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WV Code § 19-9-5 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 19. Agriculture|Article 9. Diseases Among Domestic Animals|§19-9-5. Persons Authorized to Enter Premises; Powers Thereof; Refusal to Enforce Orders of Commissioner

The commissioner, the consulting veterinarians, and their duly appointed and authorized assistants or employees, in the performance of their duties under this article and the rules and regulations adopted by the commissioner, shall have the power to enter any premises, public or private, where they have reason to believe that diseased animals or poultry may be or may have been confined or kept in or on such premises, or for the purpose of making such examination or applying such tests as may be necessary to determine whether any contagious or infectious disease exists there. They shall have the same powers and protection as other peace officers of this state, and shall have power and authority to require all sheriffs and their deputies, constables, mayors of cities and towns, and state and municipal police officers, to assist them in carrying out the provisions of this article and the rules and regulations adopted thereunder. Any officer who fails or refuses to enforce the lawful orders and quarantine of the commissioner or any one acting under him in the proper execution of the powers conferred by this article, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than twenty-five nor more than $200.
WV Code § 19-9-6 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 19. Agriculture|Article 9. Diseases Among Domestic Animals|§19-9-6. Report of Communicable Diseases by Veterinarians and Owners; Failure to Report

Every veterinarian engaged in the practice of his profession in this state, immediately upon receiving information thereof, shall report to the commissioner each case of any communicable disease, or of any animal reacting to a tuberculosis or mallein test; and every person who has upon his premises or in his possession any domestic animal which is, or which he has good reason to suspect to be, infected with any communicable disease, shall immediately report the same to the commissioner. The reports shall be in writing and shall include a description of each animal affected, with the name and address of the owner or person in charge of the animal, the locality, and the number of susceptible domestic animals that have been exposed to the disease.Any veterinarian or other person who shall knowingly fail to report such a case or who shall attempt to conceal the existence of such disease shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $100.
WV Code § 19-9-7 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 19. Agriculture|Article 9. Diseases Among Domestic Animals|§19-9-7. Commissioner May Accept Federal Laws and Regulations

The commissioner shall have authority to accept on behalf of the state the laws, rules and regulations of the United States bureau of animal industry for the prevention, control and eradication of communicable diseases among animals and poultry.
WV Code § 19-9-7a (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 19. Agriculture|Article 9. Diseases Among Domestic Animals|§19-9-7a. National Animal Identification System; Rulemaking; Exemption

West Virginia shall be a participating state in the United States Department of Agriculture's National Animal Identification System. The Commissioner may propose rules for legislative approval in accordance with the provisions of article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code governing the collection of farm premises and animal identification data.The premises and animal identification data collected by the Commissioner in accordance with the requirements of the National Animal Identification System are specifically exempt from disclosure under the provisions of article one, chapter twenty-nine-b of this code.
WV Code § 19-9-8 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 19. Agriculture|Article 9. Diseases Among Domestic Animals|§19-9-8. Powers of Federal Inspectors

The inspectors of the bureau of animal industry of the United States shall have the right to inspect, quarantine and condemn animals infected with any communicable disease, or suspected to be so infected, or that have been exposed to any such disease, and for these purposes are hereby authorized and empowered to enter upon any ground or premises. Such inspectors shall have power and authority to require sheriffs, constables or peace officers to assist them in the discharge of their duties in carrying out the provisions of the acts of Congress, approved May twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, establishing the bureau of animal industry, and all acts amendatory thereof, and shall have the same powers and protection as peace officers while engaged in the discharge of their duties.
WV Code § 19-9-9 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 19. Agriculture|Article 9. Diseases Among Domestic Animals|§19-9-9. County Court May Cooperate in Control and Eradication of Communicable Diseases

The county court of any county is hereby authorized to cooperate with the commissioner of agriculture and the United States Department of Agriculture in the control and eradication of bovine tuberculosis, or any other communicable disease of livestock, and in creating modified accredited free areas, and all expenses incurred by such county through this cooperative agreement shall be paid out of the county treasury as other claims against the county.
WV Code § 19-9-10 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 19. Agriculture|Article 9. Diseases Among Domestic Animals|§19-9-10. Commissioner May Prescribe Tests for Diseases

