2006 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 for the amount
due the owner.
History: (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; 2003 c 112 art 2 s 5