Revised
February, 2007

Administration:   These statutes are administered by the Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Animal Industry, State Office Building, 301 Centennial Mall South, Lincoln, Nebraska 68509. Telephone (402) 471-2351.

Revisions:   These statutes were last revised during the 2006 session of the Nebraska Legislature.

Rules:   No regulations have been promulgated under these statutes.

54-726.04. Diseased swine; unlawful importation; penalties; costs; deposition.   Any person who imports or aids or abets the importation of any swine into the State of Nebraska, knowing or having reason to believe such swine to be infected, affected, or suspected of being affected with any dangerous, infectious, contagious, or otherwise transmissible disease without first having obtained a permit from the Department of Agriculture, shall be deemed guilty of a Class IV misdemeanor, and all such swine shall be declared to be contraband to be forfeited to the State of Nebraska to be disposed of by the department without compensation or indemnity. The State of Nebraska shall be reimbursed by the owner of such swine for the cost of destruction, and action may be maintained by the department to recover such costs. All money collected shall be deposited into the state treasury for credit to the General Fund.

54-752. Violations; penalties.   Any person violating any of the provisions of sections 54-701 to 54-753 and 54-7,105 to 54-7,108 shall be guilty of a Class II misdemeanor for the first violation and a Class I misdemeanor for any subsequent violation.

54-753. Prevention of disease; writ of injunction available.   The penal provisions of section 54-752 shall not be exclusive, but the district courts of this state, in the exercise of their equity jurisdiction, may, by injunction, compel the observance of, and by that remedy enforce, the provisions of sections 54-701 to 54- 753 and 54-7,105 to 54-7,108 and the rules and regulations established and promulgated by the Department of Agriculture.