32.3.205    QUARANTINE FOR ANIMALS ENTERING ILLEGALLY

(1) Animals which enter the state of Montana without a valid health certificate or permit, or both if required, or in violation of any rules of the Department of Livestock shall be held in quarantine at the risk and expense of the owner until released by an authorized representative of the Department of Livestock, Animal Health Division. The quarantine may be released only after the department has been satisfied, by appropriate means, that the animals under quarantine as a result of noncompliance with this rule are not infected with disease.

History: 81-2-102, 81-20-101, MCA; IMP, 81-2-102, 81-20-101, MCA; Eff. 12/31/72; AMD, Eff. 11/4/75; AMD, Eff. 6/5/76; AMD, Eff. 5/5/77; AMD, 1977 MAR p. 962, Eff. 11/26/77; EMERG, AMD, 1/20/78; 1978 MAR p. 579, Eff. 4/25/78; AMD, 1978 MAR p. 1179, Eff. 8/11/78; AMD, 1979 MAR p. 844, Eff. 8/17/79; AMD, 1980 MAR p. 1713, Eff. 6/27/80.