California Food and Agricultural Code CHAPTER 9 - Equine Protection: Enforcement

• Section 24101.
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Equine Protection Act of 1991.(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 747, Sec. 2.)
• Section 24102.
  For purposes of this chapter:(a) “Animal” means a horse, pony, mule, or burro. (b) “Program” means the program of equine protection and identification of the department. (c) “Slaughter”...
• Section 24103.
  There is in the department a program of equine protection and identification.(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 747, Sec. 2.)
• Section 24104.
  Each sheriff or other officer to whom a complaint that relates to the loss or theft of any animal is made shall, in a timely...
• Section 24104.5.
  The Bureau of Livestock Identification shall compile a report on information received pursuant to Section 24104. The bureau shall distribute the report to all county...
• Section 24105.
  No investigator of the program or any other employee of the department, in enforcing this chapter, shall be required to conduct any investigation that involves...
• Section 24106.
  No person shall purchase, consign, sell, or accept the donation of an animal which is destined for slaughter unless the seller or donor of the...
• Section 24107.
  Every operator of an auction yard or dealer who handles animals destined for slaughter shall keep a written record of all sales and purchases made...
• Section 24108.
  Any person who does not keep the written records required by this chapter or who refuses, upon demand of any investigator of the program or...
• Section 24109.
  (a) No animal, whether branded or not, shall be shipped, transported, hauled, or delivered for slaughter, unless it is inspected by an inspector of the program....
• Section 24110.
  An inspector shall seize any animal for which a valid bill of sale containing the information designated in Section 24106 is not provided.(Added by Stats....
• Section 24111.
  Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, it is unlawful for any person to remove from the possession of an inspector any animal seized or...
• Section 24112.
  If the animal which is seized or otherwise in the possession of the inspector is branded, the director shall cause a search to be made...
• Section 24113.
  If the brands or marks are recorded, the director shall immediately, by letter, notify the person in whose name the brands or marks are recorded.(Added...
• Section 24114.
  If the owner cannot be ascertained, the director shall cause a notice of the seizure of the animal to remain posted for a period of...
• Section 24115.
  Any person that claims ownership of the animal may, at any time, but not later than 14 days after the first posting of the notice,...
• Section 24116.
  If ownership is proved to the satisfaction of the director, the animal shall be returned to the owner upon payment by the owner of all...
• Section 24117.
  If the animal at any time while in the possession of an inspector is in a condition which requires immediate disposal, the animal may be...
• Section 24118.
  If after 14 days from the date of the first posting of notice, no satisfactory proof of ownership of the animal has been made, or...
• Section 24119.
  The proceeds from the sale of any animal shall be paid into, and the expenses of holding, advertising, sale, and other incidental expenses shall be...
• Section 24120.
  If any person shall, within one year after the date of the sale, prove to the satisfaction of the director his or her ownership of...
• Section 24121.
  If the inspector of the program determines that the person who offers the animal for inspection is in lawful possession, the inspector shall issue a...
• Section 24122.
  The certificate of inspection shall be signed by the inspector of the program and shall indicate all of the following:(a) The place and date of inspection...
• Section 24123.
  It is unlawful for any inspector to issue a certificate of inspection unless he or she personally makes the inspection between sunrise and sunset.(Added by...
• Section 24124.
  One copy of the certificate of inspection required by this chapter shall accompany the shipment of animals.(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 747, Sec. 2.)
• Section 24125.
  Any person who transports an animal destined for slaughter who does not have a copy of the certificate of inspection as required pursuant to this...
• Section 24126.
  It is unlawful for any person to remove any animal and substitute another for it, or to add any other animal or transport an animal...
• Section 24127.
  (a) Each dealer who handles animals destined for slaughter, and who ships 15 or more animals at a time for slaughter, shall pay the inspector a...
• Section 24128.
  (a) The inspector shall make a memorandum which shows the number, sex, breed, color, approximate height and weight, approximate age, natural marks and identifying scars, and...
• Section 24129.
  The department shall maintain inspection certificates for a period of five years in a manner that shall disclose the number of animals that have been...
• Section 24130.
  Any person that is engaged in the business of buying or selling animals on consignment at any public or private salesyard shall keep after each...
• Section 24131.
  Any person subject to Section 24130 shall retain the certificate of consignment on file for a period of at least two years after the sale....
• Section 24132.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person is civilly liable for four times the value of the animal at the time of taking, possessing,...
• Section 24133.
  Any person who transports an animal destined for slaughter out of the state under false pretenses in order to avoid an inspection under this chapter...
• Section 24134.
  Any person who falsifies any document or record required by this chapter, or by any regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter, is liable civilly for...

Last modified: October 22, 2018