Tick Eradication.

Ala. Code tit. 2, ch. 15, art. 10

in effect

Ala. Code § 2-15-290 When Tick Eradication to Be Commenced Within County; Expenditures by County Upon Commencement of Tick Eradication by State Board; County Commissions to Make Appropriations for Tick Eradication.

2-15-290. When Tick Eradication to Be Commenced Within County; Expenditures by County Upon Commencement of Tick Eradication by State Board; County Commissions to Make Appropriations for Tick Eradication. The work of tick eradication shall be taken up in all counties that shall be at any time partially or completely tick infested under the rules and regulations of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries. Where the State Board of Agriculture and Industries has begun the work of tick eradication in any county or in part of any county, the county shall not have authority to make any expenditure, except for preferred claims enumerated by the statutes, until provision has been made for financing the county’s part of such work. The county commission of the county shall make adequate appropriations to execute the law relating to such tick eradication in good faith. (Ag. Code 1927, §576; Code 1940, T. 2, §368.)

Ala. Code § 2-15-291 State Aid to Counties for Payment of Expenses of Tick Eradication.

2-15-291. State Aid to Counties for Payment of Expenses of Tick Eradication. In the event the Agricultural Fund will permit, the State Board of Agriculture and Industries may aid a county in defraying the county’s expense of tick eradication from the said Agricultural Fund; provided, that such aid shall not exceed $20,000.00 to any one county during the fiscal year. (Ag. Code 1927, §589; Code 1940, T. 2, §369.)

Ala. Code § 2-15-292 Counties to Provide and Maintain Required Number of Dipping Vats and Chemicals, Etc., Required Therefor.

2-15-292. Counties to Provide and Maintain Required Number of Dipping Vats and Chemicals, Etc., Required Therefor. The county commission of each county shall provide, build, repair and maintain the necessary number of concrete dipping vats with adequate pens and also provide the necessary chemicals, solutions and all other materials required for making, filling, replenishing and operating the required number of dipping vats. Each county shall furnish all the materials required for keeping the required vats filled with a standard tick-killing arsenical dip having the composition and strength as required by the regulations of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries. (Ag. Code 1927, §577; Code 1940, T. 2, §370.)

Ala. Code § 2-15-293 State Veterinarian to Determine and Notify County Commission as to Number of Dipping Vats, Inspectors, Chemicals, Etc., Required; Admissibility in Evidence, Etc., of Copy of Notice.

2-15-293. State Veterinarian to Determine and Notify County Commission as to Number of Dipping Vats, Inspectors, Chemicals, Etc., Required; Admissibility in Evidence, Etc., of Copy of Notice. The State Veterinarian shall determine the required number of dipping vats in the county and shall give written notice to the county commission of said county of the necessary number of dipping vats and the required number of inspectors and the amount of material required for keeping said vats filled with a standard tick-killing arsenical dip of the composition and strength required by the rules and regulations of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries. A certified copy of such notice shall be received as evidence of the giving of same in all courts and places without further proof, and said written or printed notice may be served on the probate judge or chairman of the board of revenue by registered or certified mail. (Ag. Code 1927, §578; Code 1940, T. 2, §371.)

Ala. Code § 2-15-294 Appointment, Commissioning and Supervision of Inspectors; Inspectors to Be Paid by Counties.

2-15-294. Appointment, Commissioning and Supervision of Inspectors; Inspectors to Be Paid by Counties. The county commission in each county shall pay a reasonable salary, as determined by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, to as many inspectors as shall be required in the county to guard county lines, look after isolated vats, quarantined ranges and premises and quarantined cattle. The inspectors paid by the county shall be determined and appointed and commissioned by the State Veterinarian with the approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries as state inspectors, and they shall work under the direction of the State Veterinarian or the state or federal inspector in charge of the county. (Ag. Code 1927, §579; Code 1940, T. 2, §372.)

Ala. Code § 2-15-295 Dipping of Cattle in Tick Infested or Quarantined Ranges, Farms, Etc.

