Florida Statutes
Part II - Disease Inspection, Control, and Eradication (Ss. 585.01-585.68)
585.17 - Care of animals with transmissible diseases and liability therefor.


(1) No person shall knowingly sell or offer for sale, or knowingly or willfully transport or move, or knowingly or willfully allow or permit any animal to stray or drift within the state, knowing that animal to be suffering from, afflicted with, or affected by any pest or disease that the department determines, pursuant to s. 585.15, is dangerous, transmissible, or threatening to an agricultural interest of the state, without first obtaining written permission from the department.
(2) No person shall knowingly or willfully transport or move, or knowingly or willfully allow or permit any domestic animal to stray or drift from any quarantine area, without first obtaining written permission from the department.
(3) In addition to the penalty provisions provided in this chapter, any person who violates this section shall be liable to the department for all expenses associated with its enforcement and to any owner of an animal who is injured by such violation.
History.—s. 9, ch. 7345, 1917; RGS 2109; CGL 3338; s. 5, ch. 17273, 1935; CGL 1936 Supp. 3323(5); s. 9, ch. 23775, 1947; s. 5, ch. 25358, 1949; s. 10, ch. 59-457; s. 20, ch. 90-321; s. 14, ch. 96-231.

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Florida Statutes

Title XXXV - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animal Industry

Chapter 585 - Animal Industry

Part II - Disease Inspection, Control, and Eradication (Ss. 585.01-585.68)

585.01 - Definitions.

585.08 - General powers of the department; rules.

585.09 - Procedure for condemnation of animals and property by department.

585.11 - Cooperation with United States authorities and United States Department of Agriculture accredited private veterinarians.

585.14 - Information concerning animal diseases.

585.145 - Control of animal diseases.

585.147 - Permit for transporting or hauling certain animals or animal products; vehicle and container requirements.

585.15 - Dangerous transmissible disease or pest a public nuisance.

585.16 - Powers of division in connection with certain diseases.

585.17 - Care of animals with transmissible diseases and liability therefor.

585.18 - Duty to report diseased animals.

585.19 - Duty of practitioners of veterinary medicine and owners of animals to report dangerous transmissible diseases or pests; penalty.

585.20 - Injection of pathogenic organisms into animals.

585.21 - Sale of biological products.

585.22 - Public notice of general quarantines.

585.23 - Owners of animals and premises under quarantine to comply with rules.

585.38 - Injuring property used in the eradication of diseases of animals, etc.

585.40 - Violation of quarantine regulations.

585.45 - Right to declaratory judgment.

585.48 - Policy and purpose of ss. 585.50-585.59.

585.50 - Garbage feeding prohibited unless sterilized.

585.51 - Permitting of feeders of garbage.

585.52 - Requirement regarding the collection, transportation, and distribution of garbage.

585.53 - Permit revocation.

585.59 - Penalties for violation.

585.61 - Animal disease diagnostic laboratory.

585.611 - Animal research identifying information.

585.671 - Control and eradication of equine infectious anemia and equine piroplasmosis.

585.68 - Animals suspected of harboring biological or chemical residues; inspection, testing, and restriction of premises and animals; notice to owners.