C.R.S. Section 35-53-111
Sanitary rules as to movement of livestock

  • quarantine
  • penalty

(1)

The state agricultural commission may make and adopt such quarantine and sanitary regulations affecting the movement of livestock into and out of the state of Colorado and within the borders of said state as may from time to time be necessary to prevent the introduction into the state or the spread within the state of any contagious or infectious disease, and the expense of such quarantine measures and the carrying out of such regulations shall be made by the imposition of a fee of three cents per head on all cattle and horses and one and one-half cents per head on all sheep entering the state of Colorado from any quarantine or infected territory. Whenever the state agricultural commission knows or has good reason to believe that any contagious or infectious disease exists in any locality in any other state, territory, or country or that there are conditions which render domestic animals from such infected district liable to bring such disease into this state, it may report the same to the governor of the state of Colorado whereupon, by proclamation, he shall prohibit the importation of any such livestock into this state, unless accompanied by a certificate of health given by the state veterinarian or sanitary inspectors appointed by the state agricultural commission, which veterinarian or sanitary inspectors shall carefully examine all such livestock previous to the giving of such certificate.

(2)

All fees connected with such examinations are to be paid by the owner of such stock so examined; but no fee shall be collected from the owner of any animals entering this state by railroad, in direct route to other states or territories, which do not remain in the state of Colorado for a longer period than is required for feeding and watering in transit. Any person, firm, or corporation who violates or disregards any of the provisions of a proclamation issued by the governor in compliance with this section commits a class 2 misdemeanor.

(3)

Notwithstanding the amount specified for any fee in subsection (1) of this section, the state agricultural commission by rule or as otherwise provided by law may reduce the amount of one or more of the fees if necessary pursuant to section 24-75-402 (3), C.R.S., to reduce the uncommitted reserves of the fund to which all or any portion of one or more of the fees is credited. After the uncommitted reserves of the fund are sufficiently reduced, the state agricultural commission by rule or as otherwise provided by law may increase the amount of one or more of the fees as provided in section 24-75-402 (4), C.R.S.

Source: Section 35-53-111 — Sanitary rules as to movement of livestock - quarantine - penalty, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-35.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

35‑53‑101
Brand inspection fee - animal shares - minimum fee - waiver permit - rules - definition 35‑53‑102
Duties of brand inspector 35‑53‑103
False report - certificate - penalty 35‑53‑105
Inspection before shipment - place 35‑53‑106
Substitution of animals - penalty 35‑53‑107
Disposition of stock taken by officer 35‑53‑108
Disposition of estrays 35‑53‑109
Amount received paid to owner 35‑53‑110
Proceeds claimed within three years 35‑53‑111
Sanitary rules as to movement of livestock - quarantine - penalty 35‑53‑112
Shipping prior to inspection - penalty 35‑53‑113
Definitions 35‑53‑114
Inspector may refuse certificate 35‑53‑115
Inspection and transportation of hides - fee - records 35‑53‑116
Hides inspected - fee - seizure 35‑53‑117
Officer may inspect vehicle 35‑53‑118
Officer may sell carcasses 35‑53‑119
Livestock, carcasses, or proceeds of sale 35‑53‑120
Penalty 35‑53‑121
Owners’ transportation permit 35‑53‑122
Duty to exhibit permit 35‑53‑123
Inspection report of officer 35‑53‑124
Penalty 35‑53‑125
Inspection at point of origin 35‑53‑126
Inspection at market - penalty 35‑53‑127
Brand inspection contracts 35‑53‑128
Brand inspectors - powers of arrest 35‑53‑129
Permanent permit for rodeo and other horses - rules 35‑53‑130
Annual transportation permit for cattle or alternative livestock - rules 35‑53‑131
Sheep inspection districts 35‑53‑132
Failure to give notice 35‑53‑133
Inspection fee - range movements
Green check means up to date. Up to date

Current through Fall 2024

§ 35-53-111’s source at colorado​.gov