California

Food and Agricultural Code - FAC

9,659 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 9570 — If the State Veterinarian invokes Section 9562, and the importation of animals, animal products, or other property from any state, territory, or foreign country may transmit, carry or disseminate the
• § 9573 — A quarantine shall not be established by one county or city against another county or city on account of the existence of any disease or condition subject to the authority of the State Veterinarian pu
• § 9574 — (a) Any person who negligently or intentionally violates any state or federal law or regulation, including any quarantine regulation, by moving any animal or other article, which by virtue of being pe
• § 9591 — Except as otherwise provided in Section 9595, if any animal or property is destroyed pursuant to Section 9569, the owner of the animal or property shall be paid an amount of money as provided in Secti
• § 9592 — The state may contribute toward the payment for the animal or property destroyed if either of the following occurs: (a) The United States agrees to share equally in the payment.
• § 9593 — (a) The value of the animal or property prior to its destruction for which contribution is made pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 9592 shall be determined by an appraisal process agreed upon by t
• § 9594 — The department may pay from any money which is available for the support of the department all sums that are due or to become due from the state to owners of animals or property which is taken, destro
• § 9595 — Indemnity payments provided by this division shall not be paid for any animal or property which is taken, destroyed, or otherwise disposed of pursuant to any provision of this code that relates to the
• § 9621 — Except as otherwise provided in Section 9571, every horse, mule, or other animal which is affected with dourine, as shown by a complement-fixation test, is a public nuisance, and shall be immediately
• § 9641.5 — (a) Any horse or other Equidae brought into this state shall be accompanied by the following: (1) A certificate of health from the state of origin issued by an accredited veterinarian.
• § 9641.6 — (a) The director may issue a permit, valid on January 1 and renewable on or before January 1 of each year thereafter, that exempts any working horse from the requirements of Section 9641.
• § 9641.7 — Any positive test for equine infectious anemia performed in a California laboratory shall be reported by telephone within 24 hours to the department by the laboratory making the test.
• § 9671 — The director shall meet periodically with the livestock sanitary officials or committees of other states, the duly authorized agricultural representatives of other states and of the United States, or
• § 9672 — A county may appropriate and expend money from the general fund of the county to carry on investigation, inspection, control, and eradication of disease in domestic animals.
• § 9673 — An agreement which is entered into pursuant to Section 9672 may do all of the following: (a) Provide that payments from the county treasuries may be made to the department and disbursed only for inves
• § 9674 — An agreement which is entered into pursuant to Section 9672 shall provide for the disposition, division, or distribution of any property which is acquired as the result of the joint exercise of powers
• § 9691 — It is unlawful for any person to remove or cause to be removed any animal from any district, area, or premises which is quarantined pursuant to this chapter, except upon the conditions which are presc
• § 9692 — It is unlawful for any person to bring or cause to be brought any animal into a quarantined district, area, or premises, without written permission from the State Veterinarian or an authorized represe
• § 9693 — It is unlawful for any person to move or cause to be moved any animal from place to place within any quarantined district, area, or premises, without written permission from the State Veterinarian or
• § 9694 — It is unlawful for any person to resist the destruction of any animal or property ordered destroyed by the State Veterinarian pursuant to Section 9562.
• § 9695 — It is unlawful for any person to hide, secrete, or fail to disclose any animal or property that is suffering from, or that has been exposed or potentially exposed to any disease subject to a current q
• § 9696 — It is unlawful for any person to fail or refuse to dispose of any property destroyed pursuant to Section 9562 or 9569 in the manner prescribed by the State Veterinarian, when directed or required to d
• § 9697 — It is unlawful for any person to fail or refuse to clean or disinfect any premises in the manner prescribed by the State Veterinarian, when directed to do so by the State Veterinarian pursuant to Sect
• § 9698 — It is unlawful for any person to violate any quarantine order which regulates, restricts, or restrains the movement of persons, vehicles, farm equipment, farm and dairy products into, from, or from pl
• § 9699 — It is unlawful for any person to violate the conditions of any permit which authorizes the permittee to travel upon any road or highway within a quarantined district, area, or premises.
• § 9700 — It is unlawful for any person to violate any other provision of this chapter or any regulation or order which is made pursuant to it.
