164.21 - INDEMNIFICATION OF OWNER -- DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT.
164.21 INDEMNIFICATION OF OWNER -- DETERMINATION OF
AMOUNT.
The owner of a bovine animal shall be indemnified for the bovine
animal as provided in this section. The department shall certify the
claim of the owner for the bovine animal slaughtered in accordance
with this chapter. An infected bovine animal herd may be completely
depopulated and indemnity paid when, in the opinion of the department
and the veterinary service of the United States department of
agriculture, the disease cannot be adequately controlled by routine
testing.
The owner shall be indemnified to the extent that money is
available in the brucellosis and tuberculosis eradication fund as
created in section 165.18 and indemnification is also made by the
United States department of agriculture. However, if the United
States department of agriculture is unable to indemnify the owner,
the department may indemnify the owner, if money is available.
In the case of individual payment, all cattle shall be
individually appraised and the amount of indemnity shall be equal to
the difference between the slaughter value and the appraisal price,
less the amount of indemnity paid by the United States department of
agriculture. Bison shall be appraised as if the bison are beef
cattle. The total amount of indemnity paid by the brucellosis and
tuberculosis eradication fund for a grade animal or a purebred animal
shall not exceed two hundred dollars. However, if purebred cattle
are purchased and owned for at least one year before testing and the
owner can verify the actual cost, the department may further
indemnify the owner. The amount of the indemnification shall not
exceed five hundred fifty dollars or the actual cost of the animal
when purchased, whichever is less. Section History: Early Form
[C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, § 164.19; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §
164.21] Section History: Recent Form
83 Acts, ch 123, § 73, 209; 86 Acts, ch 1036, § 9; 97 Acts, ch
124, § 21
Referred to in § 165.18