§ 24105 No investigator of the program or any other employee of the department, in enforcing this chapter, shall be required to conduct any investigation that involves…
§ 24106 (a) Before an animal may be sold at an auction, the operator of the auction yard shall determine whether the animal has an implanted microchip or has been…
§ 24107 Every operator of an auction yard or dealer who handles animals destined for slaughter shall keep a written record of all sales and purchases made in the…
§ 24108 Any person who does not keep the written records required by this chapter or who refuses, upon demand of any investigator of the program or any peace officer,…
§ 24109 (a) No animal, whether branded or not, shall be shipped, transported, hauled, or delivered for slaughter, unless it is inspected by an inspector of the…
§ 24110 An inspector shall seize any animal for which a valid bill of sale containing the information designated in Section 24106 is not provided.
§ 24111 Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, it is unlawful for any person to remove from the possession of an inspector any animal seized or which is…
§ 24112 If the animal which is seized or otherwise in the possession of the inspector is branded, the director shall cause a search to be made of the brand records to…
§ 24113 If the brands or marks are recorded, the director shall immediately, by letter, notify the person in whose name the brands or marks are recorded.
§ 24114 If the owner cannot be ascertained, the director shall cause a notice of the seizure of the animal to remain posted for a period of 14 days on a bulletin board…
§ 24115 Any person that claims ownership of the animal may, at any time, but not later than 14 days after the first posting of the notice, file his or her proof of…
§ 24116 If ownership is proved to the satisfaction of the director, the animal shall be returned to the owner upon payment by the owner of all expenses which were…
§ 24117 If the animal at any time while in the possession of an inspector is in a condition which requires immediate disposal, the animal may be disposed of by the…
§ 24118 If after 14 days from the date of the first posting of notice, no satisfactory proof of ownership of the animal has been made, or if the owner fails or refuses…
§ 24119 The proceeds from the sale of any animal shall be paid into, and the expenses of holding, advertising, sale, and other incidental expenses shall be paid from,…
§ 24120 If any person shall, within one year after the date of the sale, prove to the satisfaction of the director his or her ownership of an animal which was sold…
§ 24121 If the inspector of the program determines that the person who offers the animal for inspection is in lawful possession, the inspector shall issue a…
§ 24122 The certificate of inspection shall be signed by the inspector of the program and shall indicate all of the following: (a) The place and date of inspection and…
§ 24123 It is unlawful for any inspector to issue a certificate of inspection unless he or she personally makes the inspection between sunrise and sunset.
§ 24124 One copy of the certificate of inspection required by this chapter shall accompany the shipment of animals.
§ 24125 Any person who transports an animal destined for slaughter who does not have a copy of the certificate of inspection as required pursuant to this chapter or…
§ 24126 It is unlawful for any person to remove any animal and substitute another for it, or to add any other animal or transport an animal from any lot of animals for…
§ 24127 (a) Each dealer who handles animals destined for slaughter, and who ships 15 or more animals at a time for slaughter, shall pay the inspector a service fee of…
§ 24128 (a) The inspector shall make a memorandum which shows the number, sex, breed, color, approximate height and weight, approximate age, natural marks and…
§ 24129 The department shall maintain inspection certificates for a period of five years in a manner that shall disclose the number of animals that have been inspected.
§ 24130 Any person that is engaged in the business of buying or selling animals on consignment at any public or private salesyard shall keep after each sale, a…
§ 24131 Any person subject to Section 24130 shall retain the certificate of consignment on file for a period of at least two years after the sale. The certificates of…
§ 24132 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person is civilly liable for four times the value of the animal at the time of taking, possessing, harboring,…
§ 24133 Any person who transports an animal destined for slaughter out of the state under false pretenses in order to avoid an inspection under this chapter is guilty…
§ 24134 Any person who falsifies any document or record required by this chapter, or by any regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter, is liable civilly for a…