• § 9701 — Any violation of any provision of this chapter is an infraction punishable by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100) for the first offense and is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not
• § 9702 — It is unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to fail to stop the vehicle upon demand of a clearly identified animal health quarantine officer when the officer orders the operator to stop for the pur
• § 9801 — This part does not apply to animals which are used in research projects of the University of California.
• § 9901 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
• § 9902 — “Accredited herd” means a herd of cattle for which the owner holds a valid certificate of accreditation issued to him by the United States Department of Agriculture and the department.
• § 9903 — “Approved veterinarian” means a veterinarian who has been granted permission by the department to buy, possess, or use tuberculin.
• § 9904 — “Bovine animals” means cattle.
• § 9907 — “State TB status” means an area so declared by the United States Department of Agriculture.
• § 9908 — “Premises” means any place where cattle have been or are kept.
• § 9909 — “Purebred animal” means an animal which is identified in the herd book of a breed record association that is recognized by the United States Department of Agriculture.
• § 9910 — “Reactor” or “reacting bovine animal” means any bovine animal that reacts positively to a tuberculosis test or that is determined to be tuberculosis upon examination.
• § 9912 — “Tuberculosis test” means the use of an official test for diagnosing tuberculosis in cattle.
• § 9913 — “Tuberculosis control area” means an area which is established and delimited as such by proclamation of the department.
• § 9914 — “Tuberculosis-exposed cattle” means cattle that have been in contact with, or exposed to, any reactor or tuberculosis infected premises, or any tuberculosis infected material.
• § 9931 — To carry out the provisions of this chapter, the inspectors or agents of the department or the United States Department of Agriculture, may at any time or place, enter upon any premises, except dwelli
• § 9932 — The State Veterinarian may make regulations as are reasonably necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this chapter to prevent bovine tuberculosis from entering and spreading within this state
• § 9933 — The department may enter into any cooperative agreement with the United States Department of Agriculture to undertake tuberculosis control pursuant to this chapter.
• § 9941 — (a) The State Veterinarian may designate approved veterinarians to buy, possess, or use tuberculosis tests and may suspend or revoke that designation.
• § 9942 — Any sale or disposition of tuberculosis tests within the state shall be reported to the department within five days after the sale or disposition.
• § 9943 — (a) It is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than 90 days, without alternative of a fine in any case, for any person who is not an approved veterinarian to buy, p
• § 9944 — It is unlawful for any person to sell or otherwise dispose of any tuberculosis test in the state that has not been produced under license of the Agricultural Research Service of the United States Depa
• § 9971 — Any approved veterinarian or duly authorized representative of the department or of the United States Department of Agriculture may ear tag or otherwise identify any bovine animal to establish the ide
• § 9972 — The result of every tuberculosis test shall be reported to the State Veterinarian by the veterinarian who conducted the test within 48 hours after the completion of the test.
• § 9973 — Every reactor, immediately upon the determination of such reaction, shall be identified, pursuant to regulations of the department and the United States Department of Agriculture, by its owner or the
• § 9974 — If the State Veterinarian has reason to suspect an irregularity in the application of a tuberculosis test or the identification of reactors, the State Veterinarian may enter any premises for the purpo
• § 9975 — It is unlawful for any person to do any of the following: (a) Obstruct, attack, or interfere with, or permit to be obstructed, attacked, or interfered with, the State Veterinarian or an approved veter
• § 9976 — It is a misdemeanor which is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than 90 days, without the alternative of a fine in any case, for any person to defeat or interfere with or to at
• § 9977 — It is a misdemeanor which is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than 90 days, without the alternative of a fine in any case, for any person to obstruct, defeat, or interfere wi
• § 9978 — Permission in writing may be obtained from the department or the approved veterinarian who is conducting the tuberculosis tests to allow any necessary movement of the animals required to be held pursu
• § 9979 — It is unlawful for any person to apply a tuberculosis test to any bovine animal that has at any time been found by an approved veterinarian to be a reactor.
• § 9980 — It is unlawful for any person to knowingly apply tuberculosis tests that are not approved tests.
• § 9981 — It is unlawful for any person to have any tuberculosis infected or exposed bovine animal at any livestock fair or show.
• § 9982 — It is unlawful for any person to knowingly sell, after notification of its condition from the department, any bovine animal that has tuberculosis as shown by a positive reaction to the tuberculosis te