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MO Rev Stat § 267.400 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 267 - State Veterinarian — Diseased Animals|Section 267.400 - Veterinarian to make and enforce regulations.

Effective - 10 May 1978   267.400. Veterinarian to make and enforce regulations. — The state veterinarian shall have power and authority to make and enforce such regulations as may be necessary to control and prevent the spread of tuberculosis among animals in such county and for the creation and maintenance of such county as a modified accredited area to the extent and so that the same shall conform with the rules and regulations promulgated by the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture of the United States to the end that such county may be recognized and adopted by the United States Department of Agriculture as a modified accredited area; provided, further, that the state veterinarian shall have authority in his discretion to quarantine or cause to be quarantined the animal or animals in custody of or owned by any person who refuses to cooperate with the state veterinarian in the eradication and control of tuberculosis or any other contagious or infectious disease which is being attempted to be controlled or eradicated in such county, and that no offspring or product of such animal or animals under quarantine shall be disposed of by said custodian or owner without written permission of the state veterinarian. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 14227, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1816)  Prior revision: 1929 § 12547  Effective 5-10-78
MO Rev Stat § 267.430 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 267 - State Veterinarian — Diseased Animals|Section 267.430 - Diseased animals — sale or running at large prohibited.

Effective - 10 May 1978   267.430. Diseased animals — sale or running at large prohibited. — A person shall not sell or offer for sale, or run at large on any common or unfenced lands in this state, any livestock affected with a serious external parasitic infestation or any infectious or contagious disease whatsoever; provided, that this section shall not be so construed as to prohibit the movement of such infected animals under conditions prescribed by the state veterinarian for the purpose of segregation or quarantine, or for immediate slaughter under state or federal inspection. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 14494, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1816)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 12820; 1919 § 3658; 1909 § 4863  Effective 5-10-78
MO Rev Stat § 267.450 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 267 - State Veterinarian — Diseased Animals|Section 267.450 - Unquarantined stock in quarantined pens prohibited.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   267.450. Unquarantined stock in quarantined pens prohibited. — It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, company, or corporation, owning or operating any stock pens or stockyards in this state, to permit any livestock, cattle, hogs, sheep or goats, not under or subject to quarantine, to be unloaded into any pens, enclosures, or yards, wherein any quarantined livestock is, or has been kept, or into such pens, enclosures, or yards, under such conditions and circumstances as will render such livestock subject to quarantine, and thereby prevent immediate removal thereof from such pens, enclosures, or yards, if the owner or shipper shall so desire. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 4832)  Prior revision: 1929 § 4439
MO Rev Stat § 267.560 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 267 - State Veterinarian — Diseased Animals|Section 267.560 - Title of law.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959   267.560. Title of law. — Sections 267.560 to 267.660 shall be cited as the "Missouri Livestock Disease Control and Eradication Law". ­­-------- (L. 1959 H.B. 501 § 1)
MO Rev Stat § 267.570 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 267 - State Veterinarian — Diseased Animals|Section 267.570 - Transportation of livestock into or through state, exhibitions, public stockyards, regulations.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959   267.570. Transportation of livestock into or through state, exhibitions, public stockyards, regulations. — 1. No livestock or animals that are affected with or that have recently been exposed to any infectious, contagious or communicable disease or which originate from a quarantined area, shall be shipped or in any manner transported or moved into or through the state until written permission for such entry, transportation or movement is first obtained from the state veterinarian of Missouri except those diseased animals which are approved for interstate shipment under specified restrictions by the Animal Disease Eradication Division, Agriculture Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture.  2. All livestock shipped or in any manner transported into this state shall be accompanied by an official health certificate or permit or both which must be attached to a waybill or shall be in the possession of the driver of the vehicle or person in charge of the livestock except as otherwise provided in sections 267.560 to 267.660 or regulations adopted by the department; provided, however, that an official health certificate shall not be required for any livestock consigned to public stockyards or licensed markets under federal or state supervision if a waybill, bill of lading or certificate of ownership accompanies the shipment showing the consignor and the point of origin of the shipment and the public stockyards or licensed market to which the shipment is consigned, unless otherwise required by the state veterinarian.  