California · Food and Agricultural Code - FAC

FAC §10384: If any owner or person that is in charge of cattle, after 10 days’ written notice by the department, refuses properly to confine in corrals, stanchions, or chutes, any cattle within a brucellosis cont

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

A cattle owner who refuses to properly confine cattle in designated structures within a brucellosis control area after receiving 10 days' written notice commits a misdemeanor.

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If any owner or person that is in charge of cattle, after 10 days’ written notice by the department, refuses properly to confine in corrals, stanchions, or chutes, any cattle within a brucellosis control area which are required to be tested and identified pursuant to this chapter, the owner is guilty of a misdemeanor and the department may in such case incur such expense as is necessary to properly confine and identify the cattle.

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