KRS 257.120: Indemnity for destruction or slaughter of animal.

(1) Indemnities shall be paid by the state or federal government for animals mandated

to be destroyed or slaughtered on account of a reportable or United States

Department of Agriculture (USDA) program disease. The indemnities shall be

based on fair market value as determined by the USDA or independent appraisal.

(2) No state-funded indemnity shall be paid for any animal unless it was the property of

the person claiming indemnity, and was within the state, for a period of at least six

(6) months prior to the ti me of the first test, except when animals are destroyed or

slaughtered on account of a foreign animal or zoonotic disease.

(3) No indemnity shall be paid for any animal:

(a) Owned by the United States, the state or any county or city;

(b) Brought into this state in violation of the law or any regulation of the board;

(c) When the owner at the time of coming into possession of the animal had any

reason to believe that it was infected; or

(d) When the board or its authorized agents have satisfactory evidence that the

owner has been guilty of negligence in permitting the animal to become

exposed to the communicable disease.