1999 Minnesota Statutes

     35.08 Killing of diseased animals. 

    If the board decides upon the killing of an animal affected 
 with tuberculosis, paratuberculosis, or brucellosis, it shall 
 notify the animal's owner or keeper of the decision.  If the 
 board, through its executive director, orders that an animal may 
 be transported for immediate slaughter to any abattoir where the 
 meat inspection division of the United States Department of 
 Agriculture maintains inspection, or where the animal and plant 
 health inspection service of the United States Department of 
 Agriculture or the board establishes field postmortem 
 inspection, the owner must receive the value of the net salvage 
 of the carcass. 

    Before the animal is removed from the premises of the 
 owner, the representative or authorized agent of the board must 
 agree with the owner in writing as to the value of the animal.  
 In the absence of an agreement, three competent, disinterested 
 persons, one appointed by the board, one by the owner, and a 
 third by the first two, shall appraise the animal at its full 
 replacement cost taking into consideration the purpose and use 
 of the animal. 

    The appraisement made under this section must be in 
 writing, signed by the appraisers, and certified by the board to 
 the commissioner of finance, who shall draw a warrant on the 
 state treasurer for the amount due the owner. 

    HIST: (5402) RL s 2160; 1905 c 115; 1909 c 401; 1913 c 148 s 
 1; 1915 c 114 s 1; 1921 c 485 s 1; 1925 c 230 s 1; 1929 c 35 s 
 1; 1935 c 32; 1939 c 171 s 1; 1945 c 328 s 1; 1965 c 472 s 1; 
 1973 c 492 s 14; 1974 c 161 s 2; 1980 c 467 s 9; 1985 c 265 art 
 1 s 1; 1999 c 231 s 72