510 ILCS 35/13: Importation of animals; certificates.

Before accepting consignment of cattle, bison, antelope, or cervids for importation into the State of Illinois, all persons, transportation companies, or truck operators, shall require that a copy of the certificate of health, or permit, or Federal Inspection Certificate, covering the animals in the shipment, as required in the orders and regulations of the Department, be delivered to them to be attached to the waybill and accompany the shipment to its destination. Such certificates must be carried by the person in charge of said cattle, bison, antelope, or cervids and be available for inspection upon demand. A copy of the certificate of health under which cattle, bison, antelope, or cervids are brought into the State of Illinois, bearing the approval of the State Animal Health Official of the State of origin, must be mailed to the Department of Agriculture.