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MT Code § 81-9-312 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 9. Slaughter|Part 3. Rendering or Disposal Plants|81-9-312. Identification tags

  81-9-312. Identification tags. Licensed rendering plants shall provide themselves with serially-numbered metal identification tags of a size and design prescribed by the department and in a number series assigned by the department.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 87, L. 1949; amd. Sec. 166, Ch. 310, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 46-2408.
MT Code § 81-9-313 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 9. Slaughter|Part 3. Rendering or Disposal Plants|81-9-313. Dead or fallen animal records

  81-9-313. Dead or fallen animal records. (1) When a licensed renderer or the renderer's agent receives a dead or fallen animal, the renderer or agent shall present a dead or fallen animal record to the person, corporation, or association that has requested the renderer or agent to remove the dead or fallen animal. The record must be on forms prescribed by the department and contain information the department may, by rule, require.   (2) The report must be executed in quadruplicate. The original copy must accompany the carcass and hide until the hide is officially inspected for marks and brands. The duplicate must be retained by the licensed renderer for the time that the department in its discretion requires. The triplicate must be filed within 7 days after its execution and without cost in the office of the county clerk and recorder of the county in which the animal is received by the licensed renderer or the renderer's agent. The quadruplicate must be retained by the person, corporation, or association that requested removal of the dead or fallen animal.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 87, L. 1949; amd. Sec. 167, Ch. 310, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 46-2409; amd. Sec. 2694, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 81-9-314 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 9. Slaughter|Part 3. Rendering or Disposal Plants|81-9-314. Animals to be tagged

  81-9-314. Animals to be tagged. At the time of the execution of the dead or fallen animal record provided for in 81-9-313, the licensed renderer or the renderer's agent who receives a dead or fallen animal shall tag the animal with one of the serially numbered identification tags provided in 81-9-312 and shall at the same time record the number of the tag in the proper space provided on the dead or fallen animal record.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 87, L. 1949; R.C.M. 1947, 46-2410; amd. Sec. 2695, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 81-9-315 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 9. Slaughter|Part 3. Rendering or Disposal Plants|81-9-315. Production of dead or fallen animal record on demand -- animal not to be removed during transportation -- investigation

  81-9-315. Production of dead or fallen animal record on demand -- animal not to be removed during transportation -- investigation. (1) On demand of a livestock inspector, sheriff, undersheriff, deputy sheriff, or other peace officer, a licensed renderer or the renderer's agent who has received a dead or fallen animal shall produce for inspection an executed dead or fallen animal record identifying each dead or fallen animal that the renderer or agent is transporting when the demand is made. Failure to produce the executed dead or fallen animal record on demand constitutes a misdemeanor punishable as provided in 81-9-317.   (2) Under no circumstances may a licensed renderer or the renderer's agent endanger the public health by removing or being required to remove any dead or fallen animals from the vehicle in which they are being transported until the vehicle arrives at a licensed rendering plant where the dead or fallen animal must be handled and disposed of in conformity with the rules of the department.   (3) If a livestock inspector, sheriff, undersheriff, deputy sheriff, or other peace officer has probable cause to believe the dead or fallen animals being transported by a licensed renderer or the renderer's agent were obtained by a commission of a felony, the officer may take the licensed renderer or the renderer's agent, as well as the vehicle, into custody and proceed with the licensed renderer or the renderer's agent to the rendering plant of the licensed renderer, where inspection of marks and brands and immediate investigation must be made.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 87, L. 1949; amd. Sec. 168, Ch. 310, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 46-2411; amd. Sec. 2696, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 81-9-316 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 9. Slaughter|Part 3. Rendering or Disposal Plants|81-9-316. Disposal of hides -- inspection -- filing of record

  81-9-316. Disposal of hides -- inspection -- filing of record. When a licensed renderer or the renderer's agent disposes of the hides from dead or fallen animals, the hides must be handled and inspected for marks and brands in conformity with Title 81, chapter 9, part 4. The sheriff, deputy sheriff, person designated by the board of county commissioners, or agent of the department who makes the inspection for marks and brands in conformity with Title 81, chapter 9, part 4, shall complete the original dead or fallen animal record that accompanies the hide by inserting the person's inspector's tag number. The person shall file the completed original dead or fallen animal record without cost in the office of the county clerk and recorder, together with the duplicate certificate of inspection required to be filed under Title 81, chapter 9, part 4.   History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 87, L. 1949; amd. Sec. 169, Ch. 310, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 55, Ch. 12, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 46-2412; amd. Sec. 2697, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 81-9-317 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 9. Slaughter|Part 3. Rendering or Disposal Plants|81-9-317. Penalty

