54-724.02 Domestic animals; scabies; dipping; enforcement; costs. - Nebraska Statutes

54-724.02. Domestic animals; scabies; dipping; enforcement; costs.If an owner or custodian fails or refuses to dip or otherwise treat an animal or disinfect the premises as and when directed by the Department of Agriculture pursuant to section 54-724.01, the department shall have power to cause the animal to be dipped or otherwise treated in the manner and at the time directed by the department and shall keep the animal in the custody of the department until treated or dipped. The costs of dipping or otherwise treating such animals shall be borne by the owner, and if the department has caused such animals to be dipped or treated it shall keep such animals in its custody until the costs of such dipping and treatment, together with whatever costs the department has incurred in the matter, are paid. SourceLaws 1927, c. 12, art. III, § 1, p. 87; C.S.1929, § 54-921; Laws 1937, c. 128, § 1, p. 450; C.S.Supp.,1941, § 54-921; R.S.1943, § 54-724; Laws 1981, LB 174, § 2; R.S.1943, (1988), § 54-724; R.S.1943, (1998), § 54-1413; Laws 2002, LB 858, § 2.