Iowa § 164.21 - 164.21 Indemnification of owner.
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§ 164.21. 164.21 Indemnification of owner.
1. The owner of a bovine animal shall be indemnified for the bovine animal as provided in this section. The department shall certify the claim of the owner for the bovine animal slaughtered in accordance with this chapter. An infected bovine animal herd may be completely depopulated and indemnity paid when, in the opinion of the department and the veterinary service of the United States department of agriculture, the disease cannot be adequately controlled by routine testing. 2. The owner may be indemnified by the United States department of agriculture. [C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §164.19; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §164.21] 83 Acts, ch 123, §73, 209; 86 Acts, ch 1036, §9; 97 Acts, ch 124, §21; 2017 Acts, ch 54, §76; 2025 Acts, ch 156, §33, 34 Subsection 2 amended Subsection 3 stricken Thu Dec 11 18:41:49 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Section 164.21 (22, 3)
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