§19-9-10. Commissioner may prescribe tests for diseases.The commissioner may prescribe methods of making tests with tuberculin, mallein or other recognized tests for the diagnosis of animal diseases.
WV Code § 19-9-11 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 19. Agriculture|Article 9. Diseases Among Domestic Animals|§19-9-11. Reports of Sales of and Tests With Diagnostic Materials

Every sale in this state of a biological product intended for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes with animals, and each injection or test made therewith, shall be reported in writing to the commissioner within one week after such sale or test. Each such report shall be signed by the person who made the sale or test. In the case of a sale, the report shall state the name of the purchaser of the biological product, with the amount sold, and the date of sale. In the case of a test, the report shall state the name and address of the owner of the animal tested or treated, the locality where such test or treatment was made, a description of the animal or animals tested or treated, and a complete statement of the actual result of such test or treatment. Any person whose duty it is to make such report, who shall fail or refuse to do so, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not exceeding $100.
WV Code § 19-9-12 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 19. Agriculture|Article 9. Diseases Among Domestic Animals|§19-9-12. Unlawful Sale of Diagnostic Materials

It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture for sale, or sell or offer for sale, any biological product intended for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes with animals unless such product is officially approved by the bureau of animal industry of the United States.
WV Code § 19-9-12a (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 19. Agriculture|Article 9. Diseases Among Domestic Animals|§19-9-12a. Sale, Distribution or Administration of Unattenuated Hog Cholera Virus

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or association to sell or offer for sale, distribute, administer, barter, exchange, give away or otherwise dispose of unattenuated hog cholera virus except upon a special written permit issued by the commissioner of agriculture."Hog cholera virus" means an unattenuated virus administered to swine for the purpose of immunizing such swine against the disease known as hog cholera.
WV Code § 19-9-13 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 19. Agriculture|Article 9. Diseases Among Domestic Animals|§19-9-13. Quarantine of Premises or Animals; General and Special Quarantine Defined

§19-9-13. Quarantine of premises or animals; general and special quarantine defined.Whenever any communicable disease shall exist anywhere in the state a quarantine of any locality or premises, or of any infected or exposed animals, may be established.Quarantine shall be of two kinds:(a) "Special quarantine," which shall mean a quarantine of a single animal; or a quarantine of a single building, structure, pen, coop, car, vessel, vehicle, field or inclosure; or a quarantine of any number of animals when confined or contained in the same building, structure, pen, coop, car, vessel, vehicle, field or inclosure;(b) "General quarantine," which shall include all quarantines not included under the term "special quarantine" as herein defined.
WV Code § 19-9-14 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 19. Agriculture|Article 9. Diseases Among Domestic Animals|§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, shall post on the building, structure, pen, coop, car, vessel, vehicle, field, or enclosure wherein the animal or animals quarantined are confined or contained, a notice declaring the quarantine and containing a description of the animal or animals and of the premises where quarantined. Such quarantine may continue for such time as the commissioner, or his agent, may deem advisable.
WV Code § 19-9-15 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 19. Agriculture|Article 9. Diseases Among Domestic Animals|§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 such quarantine the commissioner may act through and by an officer or agent employed by him to whom such power is delegated, and the establishment and maintenance of such quarantine by any officer, agent or employee of the commissioner shall be prima facie the establishment and maintenance of quarantine by the commissioner. Such quarantine shall include such premises, locality or territorial district, and such animals, and shall continue for such time, as may be deemed necessary by the commissioner. Whenever any premises or any locality or territorial district shall be placed under a general quarantine, it shall be the duty of the officer, agent or employee by whom the order of quarantine is executed, to post at least ten notices in the most public places within the premises, locality or territorial district quarantined, declaring the quarantine and the duration thereof, the extent and limits of the premises, locality, or territorial district so quarantined, and the animals subject thereto. A copy of such notice shall be published as a Class I legal advertisement in compliance with the provisions of article three, chapter fifty-nine of this code, and the publication area for such publication shall be the quarantined area. If the quarantine shall be for the purpose of preventing the spread of rabies or hydrophobia, and in the case of other communicable diseases, if the commissioner deems such action necessary, the notice shall require all dogs within the quarantined area to be confined by their owners.
WV Code § 19-9-16 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 19. Agriculture|Article 9. Diseases Among Domestic Animals|§19-9-16. Unlawful to Remove, Deface or Destroy Quarantine Notice