  81-9-317. Penalty. Any person who violates any of the provisions of 81-9-311 through 81-9-317 or who willfully falsifies any of the records required by 81-9-311 through 81-9-317 to be kept shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $50 or more than $250 or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not less than 30 days or more than 90 days or by both such fine and imprisonment.   History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 87, L. 1949; R.C.M. 1947, 46-2413.
MT Code § 81-9-401 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 9. Slaughter|Part 4. Hide Dealers|81-9-401. Definitions

  81-9-401. Definitions. (1) "Animal hide" means the hide of a bovine, equine, mule, ass, sheep, goat, or swine of any age, sex, or breed.   (2) "Hide certificate" means a certificate showing a transfer of ownership of animal hides.   (3) "Hide dealer" or "buyer" means, for the purpose of this part, every person, firm, corporation, or association engaged in the business of buying or selling animal hides. However, licensed slaughterhouses shall not be deemed hide dealers or buyers.   (4) "Inspector" means a state stock inspector or deputy state stock inspector, as defined in 81-3-201, appointed by the department of livestock.   (5) "Seller" means a person selling or delivering animal hides for or without a pecuniary consideration.   History: (1), (2), (4), (5)En. Sec. 1, Ch. 44, L. 1961; amd. Sec. 142, Ch. 310, L. 1974; Sec. 46-1101.1, R.C.M. 1947; (3)En. Sec. 1, Ch. 151, L. 1929; re-en. Sec. 3350.7, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 177, L. 1939; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 44, L. 1961; Sec. 46-1106, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 46-1101.1, 46-1106; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 236, L. 1979.
MT Code § 81-9-402 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 9. Slaughter|Part 4. Hide Dealers|81-9-402. Hide certificate -- identification

  81-9-402. Hide certificate -- identification. (1) A seller of an animal hide shall obtain a hide certificate from the person receiving the hide. The department shall prescribe the form of the certificate, which must include the marks and brands on each hide. The party receiving the hide shall designate where it will be kept for 30 days following delivery. The certificate must be signed by the seller or the seller's agent and the person receiving the hide.   (2) The original certificate must be sent by the party receiving the hide to the department within 5 days after purchase. One copy must be retained by the seller, and one must be retained by the hide buyer. On reasonable notice, an inspector or other agent of the department or a peace officer may inspect the hide certificate copy of the seller or buyer.   (3) The department shall prescribe an identification tag to be affixed to each hide by the person receiving the hide when it is delivered. Hide certificates, tags, and glue must be furnished by the department at cost to any person requiring the certificates, tags, and glue. Only those certificates, tags, and glue distributed by the department may lawfully be used under this part.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 44, L. 1961; amd. Sec. 143, Ch. 310, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 45, Ch. 12, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 46-1101.2; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 236, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 2698, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 81-9-403 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 9. Slaughter|Part 4. Hide Dealers|81-9-403. Seizure and sale of hides when ownership cannot be determined -- disposition of proceeds

  81-9-403. Seizure and sale of hides when ownership cannot be determined -- disposition of proceeds. (1) A state stock inspector or other officer who has authority to make an inspection of a slaughtered beef, veal, or hide of a beef or veal may seize and hold the hide when on inspection the officer finds that the brand is so altered, obliterated, or defaced that the original brand cannot be determined by a reasonable inspection or when the inspector or officer finds that ownership cannot be established by the brand or by other satisfactory proof.   (2) If, within 15 days after the seizure of the hide, proof of ownership cannot be established either by brand, bill of sale, or otherwise, the inspector or officer may sell the hide at the best available price and remit the proceeds, less the cost of processing, storing, and selling, to the department together with a full report of the investigation. The report must contain a statement of the reason for the seizure and sale together with any tendered proof of ownership of any party. The proceeds must be deposited by the department with the state treasurer and credited to the stock estray fund, where it is subject to claim by a party showing proper proof of ownership in the same manner as provided in 81-4-605.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 113, L. 1961; amd. Sec. 145, Ch. 310, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 46-1114; amd. Sec. 2699, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 81-9-404 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 9. Slaughter|Part 4. Hide Dealers|81-9-404. through 81-9-410 reserved

  81-9-404 through 81-9-410 reserved.
MT Code § 81-9-411 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 9. Slaughter|Part 4. Hide Dealers|81-9-411. Hide dealer or buyer's license fee -- disposition of proceeds

  81-9-411. Hide dealer or buyer's license fee -- disposition of proceeds. Before engaging in business in this state, a hide dealer or buyer shall obtain a license from the department. The department shall establish an annual license fee to be charged for each established place of business at which the hide dealer or buyer purchases or deals in hides. The license continues in force for that calendar year. The moneys collected from the licenses shall be placed in the state special revenue fund for the department. The license must be renewed January 1 of each year.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 151, L. 1929; re-en. Sec. 3350.8, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 177, L. 1939; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 44, L. 1961; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 248, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 144, Ch. 310, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 48, Ch. 12, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 46-1107; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 277, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 22, Ch. 444, L. 1983.
MT Code § 81-9-412 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 9. Slaughter|Part 4. Hide Dealers|81-9-412. License revocation

