§ 15-17-5-26 — Failure to file report; forfeiture after notice of default

Indiana § 15-17-5-26

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 17: ANIMAL HEALTH AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
• Ch. 5: Meat and Poultry Inspection; Humane Slaughter Act

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(a) A person who fails to file an annual or a
special report as required by this chapter within the time fixed by the
state veterinarian for filing the report and for thirty (30) days after
notice of default shall forfeit to the state one hundred dollars ($100) for
each day of the continuance of the failure beginning thirty-one (31)
days after the notice of default. The forfeiture is payable into the state
treasury and is recoverable in a civil suit in the name of the state of
Indiana brought in the circuit court, superior court, or probate court
where the person has the person's principal office or in any county in
which the person does business.
(b) The prosecuting attorneys, under the direction of the attorney
general, shall prosecute for the recovery of forfeitures. The costs and
expenses of prosecution must be paid out of the appropriation for the
expenses of the courts.
[Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-24-28.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.84-2016, SEC.84.