Before a person transports any livestock or carcasses from a district or out of state, the person shall notify the nearest inspector that it is desired that the livestock or carcasses be inspected, fixing the date, place and time of the inspection. The person requesting the inspection shall give a reasonable time prior to the proposed shipment date.

History: Laws 1929, ch. 87, § 2; C.S. 1929, § 4-2102; 1941 Comp., § 49-940; 1953 Comp., § 47-9-39; Laws 1999, ch. 282, § 63.

The 1999 amendment, effective July 1, 1999, rewrote the section, which formerly read: "That, before any person or persons, firm or corporation shall transport said livestock or carcasses as herein set out, such person or persons, firm or corporation shall notify the nearest inspector that it is desired that said livestock or carcasses be inspected, fixing the date, place and time thereof and giving reasonable time for said inspector so notified to reach said place on the date designated."

Hauling permit deemed insufficient. — A rancher must have his cattle inspected before he ships them. It makes no difference whether the shipment and sale occurs entirely within the state or not. A proposed livestock hauling permit which would require the rancher to swear that he was in legal possession of the cattle being transported and to further attest that such cattle were free from contagious disease, and which would act as board authorization for the rancher to ship the cattle to the sales ring, would not enable board to sufficiently fulfill its duties under the law. 1966 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 66-127.