1. (a) Any person, or any officer or agent of any corporation, who violates any provision of this chapter for which no other penalty is provided, who obstructs or attempts to obstruct the commissioner, an authorized agent of the commissioner or an employee of the department in the performance of a duty established in this chapter, or who violates any regulation established by said commissioner, shall be fined two hundred fifty dollars for a first such violation or obstruction and for any such second violation or obstruction shall be guilty of a class D misdemeanor.
2. (b) Any person who misleads or attempts to mislead the commissioner by removing or altering the official identification of any livestock or by falsifying a certificate of veterinary inspection shall be fined two hundred fifty dollars for a first such violation and shall be guilty of a class D misdemeanor for any second or subsequent such violation.

(1949 Rev., S. 3368; 1959, P.A. 637, S. 2; 1961, P.A. 67; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 446, 448; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 12-80, S. 77; P.A. 23-187, S. 25.)

History: 1959 act replaced commissioner of agriculture with commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources; 1961 act replaced commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture and natural resources; 1971 act replaced commissioner of agriculture and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004; P.A. 12-80 replaced penalty of a fine of not more than $100 or imprisonment of not more than 30 days or both with a class D misdemeanor; P.A. 23-187 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and deleted references to commissioner's deputy or assistants, added references to authorized agents of commissioner or employee of the department, added fine of $250 for a first violation and established a class D misdemeanor for a second violation or obstruction and made technical changes, and added Subsec. (b) re penalty for misleading or attempting to mislead commissioner by removing or altering official identification of livestock or falsifying any certificate of veterinary inspection, effective June 28, 2023.