Sections
ENFORCEMENT 35.92 – 35.94
PENALTIES 35.95 – 35.96
§ 35.01 Definitions
§ 35.02 Board of Animal Health
§ 35.03 Powers, Duties, and Reports
§ 35.05 Authority of State Board
§ 35.051 Ephedrine and Pseudoephedrine Products
§ 35.06 Reporting Disease; Compelling Testimony
§ 35.063 Quarantine Maintained
§ 35.065 May Not Break Quarantine
§ 35.0661 Temporary Emergency Restrictions On Movement of People, Livestock, Machinery, and Other Personal Property
§ 35.0662 Temporary Emergency Restrictions Hearing
§ 35.085 Indemnity for Destroyed Cattle
§ 35.086 Bovine Tuberculosis Management Zone; Restrictions
§ 35.13 Entry to Premises Forbidden
§ 35.15 Transportation of Livestock; Compliance With Rules
§ 35.153 Definitions
§ 35.155 Farmed Cervidae
§ 35.156 Chronic Wasting Disease
§ 35.16 Transportation Companies to Hold Livestock and Poultry
§ 35.165 Liability for Illegally Transporting Livestock
§ 35.244 Control of Bovine Tuberculosis
§ 35.67 Rabies Investigation
§ 35.68 Rabies Proclamation
§ 35.69 Unmuzzled Dogs Not Permitted At Large
§ 35.73 Definitions
§ 35.74 Exceptions
§ 35.75 Licenses
§ 35.751 Exempt Materials Permit
§ 35.76 Garbage, Treatment
§ 35.77 Quarantine, Permit for Removal of Livestock or Poultry
§ 35.78 Inspection and Investigation of Premises, Records
§ 35.79 Enforcement
§ 35.80 Violations
§ 35.81 Transportation of Animals and Poultry, Rules
§ 35.815 Livestock Mortalities
§ 35.82 Rendering Plant Permits; Disposition of Carcasses
§ 35.821 Definitions
§ 35.822 Registration of Marks or Brands With Board
§ 35.824 Application for Registration; Penalties, Duplicate Brands
§ 35.825 Checking of Applications; Conflicts
§ 35.826 State Brand Books; Reregistration of Marks, Brands
§ 35.827 Sale of Brand Books
§ 35.828 Evidence
§ 35.829 Transfer of Brands
§ 35.830 Sale of Branded Livestock; Written Bill of Sale
§ 35.831 Rules
§ 35.90 General Inspection Authority
§ 35.91 Violation of Rules and Orders

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Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes > Chapter 35 - Animal Health

  • Acquittal:
    1. Judgement that a criminal defendant has not been proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
    2. A verdict of "not guilty."
     
  • Adult: means an individual 18 years of age or older. See Minnesota Statutes 645.451
  • Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Agricultural use: means the production of livestock, dairy animals, dairy products, poultry or poultry products, fur-bearing animals, horticultural or nursery stock, fruit, vegetables, forage, grains, timber, trees, or bees and apiary products. See Minnesota Statutes 40A.02
  • Allegation: something that someone says happened.
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Arraignment: A proceeding in which an individual who is accused of committing a crime is brought into court, told of the charges, and asked to plead guilty or not guilty.
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Association: means a group of two or more persons, who are not all members of an immediate family, acting in concert. See Minnesota Statutes 10A.01
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Aural transfer: means a transfer containing the human voice at any point between and including the point of origin and the point of reception. See Minnesota Statutes 626A.01
  • Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
  • Bequest: Property gifted by will.
  • Bureau: means the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. See Minnesota Statutes 626A.01
  • children: includes children by birth or adoption;

    (9) "day" comprises the time from midnight to the next midnight;

    (10) "fiscal year" means the year by or for which accounts are reckoned;

    (11) "hereafter" means a reference to the time after the time when the law containing such word takes effect;

    (12) "heretofore" means a reference to the time previous to the time when the law containing such word takes effect;

    (13) "judicial sale" means a sale conducted by an officer or person authorized for the purpose by some competent tribunal;

    (14) "minor" means an individual under the age of 18 years;

    (15) "money" means lawful money of the United States;

    (16) "night time" means the time from sunset to sunrise;

    (17) "non compos mentis" refers to an individual of unsound mind;

    (18) "notary" means a notary public;

    (19) "now" in any provision of a law referring to other laws in force, or to persons in office, or to any facts or circumstances as existing, relates to the laws in force, or to the persons in office, or to the facts or circumstances existing, respectively, on the effective date of such provision;

    (20) "verified" when used in reference to writings, means supported by oath or affirmation. See Minnesota Statutes 645.45

  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of agriculture. See Minnesota Statutes 40A.02
  • Communications common carrier: means any individual, partnership, corporation, or association which provides telephone or telegraph service to subscribers or users pursuant to tariffs on file with the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission or the Federal Communications Commission. See Minnesota Statutes 626A.01
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contents: when used with respect to any wire, electronic, or oral communication, includes any information concerning the substance, purport, or meaning of that communication. See Minnesota Statutes 626A.01
  • controls: has the meaning given in section 394. See Minnesota Statutes 40A.02
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • court administrator: means the court administrator of the court in which the action or proceeding is pending, and "court administrator's office" means that court administrator's office. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44
  • date of application: means the date the application is determined to be complete by the county. See Minnesota Statutes 40A.10
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Development: means the subdivision and partitioning of land or the construction of residences on land or the conversion to competing land uses. See Minnesota Statutes 40A.02
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
  • District: means a soil and water conservation district. See Minnesota Statutes 40A.02
  • domestic animals: include poultry. See Minnesota Statutes 35.01
  • Donor: The person who makes a gift.
  • Electronic communication: means transfer of signs, signals, writing, images, sounds, data, or intelligence of any nature transmitted in whole or in part by a wire, radio, electromagnetic, photoelectronic, or photooptical system but does not include:

