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MT Code § 81-1-201 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 1. Department of Livestock|Part 2. Inspectors and Detectives|81-1-201. Appointment and powers

  81-1-201. Appointment and powers. The department may appoint stock inspectors and detectives necessary for the protection of the livestock interests of this state. The department shall designate which inspectors and detectives are considered law enforcement officers, and those designated shall take the official oath required by law and shall have similar powers and authority to those conferred by law on deputy sheriffs. However, they are not entitled to the fees or emoluments awarded by law to deputy sheriffs. The board shall devise an examination for the qualification of stock inspectors and detectives designated as law enforcement officers and may appoint and employ only persons who successfully pass such examination. The board shall promulgate administrative rules for the taking of this examination and define a passing grade.   History: En. Sec. 2970, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 1796, Rev. C. 1907; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 170, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3309, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3309, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 17, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 96, Ch. 310, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 46-701; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 444, L. 1983.
MT Code § 81-1-202 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 1. Department of Livestock|Part 2. Inspectors and Detectives|81-1-202. Duties

  81-1-202. Duties. The stock inspectors and detectives shall arrest all persons who in their presence violate the stock laws of this state. Each stock inspector and detective, on information that a person has committed an offense against the laws of this state by engaging in illegal branding or theft of stock or an offense against the laws of this state for the protection of the rights and interests of stock owners, shall make the necessary affidavit for the arrest and examination of the person and on a warrant issued for the person immediately arrest the person and bring the person before the proper officer and notify the department of the person's acts.   History: En. Sec. 2972, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 1798, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 3311, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3311, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 97, Ch. 310, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 53, Ch. 359, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 46-703; amd. Sec. 2623, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 81-1-203 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 1. Department of Livestock|Part 2. Inspectors and Detectives|81-1-203. Compensation

  81-1-203. Compensation. The stock inspectors and detectives are under the exclusive control and direction of the department. They must be paid for their services in the amount which the department determines.   History: En. Sec. 2973, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 1799, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 3312, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3312, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 91, Ch. 147, L. 1963; amd. Sec. 98, Ch. 310, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 46-704.
MT Code § 81-1-204 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 1. Department of Livestock|Part 2. Inspectors and Detectives|81-1-204. Assignment to districts

  81-1-204. Assignment to districts. The stock inspectors and detectives are district officers, and the department must designate the district in which the inspectors and detectives serve, and the district must be designated in their commissions.   History: En. Sec. 2991, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 1800, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 3313, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3313, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 99, Ch. 310, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 46-705.
MT Code § 81-1-301 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 1. Department of Livestock|Part 3. Administration of Animal Health Laws|81-1-301. Administrator -- appointment and qualifications

  81-1-301. Administrator -- appointment and qualifications. (1) The board shall appoint a person to be directly responsible to it for the administration of the laws relating to animal health.   (2) The person must have a doctor of veterinary medicine degree from an accredited college or school and must be licensed to practice veterinary medicine in this state.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 262, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3262, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3262, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 52, Ch. 310, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 46-203; amd. Sec. 2624, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 81-1-302 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 1. Department of Livestock|Part 3. Administration of Animal Health Laws|81-1-302. Duties of administrator

  81-1-302. Duties of administrator. The administrator, subject to the rules of the board, may act for and perform the duties imposed by law on the board when the board is not in session, but any order or regulation promulgated by the administrator is subject to review, modification, or annulment by the board.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 262, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3263, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3263, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 53, Ch. 310, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 46-204; amd. Sec. 2625, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 81-1-303 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 1. Department of Livestock|Part 3. Administration of Animal Health Laws|81-1-303. Administrator's expertise to be considered

  81-1-303. Administrator's expertise to be considered. In any action taken by the board in 81-2-102 and 81-20-101, the board shall ask for and consider the expertise and judgment of the administrator of the laws relating to animal health.   History: En. 46-209.1 by Sec. 58, Ch. 310, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 46-209.1.
MT Code § 81-1-304 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 1. Department of Livestock|Part 3. Administration of Animal Health Laws|81-1-304. Appointment of federal veterinary inspectors

  81-1-304. Appointment of federal veterinary inspectors. With the approval of either the federal veterinarian in charge in this state or the United States department of agriculture, the department of livestock may appoint federal veterinarians or federal lay inspectors stationed in this state, as deputies or agents for the department. All federal officers so appointed as deputies or agents of the department possess the powers and duties of regular deputies or agents of the department, but they shall act without compensation and hold office only at the pleasure of the department.   History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 262, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3265, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3265, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 54, Ch. 310, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 46-206.
MT Code § 81-1-401 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 1. Department of Livestock|Part 4. Rodent Control (Renumbered)|81-1-401. Renumbered 80-7-1101

  81-1-401. Renumbered 80-7-1101. Sec. 4, Ch. 65, L. 1983.
MT Code § 81-1-402 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 1. Department of Livestock|Part 4. Rodent Control (Renumbered)|81-1-402. Renumbered 80-7-1102

  81-1-402. Renumbered 80-7-1102. Sec. 4, Ch. 65, L. 1983.
MT Code § 81-1-403 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 1. Department of Livestock|Part 4. Rodent Control (Renumbered)|81-1-403. Renumbered 80-7-1103

