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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 267 - State Veterinarian — Diseased Animals › Section 267.010 - Definitions.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 267
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
267.010. Definitions. —
Whenever in sections 267.010 to 267.460, the following words or terms are used, they shall be deemed and taken as the meaning ascribed as follows:
(1)
"Cattle"
shall mean neat cattle;
(2)
"Condemned"
shall refer to cattle which have reacted to the test;
(3)
"Department"
or
"department of agriculture"
shall mean the Missouri state department of agriculture;
(4)
"Director"
shall mean the director of the department of agriculture of Missouri;
(5)
"Owner"
shall refer to any owner of cattle cooperating under the state-federal plan for Bang's testing;
(6) The term
"person"
means a natural person, partnership, association or corporation created or organized by or under the laws of this state or under the laws of any other state or country; whenever a word or words importing the plural number are used in describing or referring to any matter, parties or persons, any single matter, party or person shall be deemed to be included, although distributive words may not be used;
(7)
"State"
shall mean the state of Missouri;
(8)
"State veterinarian"
shall mean the state veterinarian of Missouri;
(9)
"Test"
shall refer to the agglutination blood test for Bang's disease;
(10)
"United States"
shall refer to the United States Department of Agriculture.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14208)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 267 - State Veterinarian — Diseased Animals › Section 267.020 - Appointment of veterinary surgeon — qualifications — tenure.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 267
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
267.020. Appointment of veterinary surgeon — qualifications — tenure. —
The director of agriculture of the state of Missouri shall appoint a veterinary surgeon, to aid and assist in developing and protecting the livestock interests of the state of Missouri. Said veterinary surgeon shall be a graduate of some reputable and recognized veterinary college or school, and shall give to the said director of agriculture, before his appointment, good evidence of a recognized, practical and scientific knowledge of contagious and infectious diseases of livestock, and shall hold his office for a term of four years, or until removed by said director of agriculture for cause, as provided in section 267.040.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14190)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12519; 1919 § 12078; 1909 § 707
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 267 - State Veterinarian — Diseased Animals › Section 267.030 - Veterinarian — oath, bond — office — duties.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 267
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
267.030. Veterinarian — oath, bond — office — duties. —
Said veterinary surgeon shall, before entering upon the discharge of his duty, file with said director of agriculture his oath of office with a satisfactory and sufficient bond for the faithful performance of his official duties. He shall have his office with or near the office of the director of agriculture; shall act only as an expert, and shall, when practicable, devote all time possible to the investigation of the nature of, causes of and remedies for the diseases of domestic animals. The director of agriculture shall have charge of all clerical work pertaining to the veterinary service.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14191)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12520; 1919 § 12079; 1909 § 708
CROSS REFERENCES:
Missouri livestock marketing law, enforcement, Chap. 277
State veterinarian to issue license for disposal plants for bodies of dead animals, inspection, 269.050, 269.190
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 267 - State Veterinarian — Diseased Animals › Section 267.040 - Under control of director.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 267
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
267.040. Under control of director. —
Said veterinary surgeon shall be under the control of the director of the department of agriculture, who may remove him, whenever in his judgment the good of the veterinary service of the state may demand it.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14192)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12521; 1919 § 12080; 1909 § 709
CROSS REFERENCE:
State director of agriculture to have charge of veterinary service, 261.020
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 267 - State Veterinarian — Diseased Animals › Section 267.050 - Appointment of deputy veterinary surgeon — qualifications.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 267
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
267.050. Appointment of deputy veterinary surgeon — qualifications. —
Whenever the state veterinary surgeon shall find it impossible to perform alone in an effective manner the duties imposed by sections 267.010 to 267.460, the director of agriculture, with the advice of the veterinarian, may appoint, as may be needed, one or more deputy state veterinary surgeons, who shall be competent veterinarians, graduated from some reputable veterinary school or college. Such deputy veterinary surgeon shall have, when on duty, the same power and same protection as now provided in sections 267.010 to 267.460 for the said state veterinary surgeon, and shall work under his direction and instructions. The state director of agriculture may also employ nonprofessional men and special experts as agents or inspectors whenever such a means shall become absolutely necessary to carry out this law properly or enforce the regulations of quarantine as possible in cases of emergency provided against by sections 267.240 and 267.250.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14222)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12542; 1919 § 12101; 1909 § 725