    (1) a wire or oral communication;

    (2) a communication made through a tone-only paging device; or

    (3) a communication from a tracking device, defined as an electronic or mechanical device which permits the tracking of the movement of a person or object. See Minnesota Statutes 626A.01

  • Electronic communication service: means a service that provides to users of the service the ability to send or receive wire or electronic communications. See Minnesota Statutes 626A.01
  • Electronic storage: means :

    (1) a temporary, intermediate storage of a wire or electronic communication incidental to the electronic transmission of the communication; and

    (2) a storage of communication described in clause (1) by an electronic communication service for purposes of backup protection of the communication. See Minnesota Statutes 626A.01

  • Embezzlement: In most states, embezzlement is defined as theft/larceny of assets (money or property) by a person in a position of trust or responsibility over those assets. Embezzlement typically occurs in the employment and corporate settings. Source: OCC
  • estimated market value: has the meaning given in section 273. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44
  • Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Forgery: The fraudulent signing or alteration of another's name to an instrument such as a deed, mortgage, or check. The intent of the forgery is to deceive or defraud. Source: OCC
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Impeachment: (1) The process of calling something into question, as in "impeaching the testimony of a witness." (2) The constitutional process whereby the House of Representatives may "impeach" (accuse of misconduct) high officers of the federal government for trial in the Senate.
  • Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Intercept: means the aural or other acquisition of the contents of any wire, electronic, or oral communication through the use of any electronic, mechanical, or other device. See Minnesota Statutes 626A.01
  • Investigative or law enforcement officer: means any officer of the United States or of a state or political subdivision thereof, or a University of Minnesota peace officer who is empowered by law to conduct investigations of or to make arrests for offenses enumerated in this chapter, or any attorney authorized by law to prosecute or participate in the prosecution of such offenses. See Minnesota Statutes 626A.01
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Manufacturer: means any person who is engaged in the business of manufacturing electronic, mechanical or other devices, or who otherwise produces any such device for sale or distribution. See Minnesota Statutes 626A.01
  • Minor: means an individual under the age of 18. See Minnesota Statutes 645.451
  • Minority: means with respect to an individual the period of time during which the individual is a minor. See Minnesota Statutes 645.451
  • Month: means a calendar month and "year" means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed; and "year" is equivalent to the expression "year of our Lord. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Municipality: means a statutory or home rule charter city or town. See Minnesota Statutes 40A.02
  • Oath: includes "affirmation" in all cases where by law an affirmation may be substituted for an oath; and in like cases "swear" includes "affirm" and "sworn" "affirmed. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Oral communication: means any oral communication uttered by a person exhibiting an expectation that such communication is not subject to interception under circumstances justifying such expectation, but the term does not include any electronic communication. See Minnesota Statutes 626A.01
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Person: means any individual, partnership, corporation, joint stock company, trust, or association, including but not limited to, the subscriber to the telephone or telegraph service involved and any law enforcement officer. See Minnesota Statutes 626A.01
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
  • Plea agreement: An arrangement between the prosecutor, the defense attorney, and the defendant in which the defendant agrees to plead guilty in exchange for special considerations. Source:
  • preserve: means a preserve created under this chapter. See Minnesota Statutes 40A.02
  • Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Probation officers: Screen applicants for pretrial release and monitor convicted offenders released under court supervision.
  • Public defender: Represent defendants who can't afford an attorney in criminal matters.
  • Public waters: means public waters as defined in section 103G. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44
  • Readily accessible to the general public: means , with respect to a radio communication, that the communication is not:

    (1) scrambled or encrypted;

    (2) transmitted using modulation techniques whose essential parameters have been withheld from the public with the intention of preserving the privacy of the communication;

    (3) carried on a subcarrier or other signal subsidiary to a radio transmission;

    (4) transmitted over a communication system provided by a common carrier, unless the communication is a tone-only paging system communication; or

    (5) transmitted on frequencies allocated under part 25, subpart D, E, or F of part 74, or Part 94 of Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations, unless in the case of a communication transmitted on a frequency allocated under Part 74 of Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations that is not exclusively allocated to broadcast auxiliary services, the communication is a two-way voice communication by radio. See Minnesota Statutes 626A.01

  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • seal: includes an impression thereof upon the paper alone, as well as an impression on a wafer, wax, or other substance thereto attached. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • state board: means the Board of Animal Health. See Minnesota Statutes 35.01
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Uphold: The decision of an appellate court not to reverse a lower court decision.
  • User: means a person or entity who:

    (1) uses an electronic communication service; and

    (2) is duly authorized by the provider of the service to engage in the use. See Minnesota Statutes 626A.01

  • Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
  • Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.
  • verified: when used in reference to writings, means supported by oath or affirmation. See Minnesota Statutes 645.45
  • Veto: The procedure established under the Constitution by which the President/Governor refuses to approve a bill or joint resolution and thus prevents its enactment into law. A regular veto occurs when the President/Governor returns the legislation to the house in which it originated. The President/Governor usually returns a vetoed bill with a message indicating his reasons for rejecting the measure. In Congress, the veto can be overridden only by a two-thirds vote in both the Senate and the House.
  • Violate: includes failure to comply with. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44
  • Wire communication: includes any electronic storage of the communication. See Minnesota Statutes 626A.01
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.