SECTIONS 21051-21069 - California Statutes

FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL CODE

SECTION 21051-21069

21051. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, cattle shall
be inspected as follows:
(a) Whenever cattle are sold or ownership is transferred.
(b) Prior to movement out of any designated modified
point-of-origin inspection area, for purposes other than sale or
slaughter and no change of ownership is involved, as provided in
Section 21111.
(c) Prior to movement out of the state.
(d) Upon entry into a registered feedlot.
(e) Prior to slaughter.
(f) Prior to release or sale from a public stockyard, public
saleyard, or public or private cattle sales market.
(g) Prior to release from a posted stockyard or posted saleyard.
(h) Prior to transportation out of a full point-of-origin area, as
provided in Section 21141.
(i) Prior to transportation or movement from premises designated
as quarantine, restriction, or isolated areas pursuant to Section
9565.

21051.3. (a) Any person who moves or transports any animal without
inspection, as required by this chapter, is liable to the director
for a civil penalty in the amount of the expenses incurred by the
director to investigate and prosecute the violation and, if the
violation involved the unlawful taking of animals, the expenses
incurred by the director to recover and return the animal or animals
to their owner.
(b) If the director finds that a violation of subdivision (a) has
occurred, he or she shall calculate the amount of the civil penalty
and make demand for payment within 30 days thereof. The respondent
may deny liability in whole or in part, in which case the director
shall set the matter for hearing before a hearing officer of the
department or, at the director's discretion, pursuant to Section
11502 of the Government Code. The hearing procedure under this
subdivision shall be conducted pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with
Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government
Code.
(c) The respondent may petition for judicial review of the
director's determination to assess a civil penalty pursuant to
Section 1094.5 of the Code of Civil Procedure by filing an action
within 30 days of the date of service of the director's decision.
(d) The civil penalty in this section is in addition to any other
civil or criminal penalties provided by law.
(e) Any funds collected pursuant to this section shall be paid
into the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund.

21051.4. (a) In addition to any other penalty provided by this
chapter, the director may levy a civil penalty against any person who
violates this chapter of an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars
($100) for each violation.
(b) Before a civil penalty is levied, the person who is charged
with a violation shall be provided a notice of the violation, shall
have an opportunity to be heard, and shall have the right to review
the evidence and to present evidence on his or her behalf.
(c) The decision of the director may be reviewed pursuant to
Section 1094.5 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
(d) The director shall deposit the funds collected pursuant to
this section in the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund for
expenditure as authorized by this division.

21051.5. When brand inspection is not required under Section 21051,
any person, upon his request, shall receive brand inspection of
cattle. Any such person who requests the inspection shall pay to the
director a time and mileage charge established by the director to
equal the cost of providing such an inspection.
Nothing in this section shall exempt any person from any other
inspection requirements for the same cattle at any later time under
Section 21051, nor shall such a person be exempt from any statutory
inspection fees provided for by this division.

21052. It is unlawful for any person who owns or has custody of
cattle to move, slaughter, release, sell, or receive at a registered
feedlot that cattle without the inspection that is required by
Section 21051.
For the purposes of this section, a common carrier which
transports cattle does not have custody of the cattle.

21053. Inspection is not required prior to transportation from a
modified point-of-origin inspection area, or prior to movement if
being sold, if the cattle are being moved or shipped direct to one of
the following destinations:
(a) A registered feedlot in this state.
(b) A licensed slaughterhouse in this state.
(c) A public salesyard or public cattle sales market in this state
that is licensed pursuant to Section 21733 or posted by the United
States Department of Agriculture under the Packers and Stockyards
Act.
All cattle shipped without inspection prior to transportation
under this section shall be inspected at the destination point.

21054. Inspection is not required in cases where cattle are being
transported to or from a fair or livestock exhibit within the state's
boundaries if the shipment is accompanied by a certificate of the
manager or an official of the fair or exhibit, which shows all of the
following:
(a) Any brands and marks.
(b) The names of the shipper and consignee.
(c) The point of origin and destination of the shipment.
(d) Proof of ownership as defined in Section 16522.

21055. Inspection is not required prior to slaughter by licensed
slaughterers at slaughterhouses where the chief determines it is
impossible or impractical to have inspection prior to slaughter. The
chief shall, from time to time, designate which slaughterhouses are
within this category. Slaughterers at such slaughterhouses shall keep
the records which are required by Section 22045. They shall also
keep the hides of animals which are so slaughtered until the hides
are inspected or released.

21056. Inspection is not required prior to slaughter of an animal
by the producer of the animal pursuant to Section 22002. The hides of
such animals shall, however, be retained as provided in Section
21455 and records shall be kept as provided in Section 22008.

21057. Except as provided in Section 21206, inspection is not
required prior to slaughter at a licensed slaughterhouse when the
cattle are being shipped direct from one of the following:
(a) A registered feedlot in this state.
(b) A public salesyard or cattle sales market in this state that
is licensed pursuant to Section 21733 or posted by the United States
Department of Agriculture under the Packers and Stockyards Act of
1921 (7 U.S.C. Sec. 181 et seq.).
(c) Out-of-state when accompanied by proper documents.

21058. All cattle shipped pursuant to Section 21057 shall be
accompanied by one of the following:
(a) A bill of sale on an approved form giving the date of sale,
the loading point, the name and address of the owner or consignor or
both, the destination, the number of animals, the certificate number
on which the animals were inspected into the feedlot, the lot number,
if any, the name and address of the buyer, the name of the
transporter or carrier and the license number of the vehicle used to
transport the animals, and the signature of the owner or his or her
authorized agent.
(b) A saleyard invoice meeting the requirements of Sections 21744
and 21745.
(c) A certificate of consignment on an approved form giving the
date of sale, the loading point, the name and address of the owner or
consignor or both, the destination, the number of animals, the
certificate number on which the animals were inspected into the
feedlot, the lot number, if any, the name and address of the buyer,
the name of the transporter or carrier and the license number of the
vehicle used to transport the animals, and the signature of the owner
or his or her authorized agent.
(d) A brand inspection certificate or, for states with no
inspection, a bill of sale or health certificate.