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 267 - State Veterinarian — Diseased Animals › Section 267.060 - Compensation of veterinarian and deputies.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 267
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
267.060. Compensation of veterinarian and deputies. —
The state veterinarian, deputy state veterinarians and livestock inspectors, shall receive salaries fixed by the state director of agriculture and necessary traveling expenses in the discharge of official duties, payable out of the funds provided for the maintenance of the veterinary service. The state veterinarian, deputies and livestock inspectors shall each render an itemized account to the said director of agriculture of all the traveling and incidental expenses incurred in working under this law. Said account or accounts shall be audited, and if found correct, shall be allowed as is now or may hereafter be provided by law.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14228)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12548; 1919 § 12102; 1909 § 726
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 267 - State Veterinarian — Diseased Animals › Section 267.070 - Cooperate with federal officers.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 267
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
267.070. Cooperate with federal officers. —
The said director of agriculture and state veterinary surgeon shall cooperate with any commissioner or other officer appointed by the United States for the suppression of contagious diseases among domestic animals, so far as the provisions of sections 267.010 to 267.460 and the appropriation made in accordance therewith will allow in suppressing and preventing the spread of contagious and infectious diseases among domestic animals in this state.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14218)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12538; 1919 § 12097; 1909 § 721
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 267 - State Veterinarian — Diseased Animals › Section 267.080 - Report to director.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 267
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
267.080. Report to director. —
Said veterinary surgeon shall report to the director of agriculture in writing at least once every three months, setting forth the locality or localities visited as provided in sections 267.010 to 267.070, the kind of stock treated, the type and character of the diseases, the remedies prescribed and the results, so far as known, of such treatment. The director of agriculture shall, from time to time, as often as may be required, select from said reports and publish in a concise form such information as he may think valuable to the people of Missouri. This information may be published in connection with the reports relating to agriculture or in separate bulletins.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14219)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12539; 1919 § 12098; 1909 § 722
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 267 - State Veterinarian — Diseased Animals › Section 267.090 - Compilation of information and report.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 267
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
267.090. Compilation of information and report. —
It shall be the duty of the director of agriculture to collate and compile, briefly and concisely, the useful and interesting information derived from the veterinary sanitary service as provided for in sections 267.010 to 267.460, and report to the general assembly, within ten days of the date of the meeting thereof, together with such suggestions as may be beneficial to the agricultural interests of the state.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14220)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12540; 1919 § 12099; 1909 § 723
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 267 - State Veterinarian — Diseased Animals › Section 267.100 - Petition for veterinarian's services to control contagious disease.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 267
• Effective - 28 Aug 1990
267.100. Petition for veterinarian's services to control contagious disease. —
1. It shall be lawful for any ten residents of this state to go before any clerk of a court of record or associate circuit judge and demand the presence and services of the veterinary surgeon in the following manner:
State of Missouri,
)
) ss
County of ______.
)
To the director of agriculture,
Jefferson City, Missouri.
We, the undersigned citizens, residents of the county of ______, believe that there exists in this locality a dangerous, infectious disease among (here name the kind of stock, the name in full of the party owning the same or in charge thereof, the part of the county in which it is situated, together with the nearest railroad station and post-office address, and full directions as to the best and most expeditious way for the veterinary surgeon to reach said stock); therefore, we request the presence of the state veterinary surgeon.
______(seal)
______(seal)
2. Which petition may be certified to in the following manner:
State of Missouri,
)
) ss
County of ______.
)
I hereby certify that the above named petitioners are known to me to be reputable citizens of this county.
(Signed by the clerk of the court or associate circuit judge and attested by his official signature, giving day of the month and the year.)
