2014 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 40 - ANIMALS AND LIVESTOCK
Chapter 12 - Rabies Control
§ 40-12-1 Confinement of animals required in localities where rabies exists--Neglect asmisdemeanor.
40-12-1. Confinement of animals required in localities where rabies exists--Neglect as misdemeanor. In localities where rabies exists, the Animal Industry Board may require that any animal deemed likely to spread such disease shall be muzzled, caged, tied, or confined in any manner that may be deemed necessary. It is a Class 1 misdemeanor for any owner or person in charge of any animal so ordered to be muzzled, caged, tied, or confined, to refuse or neglect to carry out such order.
Source: SDC 1939, § 40.0601; SL 1977, ch 190, § 481; SL 1990, ch 325, § 208.
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