257.120 Indemnity for destruction or slaughter of animal.

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(1)Indemnities shall be paid by the state or federal government for animals mandated

to be destroyed or slaughtered on account of a reportable or United States

Department of Agriculture

(USDA)program disease. The indemnities shall be

based on fair market value as determined by the USDA or independent appraisal.

(2)No state-funded indemnity shall be paid for any animal unless it was the property of

the person claiming indemnity, and was within the state, for a period of at least six

(6)months prior to the time of the first test, except when animals are destroyed or

slaughtered on account of a foreign animal or zoonotic disease.

(3)No indemnity shall be paid for any animal:

(a)Owned by the United States, the state or any county or city;

(b)Brought into this state in violation of the law or any regulation of the board;

(c)When the owner at the time of coming into possession of the animal had any

reason to believe that it was infected; or

(d)When the board or its authorized agents have satisfactory evidence that the

owner has been guilty of negligence in permitting the animal to become

exposed to the communicable disease.