It shall be unlawful for any person, during the continuance of any quarantine, to tear down, deface or destroy any notice of quarantine posted by any officer, agent, or employee of the commissioner, or to remove or destroy any portion of a building or tree or fence whereon the same shall have been posted.
WV Code § 19-9-17 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 19. Agriculture|Article 9. Diseases Among Domestic Animals|§19-9-17. Care of Quarantined Animals; Expense

The owner of animals placed in quarantine by the commissioner or his agents shall provide suitable quarters for them and feed and water them. If he fails or refuses to do so, the commissioner or his agents shall provide such quarters and feed and water such animals at the expense of the owner. If such expense shall not be paid within ten days after the lifting of the quarantine, the commissioner may sell or cause to be sold any such animal, at public sale, after ten days' notice thereof, and shall apply the proceeds of such sale, first to the payment of the costs and expenses aforesaid, and the residue to the owner. No animal shall be removed from a quarantined area prior to such sale, except upon payment of such expense.
WV Code § 19-9-18 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 19. Agriculture|Article 9. Diseases Among Domestic Animals|§19-9-18. Removal of Animals, etc., From Quarantined Area; Running at Large of Dogs in Such Area

After the establishment of any quarantine authorized by this article, and the posting of the notices required by law, it shall be unlawful for any person, during the continuance of such quarantine, without a special permit in writing from the commissioner, to remove any animal from or to any premises within the limits of the quarantine, or to remove from any quarantined area or premises any hay, straw, grain, fodder, or other food, or to remove any coop, car, wagon, vehicle, vessel or premises so quarantined, or to sell, exchange, give away, lease, lend or remove, or allow to be removed, any quarantined domestic animal or animals. It shall be unlawful, during the continuance of such quarantine, after notice as aforesaid, for the owner of any dog to permit such dog to run at large in any such quarantined locality, or for any person to remove, or permit to be removed, any dog from such quarantined area. Any dog found running at large in such quarantined area, or known to have been removed from or to have escaped from such area, as aforesaid, may be secured and confined, or may be shot or otherwise destroyed by any person, without liability therefor.
WV Code § 19-9-19 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 19. Agriculture|Article 9. Diseases Among Domestic Animals|§19-9-19. Domestic Animal Within Quarantined Area Running at Large

When any quarantine shall be established under this article, it shall be unlawful for the owner of any domestic animal within the limits of the quarantined area to allow such domestic animal to run at large during the continuance of the quarantine. Any animal so found running at large shall be taken up by any constable or deputy sheriff of the county knowing the facts, or by an agent or employee of the commissioner, and kept at the expense of the owner until the lifting of the quarantine. For such service he shall be entitled to $1 for each animal. Each animal shall be kept until such fee and all cost of keeping such animal shall have been paid. If not paid within two weeks after the lifting of the quarantine, the animal may be sold as provided in section seventeen of this article; and after the deduction of all fees, costs and expenses, the residue shall be paid to the owner, if known, and if not known, shall be paid into the State Treasury. This section shall not apply to dogs, or affect the special provisions of this article with reference to dogs.
WV Code § 19-9-20 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 19. Agriculture|Article 9. Diseases Among Domestic Animals|§19-9-20. Bringing Animals Into State; Health Certificate

§19-9-20. Bringing animals into state; health certificate.It shall be unlawful for any person or his agents or employees knowingly to drive, cause to be driven, bring or cause to be brought into this state any domestic animal infected with any communicable disease. Every domestic animal being brought into the state for any purpose, by any means of transportation, shall be subject to the restrictions imposed by section twenty-one of this article, unless such animal is accompanied by a certificate of good health issued by the state veterinarian or other accredited authority of the state from which such animal originates, or the certificate of a veterinary inspector of the bureau of animal industry of the United States Department of Agriculture, setting forth that such animal is free from all communicable diseases and does not originate from a district of quarantine or infection, and showing inspection to have been made within a period of thirty days prior to the arrival of such animal: Provided, however, That in the case of bovine animals the duration of such period of test shall be sixty days or such other period as shall conform to the regulations of the United States Department of Agriculture. Such certificate shall be made in triplicate, the original to be retained by the owner or person in charge of such animal, and by him attached to the bill of lading accompanying shipment of the animal, the duplicate to be forwarded to the commissioner, and the triplicate to be retained by the veterinarian making the inspection.
WV Code § 19-9-21 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 19. Agriculture|Article 9. Diseases Among Domestic Animals|§19-9-21. Animals Entering State Without Health Certificate