  81-9-412. License revocation. Upon receipt of a certified copy of the judgment of conviction of any hide dealer or buyer for any violation of this part, the department may revoke the license of such person for 1 year commencing on the date of the licensee's conviction.   History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 44, L. 1961; amd. Sec. 49, Ch. 12, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 46-1107.1(2).
MT Code § 81-9-413 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 9. Slaughter|Part 4. Hide Dealers|81-9-413. through 81-9-420 reserved

  81-9-413 through 81-9-420 reserved.
MT Code § 81-9-421 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 9. Slaughter|Part 4. Hide Dealers|81-9-421. Falsifying hide certificate or failure to affix tag deemed a misdemeanor

  81-9-421. Falsifying hide certificate or failure to affix tag deemed a misdemeanor. (1) Any person, firm, association, or corporation either selling or disposing of or purchasing hides in any manner who shall willfully or intentionally falsify a hide certificate covering such hides shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.   (2) Any person who shall have received any hide as provided in this part without affixing the required identification tag shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 61, L. 1923; re-en. Sec. 3350.2, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 177, L. 1939; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 44, L. 1961; R.C.M. 1947, 46-1102.
MT Code § 81-9-422 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 9. Slaughter|Part 4. Hide Dealers|81-9-422. Acting without a license a misdemeanor

  81-9-422. Acting without a license a misdemeanor. Any person acting as a hide dealer or buyer without a license as required by this part is guilty of a misdemeanor.   History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 44, L. 1961; amd. Sec. 49, Ch. 12, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 46-1107.1(1).
MT Code § 81-9-423 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 9. Slaughter|Part 4. Hide Dealers|81-9-423. Mutilation or concealment of hides a felony

  81-9-423. Mutilation or concealment of hides a felony. Every person who knowingly mutilates, destroys, or conceals an animal hide for the purpose of removing evidence of ownership of such hide or the animal from which the hide was removed is guilty of a felony and punishable upon conviction thereof by a fine of not less than $500 or more than $5,000 or imprisonment in the state prison for not less than 1 year or more than 10 years, or both.   History: Ap.p. Sec. 1, Ch. 76, L. 1923; re-en. Sec. 3350.4, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 46, Ch. 12, L. 1977; Sec. 46-1103, R.C.M. 1947; Ap.p. Sec. 3, Ch. 76, L. 1923; re-en. Sec. 3350.6, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 46-1105, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 46-1103, 46-1105; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 236, L. 1979.
MT Code § 81-9-424 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 9. Slaughter|Part 4. Hide Dealers|81-9-424. Repealed

  81-9-424. Repealed. Sec. 1, Ch. 105, L. 1993.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 76, L. 1923; re-en. Sec. 3350.5, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 47, Ch. 12, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 46-1104; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 14, L. 1979.
MT Code § 81-10-101 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 10. Horse Owner Amnesty|Part 1. General Provisions|81-10-101. Short title

  81-10-101. Short title. This part may be referred to as the "Horse Owner Amnesty Act".   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 390, L. 2009.
MT Code § 81-10-102 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 10. Horse Owner Amnesty|Part 1. General Provisions|81-10-102. Horse owner amnesty for horse transferred to department -- fees

  81-10-102. Horse owner amnesty for horse transferred to department -- fees. (1) A horse owner who is unable to provide food and water of sufficient quantity and quality to sustain the animal's health may surrender ownership of a horse to the department at:   (a) a licensed livestock market, as defined in 81-8-213; or   (b) a place mutually agreed upon by the horse's owner and the department.   (2) The owner shall pay to the department a fee to be set by rule by the department.   (3) Except as provided in subsections (4) and (5), the department shall sell the horse at a public auction.   (4) A licensed veterinarian may euthanize a horse if the veterinarian determines it to be medically necessary after an inspection of the horse.   (5) The department may allow a surrendered horse to be adopted if a suitable placement can be made and after payment of:   (a) a fee to be set by the department by rule; and   (b) the costs incurred by the department or the public livestock market to maintain the horse.   (6) The fees imposed and the proceeds collected under subsections (2), (3), and (5) must be deposited in the special revenue account provided for in 81-10-103.   (7) A person surrendering a horse to the department under the provisions of this section may not be charged with or prosecuted for cruelty toward animals pursuant to 45-8-211 or 45-8-217.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 390, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 150, L. 2015.
MT Code § 81-10-103 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 10. Horse Owner Amnesty|Part 1. General Provisions|81-10-103. Horse owner amnesty special revenue account

