Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 47-1003

  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Commissioner: means the animal health commissioner of the Kansas department of agriculture. See Kansas Statutes 47-1001
  • Livestock: means and includes cattle, bison, swine, sheep, goats, horses, mules, domesticated deer, camelids, domestic poultry, domestic waterfowl, all creatures of the ratite family that are not indigenous to this state, including, but not limited to, ostriches, emus and rheas, and any other animal as deemed necessary by the commissioner established through rules and regulations. See Kansas Statutes 47-1001

For the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this act, the commissioner shall have power to make investigations and arrest any persons found violating this act and shall have, at all reasonable times, free and uninterrupted access to any and all buildings, yards, pens, chutes, or scales in or upon which any of such livestock may be kept, quartered, weighed or handled by any dealer.