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2025 Utah Code
Title 4 - Utah Agricultural Code
Chapter 31 - Control of Animal Disease
Section 113 - Restrictions on movement of infected or exposed animals.
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UT Code § 4-31-113 (2025)
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Effective 7/1/2017
4-31-113. Restrictions on movement of infected or exposed animals.
Amended by Chapter 345, 2017 General Session
4-31-113. Restrictions on movement of infected or exposed animals.
- (1) A person who owns or has possession of an animal and knows that the animal is infected with, or has been exposed to, any contagious or infectious disease may not:
- (a) permit the animal to run at large or come in contact with an animal that can be infected; or
- (b) sell, ship, trade, or give away the infected animal without disclosing that the animal is diseased or has been exposed to disease.
- (2) A person who violates Subsection (1) is liable to the owner or occupant of the premises for any damage inflicted by an infected animal.
- (3) The provisions of this section do not apply to protected wildlife that is:
- (a) living in nature; and
- (b) under the jurisdiction of the Division of Wildlife Resources.
Amended by Chapter 345, 2017 General Session
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