  81-10-103. Horse owner amnesty special revenue account. (1) There is a horse owner amnesty account in the state special revenue fund. Money must be deposited in the account pursuant to 81-10-102(6) and subsection (2) of this section.   (2) Money received by the state in the form of gifts, grants, reimbursements, or allocations from any source to be used for the purposes of defraying the costs of this part must be deposited in the account.   (3) The money in the account is statutorily appropriated, as provided in 17-7-502, to the department of livestock, which shall use the funds to defray the costs of this part.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 390, L. 2009.
MT Code § 81-10-104 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 10. Horse Owner Amnesty|Part 1. General Provisions|81-10-104. Rulemaking

  81-10-104. Rulemaking. The department may adopt rules to administer this part, including but not limited to rules to:   (1) set fees for horse surrender and adoption;   (2) determine what, if any, proof of financial hardship may be required before an owner may surrender a horse;   (3) create procedures for the adoption of surrendered horses;   (4) reimburse licensed livestock markets for expenses incurred in the upkeep of surrendered horses; and   (5) allow a person who has surrendered a horse to buy the horse back if the person's financial circumstances change and the horse has not been sold or adopted.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 390, L. 2009.
MT Code § 81-20-101 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 20. Poultry and Eggs|Part 1. Poultry|81-20-101. Poultry industry -- powers and authority of department

  81-20-101. Poultry industry -- powers and authority of department. For the promotion and protection of the poultry industry and to prevent, control, and exterminate infectious, contagious, dangerous, and destructive diseases affecting poultry, the department shall:   (1) supervise the sanitary condition of poultry in this state, under the provisions of the constitution and statutes of this state and the rules adopted by the department. The department may quarantine any lot, yard, land, building, room, premises, enclosure, or other place or section in this state which is or may be used or occupied by poultry and which, in the judgment of the department, is infected or contaminated with an infectious, contagious, communicable, or dangerous disease or disease-carrying medium by which the disease may be communicated. The department may quarantine any poultry in this state when the poultry is affected with or has been exposed to disease or disease-carrying medium. The department may prescribe treatments and enforce sanitary rules which are necessary and proper to circumscribe, extirpate, control, or prevent the diseases.   (2) foster, promote, and protect the poultry industry in this state by the investigation of diseases and other subjects related to ways and means of preventing, controlling, and exterminating diseases of poultry;   (3) adopt and enforce rules for the prevention and extermination of such diseases and perform all other acts and things as may be necessary or proper in the fostering, promotion, or protection of the poultry industry in this state;   (4) adopt and enforce rules and orders necessary or proper to prevent the introduction or spreading of infectious, contagious, communicable, or dangerous diseases affecting poultry in this state, including rules and orders necessary or proper governing inspections and tests of all poultry intended for importation into this state, before it may be imported into this state;   (5) adopt and enforce rules and orders necessary or proper for the inspection, testing, and quarantine of all poultry imported into this state.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 161, L. 1929; re-en. Sec. 3267.1, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 57, Ch. 310, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 46-209.
MT Code § 81-20-102 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 20. Poultry and Eggs|Part 1. Poultry|81-20-102. Injunctive remedies

  81-20-102. Injunctive remedies. The department may apply for and the court may grant a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating the provisions of this part or rules adopted under 81-20-101, notwithstanding the existence of other remedies at law. When the application of other remedies has been insufficient to compel action to control, extirpate, or prevent the spread of disease or upon a showing that an animal disease emergency exists and that other remedies probably would be insufficient to compel action to control the emergency, the department may apply for and the court may grant mandatory injunctive relief.   History: En. 46-210.1 by Sec. 1, Ch. 190, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 46-210.1.
MT Code § 81-20-103 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 20. Poultry and Eggs|Part 1. Poultry|81-20-103. Violation

  81-20-103. Violation. Any person, persons, firm, or corporation violating any provision of 81-20-101 or any rule or order promulgated by authority of the same or who shall obstruct or interfere with the performance of any duty or the exercise of any power hereby conferred shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 161, L. 1929; re-en. Sec. 3267.2, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 46-210.
MT Code § 81-20-104 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 20. Poultry and Eggs|Part 1. Poultry|81-20-104. Civil liability

  81-20-104. Civil liability. A person, firm, or corporation which violates this part or rules or orders of the department is liable for damages sustained by a person because of the violation. The damages may be recovered by the person in a civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction.   History: En. Sec. 30, Ch. 262, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3289, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3289, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 81, Ch. 310, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 24, Ch. 12, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 46-239.