3. A copy of the official health certificate shall be forwarded immediately by the most rapid means available to the livestock sanitary official of the state of origin for his approval and transmittal to the state veterinarian. All such health certificates shall contain the approval of the state veterinarian or other livestock sanitary official or agency in the state of origin.  4. Livestock or herds entering the state without an official health certificate or permit or both when required shall be held in quarantine at the owner's risk and expense for observation, tests, vaccination, dipping, treatment and reinspection and until released by the department.  5. Requirements for the exhibition of livestock or herds shall be secured by contacting the state veterinarian of Missouri.  6. All animals covered in sections 267.560 to 267.660 originating from public stockyards or licensed markets located in this state or which may be assembled at such public stockyards, licensed markets, or any concentration point in this state from sources of unknown origin shall be required to meet regulations of the department or the laws and regulations of the state of destination before being released. ­­-------- (L. 1959 H.B. 501 § 3)
MO Rev Stat § 267.575 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 267 - State Veterinarian — Diseased Animals|Section 267.575 - Health certificates, contents, duration — inspection and testing, authority.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959   267.575. Health certificates, contents, duration — inspection and testing, authority. — 1. The official health certificate required by sections 267.560 to 267.660 shall contain the names and addresses of the consignor and consignee, the origin of the animals, livestock or birds, the final destination and the accurate description or identification of such animals, livestock or birds; said health certificate shall indicate the health status of the animals, livestock or birds involved, including dates and results of required tests and dates of vaccination, if any. Health certificates shall be void thirty days after date of inspection and issuance and no official health certificate shall be valid unless it complies in all respects with the requirements of sections 267.560 to 267.660 and the rules and regulations of the department; except that an official health certificate which does not comply fully with the requirements of sections 267.560 to 267.660 or any rules and regulations of the department adopted hereunder may be validated by the written approval of the department.  2. Accredited, licensed, graduate veterinarians who are approved by or in the employ of the livestock sanitary official of the state of origin and veterinarians in the employ of the Animal Disease Eradication Division, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture are authorized to inspect livestock entering the state.  3. All diagnostic tests of animals which are intended for entry into Missouri shall be made in state or federal laboratories, laboratories approved by the proper livestock sanitary official of the state of origin, or commercial laboratories operated under the supervision of the United States Department of Agriculture and approved by the state of origin. ­­-------- (L. 1959 H.B. 501 § 4)
MO Rev Stat § 267.580 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 267 - State Veterinarian — Diseased Animals|Section 267.580 - Permits, requests for contents, duration.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959   267.580. Permits, requests for contents, duration. — 1. Requests for permits shall be directed to the state veterinarian and shall set forth the following information: The names and addresses of the consignor and consignee, number and kind of animals, origin of shipment, proposed date of shipment, proposed destination, approximate date of arrival, intended purpose of shipment, and method of transportation.  2. All animals entering the state under permit shall be consigned to an individual who is a resident of the state or to a legal entity authorized by law to do business within the state.  3. All permits shall be void fifteen days after date of issuance or a lesser period of time when so designated by the state veterinarian. ­­-------- (L. 1959 H.B. 501 § 5)
MO Rev Stat § 267.585 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 267 - State Veterinarian — Diseased Animals|Section 267.585 - Carriers of livestock, regulations.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959   267.585. Carriers of livestock, regulations. — 1. Owners and operators of railroads, trucks, airplanes and other conveyances are forbidden to move any livestock, animals or birds through, into or within the state except in compliance with the provisions set forth in sections 267.560 to 267.660 and such rules and regulations of the department as may be adopted hereunder.  2. All railway cars, trucks, airplanes and other conveyances used in the transportation of livestock and birds of any kind shall be maintained in a clean sanitary condition.  3. Owners and operators of railway cars, trucks, airplanes and other conveyances that have been used for the movement of any livestock, animals or birds infected with or exposed to any infectious, contagious or communicable disease shall be required to have such cars, trucks, airplanes and other conveyances thoroughly cleaned and disinfected under official supervision before further use is permissible for the transportation of livestock.  4. Owners and operators of railroads, trucks, airplanes and other conveyances used for the transportation of livestock, animals and birds into, within and through Missouri shall assure themselves that each consignment is prepared for shipment in keeping with the requirements of sections 267.560 to 267.660, and that it is accompanied by official health certificate or permit. Such health certificate or permit should be attached to the waybill accompanying the shipment or be in the possession of the attendant in charge of the animals. ­­-------- (L. 1959 H.B. 501 § 6)