It shall be the duty of the owner or owners of any domestic animal, which is to enter this state without a certificate of health, to notify the commissioner in writing stating when, where and how the animal is to be brought into this state. Such notice must reach the commissioner before the animal arrives at the point of destination. Any animal entering the state without a certificate of health may be placed in quarantine by the commissioner under such rules and regulations as he may approve, and held therein at the expense of the owner, and if such animal is found infected with any communicable disease, it shall, at the option of the owner, be killed, without compensation to the owner, or continued in quarantine at the expense of the owner. The expenses incurred in providing such animal or animals with proper quarters, food and water may be recovered by the commissioner from the owner in a suit in the name of the state, as other debts are by law collectible. It shall be unlawful to remove any such domestic animal from quarantine unless it shall have passed a satisfactory examination, and the tuberculin test in the case of bovine animals for dairy or breeding purposes, and unless the charge for the quarters, feed, water and attendance have been paid to the person entitled thereto.
WV Code § 19-9-22 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 19. Agriculture|Article 9. Diseases Among Domestic Animals|§19-9-22. Unlawful Possession of Animal Brought Into State

When notified by the commissioner, or any of his agents or employees, not to do so, it shall be unlawful for any person to receive, keep or have in his possession any domestic animal imported or brought into this state in violation of any of the provisions of this article, or to allow any such domestic animal to come in contact with any other domestic animal.
WV Code § 19-9-23 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 19. Agriculture|Article 9. Diseases Among Domestic Animals|§19-9-23. Regulation of Imported Dairy or Breeding Animals

No domestic animal that has been, or is to be, used for dairy or breeding purposes shall be imported or brought into this state except under the following regulations: There shall be provided for each bovine animal a health certificate and a tuberculin test chart, each in triplicate, from a veterinary inspector of the United States bureau of animal industry, or from the state veterinarian, or duly authorized and officially certified veterinarian of the state whence the animal has been transported or moved. The originals of the certificate and of the chart shall be attached to the waybill, when the animal shall be transported by common carrier, and the duplicates sent so as to reach the office of the commissioner before the animal reaches the point of destination, and the triplicates shall be retained by the veterinarian issuing the certificate. If the animal be brought into the state other than by common carrier, the office of the commissioner shall be notified before such animal shall be brought in. The original certificate and chart shall be in the possession of the person who shall bring such animal into the state, and shall be surrendered to any officer or agent of the commissioner on demand. The duplicates thereof shall be sent to the commissioner as aforesaid. Such notice to the commissioner shall state when, where and how the animal is to be brought into the state. Such certificates and chart shall show that the animal is free from Texas fever ticks, and all communicable diseases. The chart must show that an approved preparation of tuberculin has been used, and that an examination and tuberculin test have been carried out in a manner approved by the commissioner: Provided, however, That from herds which are recorded and certified as free from tuberculosis, either by the state veterinarian or other accredited authority of such state as the commissioner may see fit to recognize for this purpose, or may be so recorded and certified by the United States bureau of animal industry, animals may be permitted to enter the state upon such herd certificate in lieu of the tuberculin test chart hereinbefore required.
WV Code § 19-9-24 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 19. Agriculture|Article 9. Diseases Among Domestic Animals|§19-9-24. Importation of Dairy or Breeding Animal Unaccompanied by Health Certificate and Test Chart

Any bovine animal, not accompanied by the health certificate and tuberculin test chart required by section twenty-three of this article, may be brought into this state only under the direct supervision of an officer, or agent of the commissioner, subject to the provisions of section twenty-one of this article and to the following regulations: Each animal shall be held in close quarantine, at the cost and expense of the owner, at such place, under such conditions and during such time as may be prescribed by the commissioner, and during the period of such quarantine shall be submitted to a physical examination and tuberculin test by an agent of the commissioner. The examination and test shall be at the expense of the owner. If the costs and expenses aforesaid are not paid by the owner, they may be recovered by the commissioner as provided in section twenty-one of this article.
WV Code § 19-9-25 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 19. Agriculture|Article 9. Diseases Among Domestic Animals|§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 animals concerned, unless a certificate and chart be furnished from the proper inspector of the bureau of animal industry of the United States, or upon such other certificate or tests as the commissioner shall determine.
WV Code § 19-9-26 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 19. Agriculture|Article 9. Diseases Among Domestic Animals|§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