§ 3.1-737. (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Duty of operators of stockyards, poultry slaughteryards, et...
Any person, firm or corporation who operates a stockyard, livestock auction sale, slaughterhouse pens, or poultry slaughteryards, or other places or premises where livestock or poultry are repeatedly assembled, and which may harbor diseases of livestock or poultry, shall maintain such premises, yards, pens, saleyards or poultry slaughteryards or other premises in a sanitary condition as directed by the State Veterinarian, shall obey all orders or regulations of the Board or the State Veterinarian as to handling livestock or poultry that may be affected with disease, or that have been exposed to disease, and shall clean and disinfect such pens, yards, premises, or other establishments or vehicles used in connection therewith, or any part thereof, when ordered to do so by the State Veterinarian. Any person, firm or corporation who shall fail or refuse to obey or comply with any such order or regulation shall be deemed guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
(Code 1950, § 3-578; 1966, c. 702; 1977, c. 395.)
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