3. The department of health and senior services may demand of the director of agriculture, through the director of the department of health and senior services, the services of the state veterinary surgeon to aid it in the inspection of such infectious or contagious diseases as are transmissible to the human family, and in examination of meats, milk and foods, when, in the judgment of the department of health and senior services, the assistance of this officer is necessary.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14193, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1070)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12522; 1919 § 12081; 1909 § 710
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 267 - State Veterinarian — Diseased Animals › Section 267.110 - Veterinarian to investigate on petition.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 267
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
267.110. Veterinarian to investigate on petition. —
Such petition may be forwarded by mail or otherwise, as the petitioners may elect, to the director of agriculture, who shall cause a thorough investigation to be made by or under the direction of the state veterinary surgeon or his deputies. Such investigation may be ordered without application by petition if upon satisfactory information it is thought the presence of the veterinarian is necessary to the protection of the livestock interests of the state from contagious or infectious diseases.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14194)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12523; 1919 § 12082; 1909 § 711
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 267 - State Veterinarian — Diseased Animals › Section 267.120 - Prescribe disinfectants — enforcement.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 267
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
267.120. Prescribe disinfectants — enforcement. —
Whenever the state veterinary surgeon shall have sufficient evidence to satisfy him that any private or public or corporate barn, or shed, or stock car, or any pen, yard or field, is infected and so injudiciously used as to be liable to convey contagious or infectious disease to livestock, he shall prescribe in writing, to the owner or owners or person or persons in charge thereof, the most rapid of the effective modes of disinfecting and cleansing deemed necessary, and shall prohibit, also in writing, to the owner or owners or persons in charge, the occupation by susceptible livestock or the removal of such infected property as may be movable, until such disinfection has been thoroughly carried out, and that the danger of conveying contagious or infectious disease is removed. Such cleansing and disinfection shall be at the cost of the owner or owners. The state veterinary surgeon may call for help on the county commission or legally substituted court, if necessary, and the commission or court shall thereupon order the sheriff or other officer to give the assistance necessary to enforce the law.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14205)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12534; 1919 § 12093; 1909 § 716
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 267 - State Veterinarian — Diseased Animals › Section 267.122 - Animal health diagnostic laboratories established, fees — investment of funds — rulemaking procedure — transfer of funds to general revenue, when.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 267
• Effective - 28 Aug 1996
267.122. Animal health diagnostic laboratories established, fees — investment of funds — rulemaking procedure — transfer of funds to general revenue, when. —
1. "Official laboratories" are hereby established. The laboratories are to be known as the "Animal Health Diagnostic Laboratories", operated by and under the direction of the state veterinarian, for the purpose of diagnosing animal disease. The state veterinarian shall have the authority to assess laboratory fees to assist in defraying operating laboratory expense. A schedule of laboratory fees shall be fixed by rule or regulation promulgated by the director of the department of agriculture. No fees will be charged for diagnostic tests for diseases which are included in a state and federal cooperative eradication program.
2. All laboratory fees collected pursuant to this section shall be paid to the department of revenue to be deposited in the state treasury, to the credit of the "Animal Health Laboratory Fee Fund", which is hereby created. All money in the fund shall be for the use and benefit of the animal health diagnostic laboratories and not as a substitute for general revenue bonds already appropriated for the operation of the animal health diagnostic laboratories.
3. Notwithstanding section 33.080 to the contrary, the balance in the fund at the end of each biennium shall not lapse and shall not be transferred to the general revenue fund of the state. If the balance at the end of any biennium exceeds two hundred thousand dollars, the director of the department of agriculture shall adjust the schedule of laboratory fees so as to cause the fund to not be in excess of two hundred twenty-five thousand dollars. Any balance in the fund at the end of any fiscal year which is in excess of two hundred twenty-five thousand dollars shall be transferred to the general revenue fund of the state.
4. The state treasurer shall invest all sums in the animal health laboratory fee fund not needed for current operating expenses in interest bearing banking accounts or United States government obligations in the manner provided by law. All yield increment, gain or income derived from the investment of these sums shall accrue to the benefit of, and be deposited within, the state treasury to the credit of the animal health laboratory fee fund.
5. No rule or portion of a rule promulgated under the authority of this chapter shall become effective unless it has been promulgated pursuant to the provisions of section 536.024.
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(L. 1992 H.B. 878 §§ 66, 67, A.L. 1993 S.B. 52, A.L. 1995 S.B. 3, A.L. 1996 S.B. 766)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 267 - State Veterinarian — Diseased Animals › Section 267.168 - Voluntary program may be supported by state — mandated participation prohibited — withdrawal permitted — governor may waive this section, when.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 267
• Effective - 28 Aug 2008
267.168. Voluntary program may be supported by state — mandated participation prohibited — withdrawal permitted — governor may waive this section, when. —
1. The state of Missouri may support a voluntary animal identification program. The department of agriculture shall not mandate or otherwise force national animal identification system (NAIS) premises registration without specific statutory authorization from the Missouri general assembly.