MO Rev Stat § 267.590 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 267 - State Veterinarian — Diseased Animals|Section 267.590 - Quarantine of animal or herd by state veterinarian — duration.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959   267.590. Quarantine of animal or herd by state veterinarian — duration. — If, upon investigation, the state veterinarian is satisfied that an animal, livestock or bird or a herd or flock of animals or birds is suffering from any highly contagious, communicable or infectious disease or exposure thereto, against which he may think best to quarantine, he shall immediately quarantine the same to pens, farms, sheds or barns completely separated from other susceptible animals or birds not so diseased or infected until  (1) Such diseased animals or birds are recovered and no longer capable of transmitting the disease or diseases to other susceptible animals or birds; or  (2) Shall have been isolated; or  (3) Killed or disposed of as provided for in sections 267.560 to 267.660 and the rules of the department; or  (4) Tested, vaccinated or otherwise treated; or  (5) As otherwise released by the state veterinarian. ­­-------- (L. 1959 H.B. 501 § 7)
MO Rev Stat § 267.600 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 267 - State Veterinarian — Diseased Animals|Section 267.600 - Animals under test or investigation not to be removed — holding period permitted, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 2010   267.600. Animals under test or investigation not to be removed — holding period permitted, when. — 1. Animals, livestock or birds under test or investigation for a contagious and infectious disease or condition may not be removed from the premises until the results of the tests are known and the owner of such animals, livestock or birds receives a record of the test from the veterinarian certifying that the animals or birds are free of the disease or specified condition and until any infected animals or birds are sold for slaughter on permit and as may be required by the state veterinarian, or until such animals or birds are recovered and incapable of spreading the disease or condition or until the animals or birds in the herd or flock have been released by the state veterinarian or his representative. The method of eradicating the disease or condition shall be at the discretion of the state veterinarian and in accordance with such procedures as may be outlined by the state veterinarian or his representative.  2. The state veterinarian or his or her representative may implement a holding period for the premises* until the investigation and confirmation of the contagious and infectious disease or condition is completed.  3. Once investigation and testing is complete, animals or birds shall be released from the holding period or placed under permanent quarantine by the state veterinarian or his or her representative. ­­-------- (L. 1959 H.B. 501 § 9, A.L. 2010 H.B. 1662)  *Word "premise" appears in original rolls.
MO Rev Stat § 267.603 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 267 - State Veterinarian — Diseased Animals|Section 267.603 - Quarantined livestock testing — violations of orders — hearing — witnesses, fees and mileage — penalties, fines — appeals — fines credited to enforcement and administration fund.

Effective - 04 May 1989   267.603. Quarantined livestock testing — violations of orders — hearing — witnesses, fees and mileage — penalties, fines — appeals — fines credited to enforcement and administration fund. — 1. Any owner or custodian of livestock placed under quarantine may be required by the state veterinarian to test or retest such livestock for disease, in accordance with the terms and conditions and upon such schedule as the state veterinarian shall designate in his order of quarantine. In the event that disease is discovered in any such livestock the owner thereof shall comply with the order of the state veterinarian in effecting the removal, disposition, or cure of any such diseased livestock, or animals or birds exposed thereto, in the manner and in the time period designated in such orders.  2. Any person who violates an order of the state veterinarian issued under this section may be summoned by the director to a hearing to be held in the county where the livestock are quarantined to be set not later than twenty days from the date of summons. At the hearing, such person and the state shall have the opportunity to present in person or by counsel such statements, testimony, evidence and argument as may be pertinent to the charges or to any defense. The director may subpoena any persons or documents incident to the hearing, the director or his designated representative may take testimony orally, by deposition or by exhibit, in the same manner and with the same fees and mileage as prescribed in judicial proceedings in civil cases. The director or his designated representative may also administer oaths to those giving evidence. Following the hearing the director may:  (1) Assess a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed one thousand dollars for each violation and a penalty not to exceed five hundred dollars for each day such person fails to implement tests for disease or effect the removal, disposal or cure of livestock subject to prior order of quarantine; or  (2) Dismiss the case.  3. Any person aggrieved by a decision of the director after a hearing pursuant to this section may appeal to the circuit court for a trial de novo in the county where the livestock are quarantined. All penalties assessed under this section shall be credited to the livestock dealer law enforcement and administration fund. ­­-------- (L. 1989 S.B. 300)  Effective 5-04-89
MO Rev Stat § 267.604 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 267 - State Veterinarian — Diseased Animals|Section 267.604 - Injunction against owners of diseased livestock, when — venue.

