North Dakota § 36-01-12 Powers of board over contagious and infectious diseases

North Dakota Statutes

§ 36-01-12 — Powers of board over contagious and infectious diseases

North Dakota § 36-01-12

Title 36Livestock

Ch. 36-01State Board of Animal Health

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N.D. Cent. Code § 36-01-12 (2026).

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The board may take such steps as it may deem necessary to control, suppress, and
eradicate any and all contagious and infectious diseases among any of the domestic animals
and nontraditional livestock of this state. For this purpose, the board may quarantine any
domestic animal or nontraditional livestock which is infected, or may be infected, with any such
disease or which has been exposed, or may be exposed, to infection, cause any animal so
infected to be killed, regulate or prohibit the arrival in or departure from this state of any such
exposed or infected animal, and at the cost of the owner thereof, it may detain any domestic
animal or nontraditional livestock found to be in violation of any such regulation or prohibition.
The board may also quarantine any city, civil township, or c

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The board may take such steps as it may deem necessary to control, suppress, and
eradicate any and all contagious and infectious diseases among any of the domestic animals
and nontraditional livestock of this state. For this purpose, the board may quarantine any
domestic animal or nontraditional livestock which is infected, or may be infected, with any such
disease or which has been exposed, or may be exposed, to infection, cause any animal so
infected to be killed, regulate or prohibit the arrival in or departure from this state of any such
exposed or infected animal, and at the cost of the owner thereof, it may detain any domestic
animal or nontraditional livestock found to be in violation of any such regulation or prohibition.
The board may also quarantine any city, civil township, or county or areas within a county in this
state and any enclosure, building, or any domestic animal or nontraditional livestock therein
which is or may be infected or exposed or may be exposed to any contagious or infectious
disease.