2. Any person who participates in the national animal identification system may withdraw from the system at any time. All personal information relating to a participant shall be deleted from the system when the participant withdraws, unless the participant is part of an ongoing disease investigation or disease monitoring or control program.
3. If the provisions of this section interfere with the marketing of Missouri livestock, the governor by executive order may waive the provisions of this section in whole or in part until the completion of the next regular session of the Missouri general assembly or any special session called by the governor at which time the executive order shall expire.
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(L. 2008 S.B. 931)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 267 - State Veterinarian — Diseased Animals › Section 267.169 - Certain livestock data not subject to disclosure — exceptions.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 267
• Effective - 14 Oct 2016, see footnote
*267.169. Certain livestock data not subject to disclosure — exceptions. —
1. For purposes of this section, the term animal shall mean the same as the term livestock as defined in section 277.020.
2. The following data shall not be considered a public record and shall not be subject to disclosure under chapter 610:
(1) Premises registration data collected from participants in the federal Animal Disease Traceability Program, or any successor program;
(2) Animal identification data collected from participants in the federal Animal Disease Traceability Program, or any successor program; and
(3) Animal tracking data collected from participants in the federal Animal Disease Traceability Program, or any successor program.
3. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 2 of this section, the director of any state agency or the state veterinarian within the department of agriculture shall release information otherwise not considered a public record subject to disclosure to the extent that the information is:
(1) Useful in controlling or preventing a disease outbreak;
(2) For public safety purposes; or
(3) To show particular animals or herds are or are not involved in a disease outbreak.
4. Nothing in this section shall prevent the disclosure of information:
(1) Described in subsection 2 of this section if such information has been transformed into a statistical or aggregate form that prevents the information from directly or indirectly naming or identifying any individual owner, operator, producer, operation, farmer, rancher, or a specific data gathering site;
(2) Described in subsection 2 of this section pursuant to the expressed written consent of the farmer or rancher; or
(3) Required by law as a condition of compliance with any state agency regulatory function.
5. Any person who knowingly releases information not subject to public disclosure under this section shall be considered to be violating the provisions of this section. Any entity or person alleging a violation of this section may bring an action in any court of competent jurisdiction. A court may order any appropriate relief necessary, including damages not to exceed ten thousand dollars and reasonable attorney's fees.
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(L. 2016 H.B. 1414)
*Effective 10-14-16, see § 21.250. H.B. 1414 was vetoed July 8, 2016. The veto was overridden on September 14, 2016.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 267 - State Veterinarian — Diseased Animals › Section 267.170 - Indemnification — appraisal — payment.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 267
• Effective - 10 May 1978, see footnote
267.170. Indemnification — appraisal — payment. —
1. The department of agriculture may pay, within the limit of its appropriation, an indemnity in the manner and in the amounts herein set forth to the owner of cattle who carries on an approved tuberculosis control program in his herd. The indemnity shall reimburse the owner for a part of the loss suffered by him in disposing of the cattle exposed to, infected with, or reacting to, a test for tuberculosis.
2. The value of any cattle on which an indemnity is sought by the owner shall not exceed an amount recognized by the state veterinarian and the owner as just compensation in relation to current market conditions, breeding value and other criteria of valuation for the animal destroyed. Each animal destroyed shall be identified separately on the appraisement form. Proper appraisement forms shall be completed and one copy each shall be sent to the department, retained by the duly authorized agent, and retained by the owner.
3. Any cattle on which an indemnity is sought shall be kept in isolation and within fifteen days of identification or branding shall be sold for slaughter. A report of the net proceeds, being the total amount received less expense of transportation, commissions, and other expenses of the sale, derived from the sale of the infected or reactor cattle shall be delivered by the owner to the department. The department shall determine the owner's loss by deducting the amount of the net proceeds so derived by the sale of the cattle for slaughter from the appraised value.
4. The indemnity to be paid by the department shall be an amount determined by the state veterinarian but shall not exceed the breeding value of the animal. The department shall certify to the state commissioner of administration the amount to be paid by the department. This amount constitutes a legal claim against the state within the limits of available appropriations, and the commissioner of administration shall approve the same and cause the same to be paid by issuing his warrant on the state treasurer therefor in payment to the owner.