  81-1-403. Renumbered 80-7-1103. Sec. 4, Ch. 65, L. 1983.
MT Code § 81-2-101 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 2. Disease Control|Part 1. General Administration|81-2-101. Authority of department agents

  81-2-101. Authority of department agents. In the performance of official duties, an agent or officer of the department may enter on or in a lot, yard, land, building, room, premises, enclosure, car, wagon, boat, or other place or vehicle used for the treatment, storage, manufacture, display, or transportation of animals, meat, or dairy products intended for sale or disposal as food. The agent or officer may enter anywhere where livestock may be found that are affected with or that have been exposed to or that the officer has reason to believe are either affected with or have been exposed to an infectious, contagious, communicable, or dangerous disease or disease-carrying insects.   History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 262, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3266, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3266, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 55, Ch. 310, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 46-207; amd. Sec. 2626, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 81-2-103 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 2. Disease Control|Part 1. General Administration|81-2-103. Adoption of rules

  81-2-103. Adoption of rules. The department shall adopt and enforce rules for the inspection and tuberculin testing of dairy cattle or other animals and for the inspection, testing, treatment, or disposition of livestock or other animals affected with or which may have been exposed to infectious, contagious, communicable, or dangerous disease and for the quarantines provided for in this chapter or 81-20-101.   History: En. Sec. 9, Ch. 262, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3268, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3268, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 59, Ch. 310, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 12, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 46-211; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 110, L. 1981.
MT Code § 81-2-104 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 2. Disease Control|Part 1. General Administration|81-2-104. Rules -- agreement with federal government

  81-2-104. Rules -- agreement with federal government. When the department determines that it is necessary to eradicate or control an infectious, contagious, communicable, or dangerous disease of livestock in this state, in cooperation with the United States department of agriculture or other federal agency, and to appraise and destroy animals affected with or which have been exposed to a disease or to destroy property in order to remove the infection and complete the cleaning and disinfection of the premises or to do any act or incur any other expense reasonably necessary in suppressing this disease, the board may accept and adopt on behalf of the state the rules adopted by the United States department of agriculture or other federal agency under authority of an act of congress or the portion considered necessary, suitable, or applicable. The department may adopt other rules necessary or desirable for this purpose and cooperate with the United States department of agriculture or other federal agency in the enforcement of the rules accepted and adopted.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 177, L. 1937; amd. Sec. 71, Ch. 310, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 46-227.
MT Code § 81-2-105 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 2. Disease Control|Part 1. General Administration|81-2-105. Authority of municipal corporations

  81-2-105. Authority of municipal corporations. (1) Nothing in this title prevents the governing authority of a municipal corporation from enacting or enforcing ordinances for the inspection of slaughterhouses, meat depots, meat markets, meat food products, creameries, butter or cheese factories, dairies, or dairy products located, sold, or offered for sale in the limits of the municipal corporation. An ordinance may not be enforced in conflict with the powers of this title delegated to the department and its officers or agents.  (2) The governing activity authority of a municipal corporation may not enact or enforce ordinances pursuant to this section for producers as defined in 50-49-202 selling homemade food or a homemade food product pursuant to Title 50, chapter 49, part 2.   History: En. Sec. 11, Ch. 262, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3270, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3270, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 63, Ch. 310, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 12, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 46-217; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 14, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 320, L. 2021.
MT Code § 81-2-106 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 2. Disease Control|Part 1. General Administration|81-2-106. Cooperation by public officers

  81-2-106. Cooperation by public officers. The department of public health and human services and local boards of health of a county, city, or town shall cooperate with and assist the department in matters that relate to the execution of its sanitary powers regarding livestock and their food products in the manner prescribed by the department, either by general rule or direct order.   History: En. Sec. 25, Ch. 262, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3284, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3284, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 78, Ch. 310, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 21, Ch. 12, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 46-234; amd. Sec. 348, Ch. 418, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 548, Ch. 546, L. 1995.
MT Code § 81-2-107 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 2. Disease Control|Part 1. General Administration|81-2-107. Duty to report contagious diseases

  81-2-107. Duty to report contagious diseases. A person, including the owner or custodian, who has reason to suspect the existence of a dangerous, infectious, contagious, or communicable disease in livestock or the presence of animals exposed to the disease in this state shall immediately give notice to the department.   History: En. Sec. 27, Ch. 262, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3286, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3286, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 80, Ch. 310, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 46-236.
MT Code § 81-2-108 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 2. Disease Control|Part 1. General Administration|81-2-108. Diseased animals not to run at large -- burial of carcasses

  81-2-108. Diseased animals not to run at large -- burial of carcasses. It shall be unlawful for any owner, agent, or person in charge of any domestic animal or animals that are known to be suffering from or exposed to a dangerous, infectious, contagious, or communicable disease to permit such animal or animals to run at large on the public range or public highway. It shall be the duty of the owner or agent or person in charge of animals which died or they have reason to suspect did die from an infectious, contagious, communicable, or dangerous disease to properly bury or burn the same.   History: En. Sec. 28, Ch. 262, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3287, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3287, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 46-237.
MT Code § 81-2-109 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 2. Disease Control|Part 1. General Administration|81-2-109. Expenses, how paid -- lien and foreclosure

