Section 40-5-2 - Transportation or trailing of infected animals on railroad or open land asmisdemeanor.
40-5-2. Transportation or trailing of infected animals on railroad or open land as misdemeanor. It is a Class 2 misdemeanor for any person to transport, drive, or trail any animal, knowing it to be affected by an infectious, contagious, epidemic, or communicable disease, or infested with any destructive parasite upon or along any railroad or public highway, or to, upon, or across any land except land owned or leased by the owner of such animal or such land as may be designated by authority of the Animal Industry Board. It is a Class 2 misdemeanor for any person to transport, drive, or trail any such animal upon or along any railroad or public highway, or to, upon, or across any land, in violation of any order or rule of the board.
Source: SDC 1939, § 40.0305; SL 1950 (SS), ch 8, § 1; SL 1977, ch 190, § 456; SL 1990, ch 325, § 28.