Arkansas Code
Title 2 - Agriculture
Subtitle 3 - Livestock

Chapter 32 - General Provisions

Subchapter 1 - Regulation of Alternative Livestock

§ 2-32-101. Alternate livestock - (a) (1) All creatures of the ratite family that are...

Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Contract Protection Act

§ 2-32-201. Production contracts — Definitions - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Contractor” shall have...

Subchapter 3 - Equine Monitoring

§ 2-32-301. Equine monitoring by identification chips - (a) (1) It is found and determined by the General...

Subchapter 4 - Livestock Owner's Lien Act

§ 2-32-401. Title - This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 2-32-402. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Affiliate” means a person...

§ 2-32-403. Livestock lien - (a) (1) To secure the obligations of a first purchaser...

§ 2-32-404. Perfection of livestock lien - An owner's lien is perfected automatically from August 16, 2013,...

§ 2-32-405. Commingled livestock — Priority - (a) If livestock subject to an owner's lien are commingled...

§ 2-32-406. Transfer of lien — Priority - (a) (1) A purchaser or sales agent takes free of...

§ 2-32-407. Lien priority generally - Except for a permitted lien, an owner's lien takes priority...

§ 2-32-408. Applicability - This subchapter does not affect the time at which legal...

§ 2-32-409. Waiver, relinquishment, or release of lien prohibited - (a) (1) A livestock owner shall not be required as...

§ 2-32-410. Lien expiration — Action on an owner's lien - (a) An owner's lien expires one (1) year after the...

§ 2-32-411. Preference - If this subchapter conflicts with other rights a livestock owner...

Subchapter 5 - Administrative Proceedings

§ 2-32-501. Administrative penalties - (a) The Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission may impose administrative...

§ 2-32-502. Subpoenas — Refusal to testify - (a) The Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission or a member...

§ 2-32-503. Administration of oath to witnesses - A member of the Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission or...

§ 2-32-504. Appellate review - A person affected by a rule, action, or order made...

§ 2-32-505. Disposition of fees and penalties - (a) Fees paid and penalties collected under this subtitle shall...

Chapter 33 - Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission

Subchapter 1 - General Provisions

§ 2-33-101. Creation of commission - There is created the Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission.

§ 2-33-102. Members - (a) The Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission shall consist of...

§ 2-33-103. Organization and meetings - (a) The Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission shall from time...

§ 2-33-104. Director - (a) (1) The Director of the Arkansas Livestock and Poultry...

§ 2-33-105. State Veterinarian - (a) The Secretary of the Department of Agriculture shall employ...

§ 2-33-107. Powers and duties generally - (a) Authority for the control, suppression, and eradication of livestock...

§ 2-33-111. Livestock and poultry diagnostic services - (a) The Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission may promulgate rules...

§ 2-33-113. Disposition of fees and revenues - All fees and revenues collected by the Arkansas Livestock and...

§ 2-33-114. Federal Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission Fund - (a) There is created in the State Treasury a fund...

§ 2-33-115. Fees - (a) The following fees shall be assessed by the Arkansas...

Subchapter 3 - Poultry Division

§ 2-33-301. Division of Markets and Grading - There is established a Division of Markets and Grading of...

§ 2-33-303. Poultry and egg grading program - The Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission is authorized to establish...

§ 2-33-304. Providing of poultry and egg grading services - (a) (1) The Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission shall promulgate...

§ 2-33-305. Intergovernmental cooperation - The Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission is authorized to cooperate...

§ 2-33-306. Agreement with federal department - The Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission is authorized to enter...

§ 2-33-307. Poultry and Egg Grading Fund - (a) All funds received by the Arkansas Livestock and Poultry...

§ 2-33-308. Overtime compensation - The Department of Agriculture is hereby authorized to pay ordinary,...

Chapter 34 - Brands and Marks

Subchapter 1 - General Provisions

§ 2-34-106. Disputes about earmarks or brands — Impounding of funds - (a) If a dispute arises about an earmark or brand,...

Subchapter 2 - Brand Registry

§ 2-34-201. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Brand” means for purposes...

