Livestock: Related Laws
U.S.
- U.S. Code > Title 7 > Chapter 9 - Packers and Stockyards
- U.S. Code > Title 7 > Chapter 38 > Subchapter II - Livestock Mandatory Reporting
- U.S. Code > Title 7 > Chapter 48 - Humane Methods of Livestock Slaughter
- CFR > Title 9 > Chapter I > Subchapter G - Livestock Improvement
- CFR > Title 9 > Chapter II > Part 203 - Statements of General Policy Under the Packers and Stockyards Act
Alabama
- Alabama Code > Title 2 > Chapter 15 - Livestock
- Alabama Code > Title 2 > Chapter 17 - Meat and Poultry Inspection
- Alabama Code > Title 3 > Chapter 5 - Stock Laws
Alaska
- Alaska Statutes > Chapter 03.35 - Controlled Livestock Districts
- Alaska Statutes > Chapter 03.40 - Brands and Marks
- Alaska Statutes > Chapter 03.45 - Diseased Livestock
Arizona
- Arizona Laws > Title 3 > Chapter 11 - OWNERSHIP, CONTROL AND REGULATION OF LIVESTOCK
- Arizona Laws > Title 3 > Chapter 12 - LIVESTOCK INJURY AND DISEASES
- Arizona Laws > Title 3 > Chapter 13 - SLAUGHTER OF ANIMALS AND SALE OF MEAT
- Arizona Laws > Title 17 > Chapter 4 > Article 6 - Livestock Loss Board
California
Connecticut
Florida
- Florida Statutes > Chapter 534 - Livestock; Marks and Brands
- Florida Regulations > Chapter 5C-5 - Livestock Markets; Diseased Animals
- Florida Regulations > Chapter 5C-6 - Brucellosis
Hawaii
- Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 146 - Slaughtering Operations and Slaughterhouses
- Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 155D - Livestock Revitalization Program
Idaho
- Idaho Code > Title 6 > Chapter 29 - Livestock Activities Immunity Act
- Idaho Code > Title 22 > Chapter 53 - Idaho Wolf Depredation Control Board [Effective Until June 30, 2020]
- Idaho Code > Title 25 > Chapter 2 - Inspection and Suppression of Diseases Among Livestock
- Idaho Code > Title 25 > Chapter 3 - Tuberculosis Free Areas
- Idaho Code > Title 25 > Chapter 4 - Livestock Disease Control — Tuberculosis
Illinois
- Illinois Compiled Statutes > 510 ILCS 75 - Humane Slaughter of Livestock Act
- Illinois Compiled Statutes > 510 ILCS 77 - Livestock Management Facilities Act
Indiana
Iowa
- Iowa Code > Chapter 162 - Care of Animals in Commercial Establishments
- Iowa Code > Chapter 169A - Marking and Branding of Livestock
- Iowa Code > Chapter 172B - Livestock Transportation
- Iowa Code > Chapter 172D - Livestock Feedlots
- Iowa Code > Chapter 202A - Livestock Marketing Practices
Kansas
- Kansas Statutes > Chapter 47 > Article 10 - Public Livestock Markets
- Kansas Statutes > Chapter 47 > Article 15 - Feedlots
- Kansas Statutes > Chapter 75 > Article 19 - Animal Health Commissioner
Kentucky
- Kentucky Statutes > Chapter 253 - Marks and Brands of Livestock
- Kentucky Statutes > Chapter 257 - Livestock and Poultry Disease Control
- Kentucky Statutes > Chapter 261 - Stockyards
Louisiana
- Louisiana Laws > Revised Statutes > Title 3 > Chapter 15 - Production and Marketing of Livestock
- Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:4202 - Objective
- Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:4203 - Antemortem inspection and humane methods of slaughter
- Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:4204 - Postmortem inspection
- Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:4205 - Reinspection upon reentry
Maine
Massachusetts
Michigan
- Michigan Laws > Chapter 287 > Act 122 of 1883 - Branding Livestock
- Michigan Laws > Chapter 287 > Act 308 of 1976 - Disposal of Livestock
- Michigan Laws > Chapter 322 > Act 66 of 1959 - Livestock Grazing On State Lands
Minnesota
- Minnesota Statutes > Chapter 17A - Livestock Market Agency and Dealer Licensing
- Minnesota Statutes > Chapter 31B - Packers and Stockyards
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
- Nevada Revised Statutes > Chapter 563 - Promotion of Livestock
- Nevada Revised Statutes > Chapter 564 - Brands and Marks
- Nevada Revised Statutes > Chapter 565 - Inspection of Brands
- Nevada Revised Statutes > Chapter 566 - Inspection and Possession of Hides and Carcasses
