Indiana Code
Chapter 3. Board of Animal Health
15-17-3-15. Inspections; Entry Onto Property; Remediation

Sec. 15. (a) The board or the board's agent:
(1) may make sanitary inspections and surveys; and
(2) may enter upon any public or private property where any animals or objects are at the time quartered, including the location of the carcass of any animal;
to inspect the property, examine the animals or objects, conduct tests in regard to the presence of diseases or pests of animals and the possible cause and sources of the disease or pest, and perform any other function authorized by this article.
(b) The board or the board's agent may hold, seize, quarantine, treat, destroy, dispose of, or take other remedial action with respect to any animal or progeny of any animal, object, or means of conveyance that the board or the board's agent:
(1) has reason to believe:
(A) may carry, may have carried, or may have been affected by or exposed to any disease or pest of animals; or
(B) violates this article or a rule adopted under this article;
(2) finds is not being maintained or has not been maintained in accordance with a quarantine or condition imposed under this article, a rule adopted under this article, or an order issued under this article; or
(3) determines must be acted upon to prevent the dissemination of a disease or pest of animals.
[Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-3-14.]
As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.

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