21059. Inspection is not required for pasture-to-pasture movement
in the following cases:
(a) When the cattle are moved or transported only between points
in the same modified point-of-origin inspection area.
(b) When the cattle are moved or transported across a modified
point-of-origin inspection area boundary which bisects the ranch or
property of the owner and shipper of the cattle.
(c) When cattle are moved or transported only between points
within a full point-of-origin area.
(d) When cattle are moved or transported across a modified
point-of-origin inspection area boundary in accordance with
regulations adopted by the director which specifically allow the
cattle to move under a permit for a distance not to exceed 40 miles
from loading point to destination. The director may establish a fee
for the permit for a 12-month period. The permit fee shall not exceed
two hundred dollars ($200).
(e) When female cattle of the dairy breeds are moved or
transported from one grazing or pasture area to another grazing or
pasture area and the areas are owned or controlled by the same
person. However, this movement shall be accompanied by a certificate
of ownership or other proof of ownership document.
The provisions of subdivision (i) of Section 21051 shall take
precedence over this section.
This section does not apply to cattle entering a registered
feedlot.

21060. Inspection is not required in cases where the cattle being
moved or transported are dairy calves, and such calves meet all of
the following classifications:
(a) The calves were born on a dairy farm as defined in Section
32505.
(b) The calves were born to cows of a recognized dairy breed.
(c) The umbilical cord is still a part of, and attached to, the
navel of the calf.
(d) The calves will not be moved or transported:
(1) Out of the state.
(2) To a licensed slaughterhouse in this state.
(3) To a public saleyard or public cattle sale market in this
state that is licensed pursuant to Section 21733 or posted by the
United States Department of Agriculture under the Packers and
Stockyards Act of 1921 (7 U.S.C. 201 et seq.).
Nothing in this section shall prohibit any inspector or peace
officer from inspecting any calves when such inspection is necessary
in accordance with the provisions of Sections 20432, 20435, 20436,
and 20438.

21060.5. Any calves not exempt from inspection pursuant to Section
21060, shall be inspected in accordance with the provisions of
Sections 21051 and 21052.

21060.7. It is unlawful for any person to move or transport any
calves exempt from inspection pursuant to Section 21060 without
preparing the bill of sale or consignment that is required by
Sections 21702 and 21703. Such bill of sale or consignment shall
accompany the calves and be retained by the receiver of the calves
for at least one year, and such documents shall be presented to any
inspector or peace officer upon demand.

21061. The director may make regulations which govern the brand
inspection of cattle and hides at slaughterhouses. The regulations
may provide for an inspection schedule at each slaughterhouse and
include provision for inspection in addition to the basic inspection
schedule. Additional inspection services shall be provided on a
reimbursement basis at the expense of the slaughterer requesting the
additional service and shall not be an added charge to the consignor
or seller of the livestock. The fees for the additional service shall
be established by regulation.

21062. All cattle shipped to a registered feedlot, licensed
slaughterhouse, or licensed or posted livestock salesyard or market
in this state for inspection at destination pursuant to this chapter
shall be accompanied by a bill of sale, or certificate of
consignment. The original document shall be presented to the
inspector prior to the inspection of the cattle.

21064. A copy of the document required by Section 21062 shall be
kept on file in the office of the registered feedlot, licensed
slaughterhouse, or salesyard or market for a period of one year after
the transaction.

21066. Except as otherwise provided in subdivisions (b) and (h) of
Section 21051, all cattle transported within the state for pasture or
feeding purposes with no change in ownership shall be accompanied by
a certificate of consignment which contains the information
specified in Section 21703.

21067. (a) The chief may issue an annual permit to allow cattle to
be transported out of this state without the brand inspection
required pursuant to this article under all of the following
conditions:
(1) The cattle are moved for pasture purposes.
(2) The cattle are moved a distance of not more than 50 miles from
the point of origin to the point of destination.
(3) There is no change of ownership of the cattle.
(b) The department may charge a fee to cover its costs in issuing
and renewing the annual permit. The fee may not exceed one hundred
dollars ($100).
(c) The chief may, at any time, revoke a permit and require a
brand inspection if he or she determines that this action is
necessary to enforce this division.

21068. (a) The secretary may issue a special permit to allow cattle
to be transported out-of-state directly for immediate slaughter
only, without the brand inspection required pursuant to this article,
if all of the following conditions exist:
(1) The cattle were inspected previously in a registered feedlot.
(2) The cattle are transported to a licensed slaughterer.
(3) The cattle are accompanied by a permit document issued by the
secretary.
(b) The secretary may charge a fee to cover the costs of issuing
or renewing an annual permit. The fee may not exceed one hundred
dollars ($100).
(c) The secretary may, at any time, revoke the permit and require
a brand inspection if the secretary determines that this action is
necessary to enforce this division.

21069. (a) The director may issue an annual release permit to allow
cattle to be transported into another state without brand inspection
if all of the following conditions exist:
(1) The state of destination is contiguous to California and it
has entered into an inspection agreement with California.
(2) The shipping point is not more than 50 miles from the
destination.
(3) The cattle are transported to a public posted stockyard or
saleyard.
(4) The cattle are accompanied by a permit document issued by the
director.
(b) The director may charge a fee to cover the cost of issuing or
renewing the permit in an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars
($100).
(c) The director may, at any time, revoke the permit and require
brand inspection if the director determines that this action is
necessary to carry out the enforcement of this chapter.