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 35 - Controlled Livestock Districts
• Alaska Statutes > Chapter 40 - Brands and Marks
• Alaska Statutes > Chapter 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

• California Codes > Food and Agricultural Code > Division 7 > Chapter 4 - Livestock Drugs
• California Codes > Food and Agricultural Code > Division 9 > Part 4 - Livestock Confinement

Connecticut

• Connecticut General Statutes > Chapter 432 - Slaughtering of Animals. Commission Sales Stables

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
• 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

• Indiana Code > Title 15 > Article 19 - Livestock

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 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

• Maine Revised Statutes > Title 7 > Part 4 - Livestock Disease Control

Massachusetts

• Massachusetts General Laws > Chapter 129 - Livestock Disease Control

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

• Montana Code > Title 81 - Livestock

Nebraska

• Nebraska Statutes > Chapter 54 - Livestock
• Nebraska Statutes 54-625. Act, how cited
• Nebraska Statutes 54-626. Terms, defined
• Nebraska Statutes 54-627. License requirements; fees; premises available for inspection
• Nebraska Statutes 54-627.01. Licensees;maintain written veterinary care plan or written emergency veterinary careplan

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 Mexico Statutes > Chapter 77 - Animals and Livestock
• New Mexico Statutes 77-9-2. [Earmarks; cutting; penalty.]
• New Mexico Statutes 77-9-3. Necessity of brand; rebranding required; exceptions
• New Mexico Statutes 77-9-4. Penalty for failure to brand or rebrand; certain sales prohibited
• New Mexico Statutes 77-9-5. Brands of livestock; recording; evidence of ownership

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 xlvi TABLE OF TITLES AND CHAPTERS TABLE OF TITLES AND CHAPTERS xlvi TABLE OF TITLES AND CHAPTERS TABLE OF TITLES AND CHAPTERS
• Oregon Statutes > Chapter 607 - Livestock Districts; Stock Running at Large

Rhode Island

• Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 4-26 - The Rhode Island Livestock Welfare and Care Standards Advisory Council Act of 2012

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

Texas

• Texas Agriculture Code > Title 6 > Subtitle B - Livestock

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

West Virginia

• West Virginia Code > Chapter 19 > Article 1C - Care of Livestock
• West Virginia Code > Chapter 19 > Article 18 - General Stock Law