2-15-295. Dipping of Cattle in Tick Infested or Quarantined Ranges, Farms, Etc. Every person, firm, company or corporation having in possession or in charge as owner, agent or otherwise one or more cattle in a tick infested or quarantined county or on a tick infested or quarantined premises, range, farm or pasture that has not been released from state and federal quarantine shall dip the cattle regularly once every two weeks on the day and at the vat specified by the inspector in charge of the vat most convenient or nearest to the cattle. The livestock inspector shall issue one printed or written dipping notice to the person or persons in charge or in possession of the cattle and shall serve said notice by leaving a copy of said notice with the person or persons in charge of or in possession of the cattle and shall make a return of said service on the original of said notice, and the serving of said dipping notice shall be legally sufficient to require the owner, agent, firm or person in charge to dip the cattle regularly every two weeks until released from quarantine, and said original dipping notice and the endorsement of the service thereon shall be received as evidence of the service thereof on the date mentioned therein in all courts, proceedings and places without further proof. (Ag. Code 1927, §580; Code 1940, T. 2, §373.)

Ala. Code § 2-15-297 Stray Cattle, Equine, or Equidae Found on Quarantined or Tick Infested Ranges, Pastures, Etc.; Condemnation and Sale; Redemption.

2-15-297. Stray Cattle, Equine, or Equidae Found on Quarantined or Tick Infested Ranges, Pastures, Etc.; Condemnation and Sale; Redemption. All stray cattle and equine or equidae running at large on quarantined or tick infested ranges, commons, pastures, or fields, if the cattle and equine or equidae have not been dipped as provided in this article, shall be taken up by the sheriff, any constable or livestock inspector, quarantined and dipped regularly once every two weeks and fed and cared for at the expense and risk of the owner of the animals. The sheriff, any constable or livestock inspector shall apply to any judge of a district court to have the animals condemned as strays and sold at public auction. The judge of the district court shall post notices of the sale of the animals in three public places in the county where the stock is taken up and in one county paper, if one is published in the county, giving the time and place of the sale, and the sale shall not be made until 10 days after the notices have been posted and printed. The proceeds of the sale shall go to pay all the costs of taking up, feeding, confining, selling, and dipping and, if there is a balance, it shall go into the county treasury to be applied on tick eradication. Every one of the animals mentioned in this section whose owner cannot be found by the inspector shall be regarded as a legal stray and subject to this article. The owner may redeem the animal within 30 days after sale by proving ownership to the court and paying the purchase price and all cost. (Ag. Code 1927, §582; Code 1940, T. 2, §375; Act 2004-627, p. 1421, §1.)

Ala. Code § 2-15-298 Ticky Cattle, Equine, or Equidae Prohibited from Entering State.

2-15-298. Ticky Cattle, Equine, or Equidae Prohibited from Entering State. No ticky cattle or equine or equidae shall be driven, moved, or transported in any way into Alabama. (Ag. Code 1927, §583; Code 1940, T. 2, §376; Act 2004-627, p. 1421, §1.)

Ala. Code § 2-15-299 Inspectors Provided in Counties Released from Quarantine; Disinfection of Reinfested County.

2-15-299. Inspectors Provided in Counties Released from Quarantine; Disinfection of Reinfested County. (a) The county commission in a county released from state or federal quarantine shall provide and pay a reasonable salary to one or more inspectors or as many inspectors as shall be required to guard exposed county boundary lines, to look after local quarantined premises, ranges, pens, lots, pastures, or fields and, when necessary, to supervise the filling and replenishing of dipping vats and the dipping of quarantined cattle or equine or equidae. (b) When a county becomes reinfested with ticks, that county shall pay the expenses of disinfection of all infested places, premises, ranges, and cattle, or equine or equidae under the direction of the State Veterinarian or a state inspector according to law and the regulations of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries. (Ag. Code 1927, §584; Code 1940, T. 2, §377; Act 2004-627, p. 1421, §1.)

Source: Alabama Legislature (alison.legislature.state.al.us)URL: https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabamaFetched: 10/20/2026