2005 Vermont Code - § 1501. — Misuse or removal of agency of agriculture, food and markets ear tags

§ 1501. Misuse or removal of agency of agriculture, food and markets ear tags

(a) A person who, without authority from the secretary, inserts or causes to be inserted or removes or causes to be removed from an animal, an agency of agriculture, food and markets or other official ear tag, as defined in subsection (b) of this section, or otherwise misuses or causes a tag to be misused, may be imprisoned not more than one year or fined not more than $1,000.00, or both.

(b) An official ear tag is one issued by the Vermont agency of agriculture, food and markets for use in identification, official state disease control programs, and artificial breeding programs or for purposes of the Dairy Herd Improvement Association testing programs, or one that is similarly issued by other states of the United States and Canada. (Added 1979, No. 102 (Adj. Sess.); amended 1989, No. 256 (Adj. Sess.), § 10(a), eff. Jan. 1, 1991; 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003.)