§ 2-34-203. Conflicts of brands - The Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission shall serve as an...

§ 2-34-205. Custody of county brand records - (a) All county brand records of the various counties of...

§ 2-34-206. State Brand Book - (a) The Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission shall publish the...

§ 2-34-207. Notification to registrants - Before publication of a revised State Brand Book, each registered...

§ 2-34-208. Registration of brands - (a) A person desiring to adopt a brand or to...

§ 2-34-209. Brands reserved to state - (a) There is reserved to the state the brands of...

§ 2-34-210. Sale of book - (a) The State Brand Book and all supplements to the...

§ 2-34-211. Book as evidence of ownership - (a) Brands appearing in the current edition of the State...

§ 2-34-212. Transfers of registered brands - (a) (1) Only brands appearing in the current edition of...

§ 2-34-214. Contracts for administration - (a) (1) The Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission shall enter...

Chapter 35 - Marketing, Sale, and Transportation

Subchapter 3 - Arkansas Beef Council

§ 2-35-301. Purpose - The purpose of this subchapter is to promote the growth...

§ 2-35-302. Penalty - (a) (1) A buyer who fails to file a report...

§ 2-35-303. Creation — Members — Organization - (a) The Arkansas Beef Council is created. (b) (1) The...

§ 2-35-304. Levy of assessment on cattle - (a) (1) Within ninety (90) days after February 14, 1983,...

§ 2-35-305. Collection by purchasers - (a) (1) The assessment levied under this subchapter shall be...

§ 2-35-306. Records and reports - (a) The Director of the Department of Finance and Administration...

§ 2-35-307. Inspection of records and rules - (a) Records maintained by cattle buyers under the requirements of...

§ 2-35-308. Disposition of funds - (a) The Director of the Department of Finance and Administration...

§ 2-35-309. Program to enhance cattle industry - (a) The Arkansas Beef Council shall plan and conduct or...

§ 2-35-310. Refunds - Any cattle producer may request and receive a refund of...

Subchapter 4 - Beef Promotion and Research

§ 2-35-401. Purpose - (a) It is found and determined by the General Assembly...

§ 2-35-402. Applicability - (a) (1) The provisions of this subchapter shall remain in...

§ 2-35-403. Assessment — Conduct of program - (a) The assessment levied under the national beef promotion and...

§ 2-35-404. Rules - The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration is...

§ 2-35-405. Disposition of funds - (a) The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration...

§ 2-35-406. National Beef Promotion Account - There is created a National Beef Promotion Account in the...

§ 2-35-407. State Beef Promotion Account - There is created a State Beef Promotion Account in the...

Chapter 36 - Livestock Shows and Fairs

Subchapter 1 - General Provisions

§ 2-36-101. Grading of fairs - (a) The Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission may formulate necessary...

§ 2-36-102. Exhibitors - An exhibitor shall be a single person who enters a...

§ 2-36-103. Sale of immoral, lewd, etc., items - Any facilities which house county, district, or state fairs shall...

Subchapter 2 - Funding Generally

§ 2-36-201. Administration - The Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission shall be empowered and...

§ 2-36-202. Premium funds generally - Premium funds appropriated by the General Assembly for the purpose...

§ 2-36-203. Premium funds for state fair - (a) The Arkansas Livestock Show Association shall be entitled to...

§ 2-36-204. Division of funds among counties and districts - (a) (1) Each county and district livestock show or fair...

§ 2-36-205. Use of premium funds - (a) (1) Premium funds paid over by the Arkansas Livestock...

§ 2-36-206. Appropriations for construction and operation - (a) (1) (A) Funds appropriated by the General Assembly to...

§ 2-36-207. Applications for funds - (a) Each county and district livestock show or fair association...

§ 2-36-208. Bonding of executive officers - No state funds may be paid over to any county...

§ 2-36-209. Determination of bond and fund amounts - (a) Within sixty (60) days after the closing date for...

§ 2-36-210. Audits of expenditures - (a) (1) The executive officer of each county, district, and...

§ 2-36-211. Accounting reports by recipients - (a) (1) Each county and district livestock show or fair...