5. Indemnity for animals slaughtered as reactors or as infected cattle shall only be paid to the owner, provided he cooperates with the department as requested by the state veterinarian or his agent in carrying out recommended practices in eradicating the disease from his animals. No indemnity shall be paid if the state veterinarian determines the animal does not qualify for indemnity or the owner is ineligible for payments.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14200, A. 1949 S.B. 1094, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1816)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12529; 1919 § 12088
Effective 5-10-78
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 267 - State Veterinarian — Diseased Animals › Section 267.210 - Disposition of condemned cattle.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 267
• Effective - 10 May 1978, see footnote
267.210. Disposition of condemned cattle. —
After cattle, in quarantine on account of tuberculosis, under sections 267.010 to 267.460, have been duly appraised, said condemned cattle may, at the discretion of the state veterinarian, be shipped by their owner, under the supervision of the state veterinarian, by legal permit, to any slaughtering plant which is provided with state or federal meat inspection service, to be slaughtered and disposed of under the rules of meat inspection. Before shipment, however, each animal shall be branded, tagged or marked in such way as to make its identity certain. Such animals must be kept separate from all healthy animals and be sold as tuberculous
*
cattle for immediate slaughter.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14204, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1816)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12533; 1919 § 12092; 1909 § 715
Effective 5-10-78
*Word "tuberculosis" appears in original rolls.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 267 - State Veterinarian — Diseased Animals › Section 267.220 - Reactor animals may be retained, procedure.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 267
• Effective - 10 May 1978, see footnote
267.220. Reactor animals may be retained, procedure. —
Notwithstanding any provision in sections 267.170 to 267.410, the department shall allow and permit the owner of any animal found to be a reactor to retain the animal in quarantine and use the animal for breeding purposes in his own herd if necessary or desirable in order to preserve valuable breeding cattle; but, the permission shall not be granted if the state veterinarian determines that the eradication program would be adversely affected and permission shall not be granted unless the United States Department of Agriculture agrees that tuberculous
*
status will not be affected. The reactor animal may not be sold, transferred or moved except on a special permit issued by the department.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14199, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1816)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12528; 1919 § 12087
Effective 5-10-78
*Word "tuberculosis" appears in original rolls.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 267 - State Veterinarian — Diseased Animals › Section 267.240 - Governor — approval and enforcement of quarantine regulations.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 267
• Effective - 10 May 1978, see footnote
267.240. Governor — approval and enforcement of quarantine regulations. —
1. The governor of Missouri may, in his discretion, order said state veterinarian to visit any state or territory and investigate any dangerous or infectious disease said to exist in any designated locality in the state named and report to the governor the result of said investigation, together with such suggestions that he may deem proper and right.
2. On receipt of such report, or any official report of the state veterinarian, the governor may call the director of agriculture and the state veterinarian together, and said director and said state veterinarian may, if deemed wise, arrange and adjust such rules and regulations as safety may demand for the transportation of livestock through or into this state from any state or territory, or any foreign country or parts thereof, where dangerous, contagious or infectious diseases may exist.
3. The governor, on the approval of such rules and regulations, shall issue his proclamation, scheduling and quarantining against such localities in which domestic animals may be considered as capable of conveying infectious, contagious or communicable diseases and prohibit the importation and the unloading in this state of any livestock of the kind capable of causing such disease, except under the aforesaid rules and regulations.
4. Such rules and regulations, after approval by the governor, shall be sent to all corporations or other agencies doing the business of transportation or conveying livestock through or into the state of Missouri; and any corporation or agency or individuals who shall violate such rules and regulations by transporting prohibited animals shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than a thousand dollars nor more than ten thousand dollars for each and every offense, and shall be liable for any and all damages or loss that may be sustained by any party or parties by reason of such importation or transportation; provided, that in no case shall such corporations or agencies or individual be liable for any damages resulting from the shipping of stock into this state which has been inspected by the proper authorities and a certificate of health as to same having been given by said authorities. Such penalty shall be recovered in any county in this state into or through which such stock is brought upon information filed in the circuit court of any such county.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14206, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1816)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12535; 1919 § 12094; 1909 § 717
Effective 5-10-78
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 267 - State Veterinarian — Diseased Animals › Section 267.250 - Enforcement of rules, regulations — notification to county commission — sheriff to assist.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 267
• Effective - 10 May 1978, see footnote
267.250. Enforcement of rules, regulations — notification to county commission — sheriff to assist. —
1. The governor, when informed by the state veterinarian that contagious or infectious livestock disease has become largely disseminated or epidemic among domestic animals throughout any municipality or geographical district in this state, or is found to exist in any herd or herds in this state, may call the director of agriculture and the state veterinarian together, and said director and said veterinarian shall, if deemed necessary to eradicate or prevent the spread of such disease, formulate for the state veterinarian and the county commissions rules and regulations under which stock capable of carrying said diseases, or any of them, shall be permitted to move to other parts of the state; such rules and regulations shall be subject to the approval of the governor, who thereupon shall issue his proclamation scheduling and quarantining such localities, and forbidding the carrying or transportation or moving of all domestic animals of the kind diseased from such municipalities or district or county to another, or from one premises to another, or over any public highway or any lot or ground not sufficiently fenced to prevent animals from going through or from being brought into such infected districts, municipalities or counties except in accordance with the aforesaid rules and regulations.