- Nevada Revised Statutes > Chapter 567 - Noxious and Predatory Animals; Property-Destroying Birds
New Mexico
New York
- New York Laws > Agriculture and Markets > Article 5-A - Licensing of Slaughterhouses
- New York Laws > Agriculture and Markets > Article 5-C - Licensing of Rendering Plants
North Carolina
- North Carolina General Statutes > Chapter 106 > Article 4H - Bedding
- North Carolina General Statutes > Chapter 106 > Article 14A - Licensing and Regulation of Rendering Plants, Rendering Operations, and Waste Kitchen Grease Collection
- North Carolina General Statutes > Chapter 106 > Article 35 - Public Livestock Markets
- North Carolina General Statutes > Chapter 106 > Article 86 - Farmed Cervid Industry Promotion Act
North Dakota
- North Dakota Code > Chapter 4.1-30 - Livestock Purchased by Packing Plants
- North Dakota Code > Chapter 4.1-43 - Livestock Medicine
- North Dakota Code > Chapter 4.1-73 - Branding Livestock
- North Dakota Code > Chapter 4.1-74 - Registered Livestock
- North Dakota Code > Chapter 4.1-83 - Livestock Dealers
Ohio
- Ohio Code > Chapter 904 - Ohio Livestock Care Standards Board
- Ohio Code > Chapter 942 - Garbage-Fed Swine and Poultry
- Ohio Code > Chapter 943 - Livestock Dealers
- Ohio Code > Chapter 945 - Humane Slaughter of Livestock
- Ohio Code > Chapter 953 - Rendering Plants
Oregon
- Oregon Statutes > Chapter 603 - Meat Sellers and Slaughterers
- Oregon Statutes > Chapter 604 - Brands and Marks; Feedlots
- Oregon Statutes > Chapter 607 - Livestock Districts; Stock Running at Large
Rhode Island
South Carolina
- South Carolina Code > Title 47 > Chapter 9 - Livestock Generally
- South Carolina Code > Title 47 > Chapter 11 - Sale, Grading and Inspection of Livestock
- South Carolina Code > Title 47 > Chapter 21 - Farm Animal, Crop Operation, and Research Facilities Protection Act
- South Carolina Code > Title 47 > Chapter 22 - Rendering of Livestock and Poultry Raw Material
South Dakota
- South Dakota Codified Laws > Title 40 > Chapter 14 - Importation Of Livestock
- South Dakota Codified Laws > Title 40 > Chapter 15A - Livestock Dealers, Packers And Packer Buyers
- South Dakota Codified Laws > Title 40 > Chapter 15B - Livestock Packer Transactions
- South Dakota Codified Laws > Title 40 > Chapter 17 - Rendering And Pet Food Processing Plants
- South Dakota Codified Laws > Title 40 > Chapter 18 - State Brand Board
Tennessee
- Tennessee Code > Title 44 > Chapter 7 - Marks, Brands, Registration and Certification
- Tennessee Code > Title 44 > Chapter 10 - Dealers and Purchasers of Poultry, Livestock and Hides
- Tennessee Code > Title 44 > Chapter 11 - Livestock Sales
- Tennessee Code > Title 44 > Chapter 12 - Tennessee Public Livestock Market Charter Act
Texas
Utah
- Utah Code > Title 4 > Chapter 24 - Utah Livestock Brand and Anti-Theft Act
- Utah Code > Title 4 > Chapter 30 - Livestock Markets
- Utah Code > Title 4 > Chapter 31 - Control of Animal Disease
- Utah Code 57-13b-101. Title
- Utah Code 57-13b-102. Definition
Vermont
- Vermont Statutes > Title 6 > Chapter 63 - Livestock-Related Businesses, Auctions, and Sales Rings
- Vermont Statutes > Title 6 > Chapter 64 - Livestock Care Standards Advisory Council
- Vermont Statutes > Title 6 > Chapter 102 - Control of Contagious Livestock Diseases
- Vermont Statutes > Title 6 > Chapter 201 - Humane Slaughter of Livestock
- Vermont Statutes > Title 6 > Chapter 204 - Preparation of Livestock and Poultry Products
Virginia
- Virginia Code 3.2-5400: Definitions
- Virginia Code 3.2-5401: Adulterated livestock product or poultry product
- Virginia Code 3.2-5402: Misbranded livestock product or poultry product
- Virginia Code 3.2-5403: Department to cooperate with U.S. Department of Agriculture
- Virginia Code 3.2-5404: Duties of the Board
Washington
- Washington Code > Chapter 16.24 - Stock restricted areas
- Washington Code > Chapter 16.38 - Livestock diseases — Diagnostic service program
- Washington Code > Chapter 16.49 - Custom slaughtering
- Washington Code > Chapter 16.57 - Identification of livestock
- Washington Code > Chapter 16.65 - Public livestock markets