When, in the judgment of the director, any person has been repeatedly in violation of the animal health laws so as to pose a substantial ongoing risk to the livelihood of other livestock owners in this state by the dissemination of disease, the director may apply to the circuit court of the county in which such person resides, and such court shall have the authority to grant an order enjoining temporarily or permanently that person from engaging in the business directly or indirectly of possessing, owning, raising or otherwise maintaining custody of any livestock of the type constituting such risk.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 267.604
Injunction against owners of diseased livestock, when — venue
Known as the Missouri Livestock Disease Control and Eradication Law
The act spans §§ 267–267 (67 sections).
Effective: 04 May 1989, see footnote; (L. 1989 S.B. 300)
Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.