Killing of Horses for Meat; Unmutilated Hide or Certificate of Inspection to Be Produced; Penalties.

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11-23-107. Killing of horses for meat; unmutilated hide or certificate of inspection to be produced; penalties.

(a) Any person who kills any horse for the purpose of using, selling or offering for sale the meat or carcass for tankage, or for the purpose of feeding the same to domestic stock or to fur bearing animals, must produce on demand of any inspector or peace officer either the unmutilated hide of the animal killed or a certificate of inspection of the hide, issued by a livestock inspector.

(b) Any person violating this section shall be fined not less than seven hundred seventy-five dollars ($775.00) or more than one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500.00), or imprisoned for not more than one (1) year, or both.


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