Effective - 04 May 1989   267.604. Injunction against owners of diseased livestock, when — venue. — When, in the judgment of the director, any person has been repeatedly in violation of the animal health laws so as to pose a substantial ongoing risk to the livelihood of other livestock owners in this state by the dissemination of disease, the director may apply to the circuit court of the county in which such person resides, and such court shall have the authority to grant an order enjoining temporarily or permanently that person from engaging in the business directly or indirectly of possessing, owning, raising or otherwise maintaining custody of any livestock of the type constituting such risk. ­­-------- (L. 1989 S.B. 300)  Effective 5-04-89
MO Rev Stat § 267.605 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 267 - State Veterinarian — Diseased Animals|Section 267.605 - Laboratories to obtain permit, reports — hog cholera virus use limited — veterinarians to report contagions.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959   267.605. Laboratories to obtain permit, reports — hog cholera virus use limited — veterinarians to report contagions. — 1. All laboratories, whether privately operated or otherwise, shall be required to report the results of their findings of contagious, communicable or infectious disease in specimens submitted to them and as may be required by the department.  2. All persons operating such laboratories shall make application and shall obtain a permit from the department in order to conduct diagnostic tests on any kind of animals or birds or tissues therefrom, as may be submitted by such laboratories.  3. Before issuing a permit, the department shall determine that the laboratory does qualify for such permit. The department shall also at any time suspend or revoke the laboratory's permit for failure to comply with the provisions of sections 267.560 to 267.660 and the rules of the department.  4. Effective on and after January 1, 1960, the use of live or virulent hog cholera virus is prohibited, except as provided for in the rules of the department.  5. It shall be unlawful for any owner of livestock or animals as defined in sections 267.560 to 267.660, or for any veterinarian to withhold knowledge of or fail to report the existence of any contagious or communicable disease of livestock or animals owned or examined by him or in his possession. ­­-------- (L. 1959 H.B. 501 § 10)
MO Rev Stat § 267.611 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 267 - State Veterinarian — Diseased Animals|Section 267.611 - Slaughter of animals, indemnification — accounting.

Effective - 28 Aug 1999   267.611. Slaughter of animals, indemnification — accounting. — 1. When in the judgment of the state veterinarian, the slaughter method is the only means of controlling and eradicating a highly contagious or communicable or infectious disease of livestock, animals or birds, or when under cooperative agreements with the United States Department of Agriculture the slaughter method is required, notice shall be given to the owner or owners of the livestock exposed to or infected with the disease. Such livestock or birds or animals shall then be indemnified within the limits of appropriation, at a rate fixed by the director of the department of agriculture, except that such rate for ostriches and emu shall not exceed eight hundred dollars, and then destroyed under the supervision of a representative of the department or by the United States Department of Agriculture as the state veterinarian may elect, except that when exposed or infected or recovered livestock, animals and birds in such herds or flocks can be utilized for food purposes, the state veterinarian in his discretion may permit such animals, livestock or birds to be transported on permit and under supervision of a representative of the department to a slaughter establishment operating under the federal meat inspection service or under an approved municipal meat inspection service.  2. A careful account of the cost of the killing, burying and also the cleaning and disinfection of premises shall be kept by the representative of the department or a representative of the United States Department of Agriculture and the cost thereof shall be paid by the state when such cost is approved by the director. ­­-------- (L. 1999 S.B. 310)
MO Rev Stat § 267.615 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 267 - State Veterinarian — Diseased Animals|Section 267.615 - License for male breeding animals, application, fee, renewal.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959   267.615. License for male breeding animals, application, fee, renewal. — 1. No person, firm, partnership, corporation or association shall engage in the business of leasing, loaning or renting for a specified fee or other compensation male animals of the bovine or suis species for breeding purposes either on an individual or herd service basis until such person, firm, partnership, corporation or association shall have first applied for and received from the department a license to conduct such business.  2. The applicant shall state the nature of the business, the city, village, township, and county and complete post-office address at which the business is conducted, together with any additional information that the department may require.  3. The department shall issue to the applicant a license upon payment of an annual fee of fifteen dollars for each and every male animal of the bovine species used in such business and five dollars for each of every male animal of the suis species used in such business. Said license shall be annually renewed on the first calendar day of each year. All fees collected hereunder shall be deposited to the credit of the veterinary fees fund. ­­-------- (L. 1959 H.B. 501 § 12)