The board may inspect all livestock moved within the South Dakota livestock ownership inspection area and all livestock leaving the South Dakota livestock ownership inspection area for the purpose of determining the proper ownership and brands, if any, of such livestock and shall have general charge, supervision, and custody of all instruments, records, and files in connection with such ownership inspection activities.
S.D. Codified Laws § 40-18-15
Ownership inspection on transportation of livestock
Source: SL 1943, ch 142, § 2; SDC Supp 1960, § 40.1201-1; SL 1988, ch 328, § 17.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.