2. The county commission or other legally substituted court of the county in which such infected locality or district shall have been quarantined by the governor, shall be notified by the state veterinarian, and furnished with copies of said regulations. Said county commission shall thereupon comply with said rules and regulations, and issue order to the sheriff to assist said state veterinarian in carrying out the provisions of the same.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14207, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1816)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12536; 1919 § 12095; 1909 § 718
Effective 5-10-78
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 267 - State Veterinarian — Diseased Animals › Section 267.380 - State veterinarian may enter to conduct tests — owner to cooperate.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 267
• Effective - 10 May 1978, see footnote
267.380. State veterinarian may enter to conduct tests — owner to cooperate. —
1. The state veterinarian and any inspector or person authorized by said state veterinarian, or by him appointed, to assist in the work of applying the tubercular test provided for under sections 267.010 to 267.460, may enter any barn or barns, yard, pasture or other building or enclosure where cattle may be kept or found, for the purpose of making inspection and applying said tuberculin test in conformance with uniform methods and rules of the United States Department of Agriculture.
2. Any owner or custodian of any domestic animal or animals by said state veterinarian required or found necessary to be inspected, examined or tested, by his order, for the purpose of determining the presence or absence of disease in or upon said animal or animals shall have the right and authority to confine and otherwise restrain, as far as possible, said animals in such manner and at such times as may be prescribed and directed by the state veterinarian.
3. In the event of the failure of such owner or custodian for any reason to confine or otherwise restrain such animal or animals, it shall be the duty of the state veterinarian or his deputy or assistants to certify such refusal to the acting sheriff of the county wherein such animal or animals are found, and following such notice to the sheriff of said county it shall be his duty to forthwith cause such animal or animals to be so confined or otherwise restrained in order that the state veterinarian or his assistants may apply the necessary tests or make such examination as may be necessary to determine the presence or absence of the disease for which the animal or animals are to be inspected.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14225, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1816)
Prior revision: 1929 § 12545
Effective 5-10-78
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 267 - State Veterinarian — Diseased Animals › Section 267.400 - Veterinarian to make and enforce regulations.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 267
• Effective - 10 May 1978, see footnote
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14227, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1816)
Prior revision: 1929 § 12547
Effective 5-10-78
2023 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.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 267
• Effective - 10 May 1978, see footnote
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14494, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1816)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12820; 1919 § 3658; 1909 § 4863
Effective 5-10-78
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 267 - State Veterinarian — Diseased Animals › Section 267.450 - Unquarantined stock in quarantined pens prohibited.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 267
• 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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 4832)
Prior revision: 1929 § 4439
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 267 - State Veterinarian — Diseased Animals › Section 267.560 - Title of law.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 267
• 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".
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(L. 1959 H.B. 501 § 1)
2023 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.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 267
• 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.
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(L. 1959 H.B. 501 § 3)
2023 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.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 267
• 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.
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(L. 1959 H.B. 501 § 4)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 267 - State Veterinarian — Diseased Animals › Section 267.580 - Permits, requests for contents, duration.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 267
• 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.
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(L. 1959 H.B. 501 § 5)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 267 - State Veterinarian — Diseased Animals › Section 267.585 - Carriers of livestock, regulations.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 267
• 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.
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(L. 1959 H.B. 501 § 6)
2023 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.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 267
• 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.
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(L. 1959 H.B. 501 § 7)
2023 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.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 267
• 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.
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(L. 1959 H.B. 501 § 9, A.L. 2010 H.B. 1662)
*Word "premise" appears in original rolls.