The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
(Cite as: 6 V.S.A. § 1464)
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§ 1464. Slaughter; expenses
The Secretary may take all steps that he or she deems necessary to prevent the potential
spread of a contagious or an infectious disease, including continuing a quarantine
order concerning imported animals found to be infected with or exposed to a contagious
disease. When necessary to protect the health of other domestic animals or to prevent
or control the spread of contagious disease, the Secretary may order any domestic
animal imported into the State that is infected with or has been exposed to an infectious
or a contagious disease condemned and destroyed and the carcass disposed with, in
accordance with the provisions of section 1159 of this title. The owner shall bear the expense of detention, examination, test, and slaughter
but not the personal expenses of the Secretary. (Amended 1991, No. 153 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. May 5, 1992; 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003; 2017, No. 30, § 4.)