Missouri § 267.100 - Petition for veterinarian's services to control contagious disease.
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§ 267.100. Petition for veterinarian's services to control contagious disease.
1. It shall be lawful for any ten residents of this state to go before any clerk of a court of record or associate circuit judge and demand the presence and services of the veterinary surgeon in the following manner:
2. Which petition may be certified to in the following manner:
3. The department of health and senior services may demand of the director of agriculture, through the director of the department of health and senior services, the services of the state veterinary surgeon to aid it in the inspection of such infectious or contagious diseases as are transmissible to the human family, and in examination of meats, milk and foods, when, in the judgment of the department of health and senior services, the assistance of this officer is necessary.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14193, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1070)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12522; 1919 § 12081; 1909 § 710
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Source: official Missouri text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 267.100 ("Petition for veterinarian's services to control contagious disease.") is part of the Revised Statutes of Missouri, the codified statutory law of Missouri. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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