  81-2-109. Expenses, how paid -- lien and foreclosure. (1) If there is no violation of law or department rule, the expense of inspecting, testing, supervision of quarantine, supervision of dipping, supervision of disinfection, and supervision of other treatment of diseased or exposed livestock by the department and the sanitary inspection of dairies, packinghouses, meat depots, slaughterhouses, milk depots, and other premises must be paid for by the department. However, the owner of the livestock or property is liable for all expenses, except the salary of the designated supervising officer representing the department, when the owner, agent, or person in charge of the livestock or property has violated the law or rules of the department.   (2) The expenses for which an owner, agent, or person in charge is liable under subsection (1) include:   (a) all investigatory expenses, including travel, meals, and lodging of all investigating officers representing the department; and   (b) all other expenses, extraordinary or otherwise, that in the judgment of the department are reasonably necessary to ensure that there has been or will be compliance with all applicable laws and rules.   (3) The department, at the conclusion of an investigation of a violation, shall serve notice on the violator, informing the violator of all expenses for which the violator is liable. The notice must state that if a response is not sent within 30 days of receipt of the notice, the notice is prima facie evidence of the reasonableness of the expenses and of the violator's liability for them.   (4) A showing by the department that a response to the notice required by subsection (3) was not received within 30 days of receipt of the notice is prima facie evidence of the reasonableness of the expenses stated and of the liability of the violator for those expenses.   (5) These expenses are a lien on the livestock or other property, and the department may retain possession of the livestock until the charges and expenses are paid. The lien is not dependent on possession and may be foreclosed in the name of the agent of the department by sale at public auction of the stock or as many as may be necessary to pay the sum of the costs, after 10 days' notice by posting in three public places in the county. The lien may also be foreclosed by an action in a court of competent jurisdiction against the owner of the livestock to recover the amount of charges and expenses.   History: En. Sec. 21, Ch. 262, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3280, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3280, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 74, Ch. 310, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 18, Ch. 12, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 46-230; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 28, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 353, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 2627, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 81-2-110 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 2. Disease Control|Part 1. General Administration|81-2-110. Expense of cleaning and disinfecting carriers' facilities

  81-2-110. Expense of cleaning and disinfecting carriers' facilities. The expense of cleaning and disinfecting cars, yards, or other transportation facilities of a common carrier, when required by the department, is a charge against the common carrier. Also, the expense of supervising the cleaning and disinfecting of cars for transportation of livestock, when required at a point other than disinfection points agreed on between the department and the carrier, is a charge against the common carrier.   History: En. Sec. 22, Ch. 262, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3281, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3281, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 75, Ch. 310, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 46-231.
MT Code § 81-2-111 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 2. Disease Control|Part 1. General Administration|81-2-111. Injunctive remedies

  81-2-111. 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 parts 1 through 3 of this chapter or rules adopted thereunder, 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 § 81-2-112 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 2. Disease Control|Part 1. General Administration|81-2-112. Prohibition by governor on importation of animals from localities where disease exists -- penalty

  81-2-112. Prohibition by governor on importation of animals from localities where disease exists -- penalty. (1) Whenever the governor has good reason to believe that any disease dangerous or inimical to the livestock or poultry industry or dangerous to dogs or other animals has become epidemic in certain localities in any other state or territory, the District of Columbia, or any other country, the governor shall issue a proclamation designating the localities and prohibiting the importation from those localities into this state, except under restrictions that the governor may consider proper, of any livestock, poultry, dogs, or other animals or articles or commodities likely to convey the disease or diseases.   (2) A person who, after the publication of the proclamation, knowingly receives any livestock, dog, fowl, or other animal or article or commodity designated in the proclamation as likely to convey disease from any of the prohibited districts and transports or conveys the animal, article, or commodity within the limits of this state is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than 60 days or more than 8 months or a fine of not less than $300 or more than $5,000, or both, and is further liable for any and all damages and loss that may be sustained by any person or persons by reason of the disobedience of the proclamation.   History: (1)En. Sec. 1, Ch. 31, L. 1925; re-en. Sec. 3295.1, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 46-245, R.C.M. 1947; (2)En. Sec. 2, Ch. 31, L. 1925; re-en. Sec. 3295.2, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 46-246, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 46-245, 46-246; amd. Sec. 2628, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 81-2-113 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 2. Disease Control|Part 1. General Administration|81-2-113. Penalty

  81-2-113. Penalty. Any person, persons, firm, or corporation violating any provision of parts 1 through 3 of this chapter, or the rule or order promulgated by authority of same shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Violations shall be tried without undue delay in any court of competent jurisdiction.   History: En. Sec. 29, Ch. 262, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3288, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3288, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 23, Ch. 12, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 46-238.
MT Code § 81-2-114 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 2. Disease Control|Part 1. General Administration|81-2-114. Civil liability

  81-2-114. Civil liability. A person, firm, or corporation which violates parts 1 through 3 of this chapter 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.