Subchapter 3 - County and District Shows or Fairs

§ 2-36-301. Northwest Arkansas District Fair and Livestock Show - (a) There is established a district livestock show to be...

§ 2-36-302. Northeast Arkansas District Fair Advisory Board - (a) (1) There is created the Northeast Arkansas District Fair...

§ 2-36-303. Annual joint fair and livestock shows by adjoining counties - (a) (1) Any two (2) or more adjoining counties in...

§ 2-36-304. Participation by nonresident landowner - In the event any individual owns land in two (2)...

§ 2-36-305. District junior livestock shows - (a) A junior livestock show is authorized for each of...

§ 2-36-306. North Central Arkansas District Fair and Livestock Show - (a) There is established a district livestock show to be...

§ 2-36-307. Arkansas-Oklahoma District Fair - (a) There is established a district livestock show to be...

Chapter 37 - Arkansas Feed Law of 1997

§ 2-37-101. Title - This chapter shall be known as the “Arkansas Feed Law...

§ 2-37-102. Enforcing agency - This chapter shall be administered by the State Plant Board.

§ 2-37-103. Definitions - As used in this chapter: (a) “Board” means the State...

§ 2-37-104. Registration and licensing - (a) (1) Any person: (A) Who manufactures a commercial feed...

§ 2-37-105. Labeling - A commercial feed shall be labeled as follows: (a) In...

§ 2-37-106. Misbranding - A commercial feed shall be deemed to be misbranded if:...

§ 2-37-107. Adulteration - A commercial feed shall be deemed to be adulterated: (1)...

§ 2-37-108. Prohibited acts - The following acts and the causing thereof within the state...

§ 2-37-109. Inspection fees and reports - (a) An inspection fee at the rate of thirty cents...

§ 2-37-110. Rules - (a) The State Plant Board is authorized to promulgate such...

§ 2-37-111. Inspection, sampling, and analysis - (a) For the purpose of enforcement of this chapter, and...

§ 2-37-112. Detained commercial feeds - (a) Withdrawal from Distribution Orders. (1) (A) When the State...

§ 2-37-113. Penalties - (a) A person convicted of violating any of the provisions...

§ 2-37-114. Cooperation with other entities - The State Plant Board may cooperate with and enter into...

Chapter 38 - Livestock Running at Large or Straying

Subchapter 1 - General Provisions

§ 2-38-101. Taking up animals - Every citizen, a resident householder in any county in this...

§ 2-38-102. Range animals - No person shall take up any domesticated cattle, hogs, or...

§ 2-38-103. Place of taking - No person shall take up any stray animal, except on...

§ 2-38-104. Duty and rights of taker-up or impounder - (a) (1) Every person taking up any stray animal shall...

§ 2-38-105. Certificate of examination - Upon the taker-up of any animal causing examination of the...

§ 2-38-106. Posting description of animal - (a) Upon failure to find any record of the mark...

§ 2-38-107. Oath of taker-up - In addition to the notice required by law to be...

§ 2-38-108. Certificate of appraisement - (a) Every justice of the peace, on receiving notice of...

§ 2-38-109. Bond of taker-up - (a) Every person taking up an animal as a stray...

§ 2-38-110. Records - It is the duty of every clerk of the county...

§ 2-38-111. Advertisements to be posted - (a) The person taking up any animal under the provisions...

§ 2-38-112. Publication in addition to posting - If the animal taken up is a horse, mare, mule,...

§ 2-38-113. Payment of expenses - If the owner of any stray horse, mare, mule, jack,...

§ 2-38-114. Stray pen — Exhibition - (a) It is the duty of the county court, at...

§ 2-38-115. Reclamation by owner - (a) Within one (1) year from the time of the...

§ 2-38-116. Refusal to deliver - If any person who has taken up any animal shall...

§ 2-38-117. Compensation for keeping strays - (a) No person shall charge anything for keeping any horse,...

§ 2-38-118. No premature disposition of strays - (a) No person taking up any animal shall sell, exchange,...

§ 2-38-119. Liability for death or escape of animals - If any stray animals die or escape from the possession...

