{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-246.210","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 246.210","heading":"Access of department and agents, board and members, and others to","body":"premises -- Destruction or slaughter of diseased livestock.\n(1) The department or its agents or employees shall have free access within reasonable\nhours to any farm, orchard, garden, el evator, warehouse, building, cellar, freight or\nexpress office or car, freight yard, vehicle, vessel, boat, container, or any other place\nwhich, for probable cause, it may be necessary or desirable for the agents to enter in\norder to enforce a quarantine against the European corn borer (Pyrausta nubilaslis).\n(2) The department or any of its agents or employees may, after reasonable notice, enter\nany premises for the purpose of inspecting or testing livestock to determine the\nexistence of, or to combat in an y way, communicable diseases. The owner of the\nlivestock to be tested or inspected shall, after reasonable notice, confine and present\nthe livestock to the agents or employees of the department. When the department or\nany of its agents or employees determi nes through inspection or testing that any\nlivestock is infected with a communicable disease, they may enter any premises,\nafter reasonable notice, and remove the diseased livestock, and have the livestock\ndestroyed or slaughtered and the owner indemnified as provided in KRS 257.120 to\n257.150. When necessary the department or any of its agents or employees may call\nupon peace officers for assistance.\n(3) The state entomologist or his authorized agent shall, upon previous application,\nhave free access within reasonable hours to any premises or containers for purposes\nof trapping, inspecting for, investigating, or treating the premises for the control of\nJapanese beetles (Popillia japonica).\n(4) The director of the agricultural experiment station and his agen ts shall have free\naccess at all reasonable hours to any premises, vehicle, elevator, or steamship\ncompany, in the discharge of his duties under KRS 250.081.","path":["KRS Chapter 246"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=11533","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:52:56Z","sha256":"d88beb19be1c42204f0e2a037c352cf008e097a3551506f7acdce24582524c22","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-246.200","next":"us-ky/krs-246.220"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}