West Virginia Code
Article 9. Diseases Among Domestic Animals
§19-9-31. Certificate of Appraisal

When the animal is to be euthanized, the commissioner or the commissioner's agent shall deliver to the owner a certificate of appraisal which may cover any number of animals belonging to the same owner, showing the age and description of each animal found to be infected or directly exposed; the name and place of test, if any; the mark or brand signifying an animal with tuberculosis; any other mark or brand which the animal may bear; the date when and the place where the animal is to be euthanized by the veterinarian; the designation of the officer who is to supervise the euthanasia; the appraised value of each animal; the name and address of the owner of the animal; and the fact that the owner has executed the agreement as provided in section twenty-eight of this article.

Structure West Virginia Code

West Virginia Code

Chapter 19. Agriculture

Article 9. Diseases Among Domestic Animals

§19-9-1. Definitions

§19-9-2. Duties and Powers of Commissioner

§19-9-3. Consulting Veterinarians to Assist Commissioner

§19-9-4. Inspectors of Animals

§19-9-5. Persons Authorized to Enter Premises; Powers Thereof; Refusal to Enforce Orders of Commissioner

§19-9-6. Report of Communicable Diseases by Veterinarians and Owners; Failure to Report

§19-9-7. Commissioner May Accept Federal Laws and Regulations

§19-9-7a. Animal Disease Traceability; Rulemaking; Exemption

§19-9-8. Powers of Federal Inspectors

§19-9-9. County Court May Cooperate in Control and Eradication of Communicable Diseases

§19-9-10. Commissioner May Prescribe Tests for Diseases

§19-9-11. Reports of Sales of and Tests With Diagnostic Materials

§19-9-12. Unlawful Sale of Diagnostic Materials

§19-9-12a. Sale, Distribution or Administration of Unattenuated Hog Cholera Virus

§19-9-13. Quarantine of Premises or Animals; General and Special Quarantine Defined

§19-9-14. Establishment of Special Quarantine

§19-9-15. Establishment of General Quarantine

§19-9-16. Unlawful to Remove, Deface or Destroy Quarantine Notice

§19-9-17. Care of Quarantined Animals; Expense

§19-9-18. Removal of Animals, etc., From Quarantined Area; Running at Large of Dogs in Such Area

§19-9-19. Domestic Animal Within Quarantined Area Running at Large

§19-9-20. Bringing Animals Into State; Health Certificate

§19-9-21. Animals Entering State Without Health Certificate

§19-9-22. Unlawful Possession of Animal Brought Into State

§19-9-23. Regulation of Imported Dairy or Breeding Animals

§19-9-24. Importation of Dairy or Breeding Animal Unaccompanied by Health Certificate and Test Chart

§19-9-25. Commissioner May Decline to Accept Health Certificate or Test Chart

§19-9-26. Animals Brought Into State for Slaughter or for Exhibition Purposes

§19-9-27. Unlawful Sale of Animals for Breeding or Dairy Purposes

§19-9-28. Indemnity for Euthanizing Infected or Exposed Animals; Agreement

§19-9-29. When Right of Indemnity Does Not Exist

§19-9-30. Appraisal of Infected or Exposed Animals; Amount; Arbitration; Fees of Arbitrators

§19-9-31. Certificate of Appraisal

§19-9-32. Euthanasia of Diseased Animals; Supervision; Certificate of Euthanasia

§19-9-33. Payment of Indemnity

§19-9-34. Disposal of Carcass of Diseased Animal

§19-9-34a. Authority of Commissioner to Promulgate Rules Regulating Disposal of Dead Animals

§19-9-35. Tests for Bovine Tuberculosis; Disposition of Infected Bovine Animals

§19-9-36. Rules for Determining Amount of Indemnity

§19-9-37. Payment of Indemnity for Animals Slaughtered as Tuberculous

§19-9-38. Transportation of Diseased Animals

§19-9-39. Selling or Giving Away Diseased Animal; Permitting It to Stray

§19-9-40. Penalties