§ 2-38-120. Forfeiture of right to animal - If the owner of any stray animal does not appear...

§ 2-38-121. Payment and filing required for unclaimed strays - (a) (1) Every person who shall take up a stray...

§ 2-38-122. Judgment for costs - If any person fails to file with the clerk of...

Subchapter 2 - Stallions, Mules, and Jacks

§ 2-38-202. Right of person taking up - (a) (1) Any person may take up any seed horse,...

§ 2-38-203. Right to kill certain stock — Notice - If any horse, mule, or jack is running at large...

Subchapter 3 - Animals Covered by Initiated Acts

§ 2-38-301. Running at large unlawful when prohibited - (a) In all counties of this state where there has...

§ 2-38-302. Penalty for failing to take up trespassing animals - (a) (1) Any owner of an animal upon receiving notice...

§ 2-38-303. Notice to owners of hogs and goats - Hogs and goats when permitted to run at large are...

Subchapter 4 - Animals on Public Highways

§ 2-38-401. Purpose - It is the purpose of this subchapter to provide for...

§ 2-38-402. Duty to impound - It is the duty of the Department of Arkansas State...

§ 2-38-403. Enclosures - It is the duty of the county court of each...

§ 2-38-404. Delivery to enclosure - (a) Any member of the Department of Arkansas State Police...

§ 2-38-405. Notice of impounding - When an animal found running at large along or on...

§ 2-38-406. Reclaiming by owner - (a) The owner of any animal impounded under the provisions...

§ 2-38-407. Sale of unclaimed animals - If, at the expiration of thirty (30) days after notice...

§ 2-38-408. Disposition of funds - (a) (1) The county shall be entitled to one dollar...

Subchapter 5 - Feral Hogs

§ 2-38-501. Definition - As used in this subchapter: (1) (A) “Feral hog” means...

§ 2-38-502. Capturing and killing feral hogs - (a) A person may capture or kill a feral hog...

§ 2-38-503. Animal health requirements - A feral hog shall be subject to animal health requirements...

§ 2-38-504. Releasing hogs into the wild - (a) Except as provided in § 2-38-502(d), a person who...

Chapter 39 - Fences

§ 2-39-101. Kinds required for enclosures - All fields and grounds kept for enclosures shall be enclosed...

§ 2-39-102. Definition of fence - As used in this chapter and all laws referring to...

§ 2-39-105. Maintenance of division fences - When any person encloses any land adjoining another's land already...

§ 2-39-106. Sufficiency - In all cases, the sufficiency of a fence shall be...

§ 2-39-107. View of fence - Upon the complaint of the party injured to any justice...

§ 2-39-108. Animals breaking into enclosures - If any horse, cattle, or other stock shall break into...

§ 2-39-109. Damage by motor vehicle - In instances where a motor vehicle damages the fence or...

§ 2-39-110. Liability for injuring animals - If any person damaged for the want of a sufficient...

§ 2-39-111. Liability for damaging fence, etc - A person who willfully cuts or otherwise damages the fence,...

Chapter 40 - Control of Contagious Diseases

Subchapter 1 - General Provisions

§ 2-40-103. Duties and enforcement - (a) It is the duty of the Arkansas Livestock and...

§ 2-40-106. Examinations and findings - (a) (1) Any veterinary inspector or other employee duly authorized...

§ 2-40-109. Destruction of diseased poultry flocks - (a) When the Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission determines that...

§ 2-40-110. Canine brucellosis - (a) (1) If a dog tests positive for canine brucellosis,...

Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission Programs

§ 2-40-205. Blood test training program - (a) No person shall perform any program or certifying blood...

§ 2-40-206. Funding of bovine disease program - (a) (1) (A) In order to fund or partially fund...

§ 2-40-207. Costs of on-the-farm calfhood vaccinations - The costs of on-the-farm calfhood vaccination performed by the Arkansas...

§ 2-40-208. Inspection of livestock markets - (a) (1) The Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission shall prescribe...

§ 2-40-209. Quarantine — Violations - (a) The Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission is authorized to...

