Rhode Island § 4-4-19 § 4-4-19. Orders prohibiting importation of animals.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 4-4-19 — § 4-4-19. Orders prohibiting importation of animals.

Rhode Island § 4-4-19

Title 4Animals and Animal Husbandry

Ch. 4-4Animal Diseases in General

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Bluebook

R.I. Gen. Laws § 4-4-19 (2026).

Text

§ 4-4-19. Orders prohibiting importation of animals.
The director of environmental management may prohibit the introduction of any cattle
            or other domestic animals into the state. Any person who brings, transports or introduces
            any cattle or other domestic animals into the state, after the director has issued
            an order forbidding the introduction of that cattle or other domestic animal into
            the state, or after the director has published for five (5) successive days in any
            newspapers published in this state as the director may direct, an order forbidding
            that introduction, shall be fined not exceeding three hundred dollars ($300) for every
           

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§ 4-4-19. Orders prohibiting importation of animals.

The director of environmental management may prohibit the introduction of any cattle or other domestic animals into the state. Any person who brings, transports or introduces any cattle or other domestic animals into the state, after the director has issued an order forbidding the introduction of that cattle or other domestic animal into the state, or after the director has published for five (5) successive days in any newspapers published in this state as the director may direct, an order forbidding that introduction, shall be fined not exceeding three hundred dollars ($300) for every offense, and every officer or agent of any company or other person, who violates that order, is subject to the fine. In case of the introduction into the state of cattle or other domestic animals, contrary to the order of the director, the introduction of each animal is deemed a separate and distinct offense.

Legislative History

G.L. 1896, ch. 98, § 3; G.L. 1909, ch. 119, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 245, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 206, § 3; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 160; G.L. 1956, § 4-4-19.