§ 2-40-210. Control and eradication of brucellosis - (a) (1) Any bovine herd infected with or directly exposed...

Subchapter 4 - Disposal of Fowl Carcasses

§ 2-40-401. Definitions - As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:...

§ 2-40-402. Penalty - A person who violates this subchapter shall be subject to...

§ 2-40-403. Requirements - The Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission shall, by rule, specify...

§ 2-40-404. Specifications - The Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission shall, by rule, specify...

§ 2-40-406. Division of Environmental Quality — Jurisdiction unimpaired - This subchapter shall not be interpreted as denying or preempting...

Subchapter 5 - Brucellosis Vaccination

§ 2-40-508. Legislative intent - It is the intent of the General Assembly that the...

Subchapter 8 - Equine Infectious Anemia

§ 2-40-801. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Accredited veterinarian” means a...

§ 2-40-802. Penalties and fines - Any person, firm, or corporation who violates any provision of...

§ 2-40-804. Testing requirements for domiciled equidae - (a) (1) All equidae domiciled within the State of Arkansas...

§ 2-40-805. Equidae identification requirements - All equidae domiciled within Arkansas and over the age of...

§ 2-40-806. Authority to require test - Any equidae which have been within four hundred forty yards...

§ 2-40-807. Personnel authorized to collect blood samples - All samples collected from equidae for equine infectious anemia testing...

§ 2-40-808. Submission of sample and test charts - (a) All blood samples submitted for official equine infectious anemia...

§ 2-40-809. Requirements for Arkansas-approved equine infectious anemia testing laboratories - No person, firm, or corporation shall initiate operation of an...

§ 2-40-810. Classification of equidae tested - (a) All equidae tested shall be classified as either negative...

§ 2-40-811. Reporting of test results - (a) It is the responsibility of the approved laboratory to...

§ 2-40-812. Quarantines - (a) (1) All reactors shall be quarantined by an authorized...

§ 2-40-813. Quarantining reactors - (a) (1) (A) With the exception of the equine stabled...

§ 2-40-814. Positive reactors at official racetracks - (a) All equines stabled at a racetrack regulated by the...

§ 2-40-815. Testing requirements in affected herds - (a) All equidae determined to have been on the same...

§ 2-40-816. Movement of reactors and exposed animals - (a) All reactors and exposed equidae must be accompanied by...

§ 2-40-817. Requirements for quarantined holding facilities - (a) (1) A person desiring to operate a quarantined holding...

§ 2-40-818. Fictitious names and erroneous information - (a) Test charts, permits, and other official forms must be...

§ 2-40-819. Testing requirements for change of ownership - (a) (1) (A) All equidae which are sold, bartered, traded,...

§ 2-40-820. Movement of equidae through approved market - (a) All equidae offered for sale or sold at approved...

§ 2-40-821. Requirements of equidae participating in equine activities - (a) All equidae moving within the state to equidae exhibitions,...

§ 2-40-822. General requirements for equidae entering Arkansas - (a) All equidae entering Arkansas must be accompanied by a...

§ 2-40-823. Requirements of equidae moving within the state - All equidae moving within the state for any reason shall...

§ 2-40-824. Entry requirements to a veterinarian's clinic for care or treatment - (a) Equidae may enter Arkansas when consigned directly to a...

§ 2-40-825. Entry requirements to an approved slaughter facility - (a) All equidae consigned to an approved slaughter facility must...

§ 2-40-826. Equine infectious anemia services - (a) In order to fund or partially fund the Equine...

§ 2-40-829. Research facility certification required - Any research facility in this state which contains equidae infected...

Subchapter 12 - Pseudorabies Control and Eradication Program

§ 2-40-1201. Fees — Disposition of funds - (a) In order to fund or partially fund the pseudorabies...

Subchapter 13 - Disposal of Large Animal Carcasses

§ 2-40-1301. Definitions - As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:...

§ 2-40-1302. Disposal - (a) (1) All large animal carcasses and all parts of...

§ 2-40-1303. Violation - A person who violates this subchapter shall be subject to...

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Arkansas Code
Title 2 - Agriculture
Subtitle 3 - Livestock