Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-6-269
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Seizure and condemnation
Official statutory text
A. Any poultry product, or any dead, dying, disabled, or
diseased poultry, that is being transported in intrastate commerce,
subject to this act, or is held for sale in this state after such
transportation, and that
1. is or has been processed, sold, transported, or
otherwise distributed or offered or received for distribution in
violation of this act, or
2. is capable of use as human food and is adulterated or
misbranded, or
3. in any other way is in violation of this act, shall be
liable to be proceeded against and seized and condemned, at any
time, on a libel of information in any district court within the
jurisdiction of which the article or poultry is found. If the
article or poultry is condemned it shall, after entry of the decree,
be disposed of by destruction or sale as the court may direct and
the proceeds, if sold, less the court costs and fees, and storage
and other proper expenses, shall be paid into the treasury of this
state, but the article or poultry shall not be sold contrary to the
provisions of this act, or the Federal Poultry Products Inspection
Act or the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; provided, that,
upon the execution and delivery of a good and sufficient bond
conditioned that the article or poultry shall not be sold or
otherwise disposed of contrary to the provisions of this act or the
laws of the United States, the court may direct that such article or
poultry be delivered to the owner thereof subject to such
supervision by authorized representatives of the Board as is
necessary to insure compliance with the applicable laws. When a
decree of condemnation is entered against the article or poultry and
it is released under bond, or destroyed, court costs and fees, and
storage and other proper expenses shall be awarded against the
person, if any, intervening as claimant of the article or poultry.
The proceedings in such libel cases shall conform, as nearly as may
be, to the proceedings in admiralty, except that either party may
demand trial by jury of any issue of fact joined in any case, and
all such proceedings shall be at the suit of and in the name of this
state.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 2. Agriculture Page 301
B. The provisions of this section shall in no way derogate from
authority for condemnation or seizure conferred by other provisions
of this act, or other laws.
diseased poultry, that is being transported in intrastate commerce,
subject to this act, or is held for sale in this state after such
transportation, and that
1. is or has been processed, sold, transported, or
otherwise distributed or offered or received for distribution in
violation of this act, or
2. is capable of use as human food and is adulterated or
misbranded, or
3. in any other way is in violation of this act, shall be
liable to be proceeded against and seized and condemned, at any
time, on a libel of information in any district court within the
jurisdiction of which the article or poultry is found. If the
article or poultry is condemned it shall, after entry of the decree,
be disposed of by destruction or sale as the court may direct and
the proceeds, if sold, less the court costs and fees, and storage
and other proper expenses, shall be paid into the treasury of this
state, but the article or poultry shall not be sold contrary to the
provisions of this act, or the Federal Poultry Products Inspection
Act or the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; provided, that,
upon the execution and delivery of a good and sufficient bond
conditioned that the article or poultry shall not be sold or
otherwise disposed of contrary to the provisions of this act or the
laws of the United States, the court may direct that such article or
poultry be delivered to the owner thereof subject to such
supervision by authorized representatives of the Board as is
necessary to insure compliance with the applicable laws. When a
decree of condemnation is entered against the article or poultry and
it is released under bond, or destroyed, court costs and fees, and
storage and other proper expenses shall be awarded against the
person, if any, intervening as claimant of the article or poultry.
The proceedings in such libel cases shall conform, as nearly as may
be, to the proceedings in admiralty, except that either party may
demand trial by jury of any issue of fact joined in any case, and
all such proceedings shall be at the suit of and in the name of this
state.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 2. Agriculture Page 301
B. The provisions of this section shall in no way derogate from
authority for condemnation or seizure conferred by other provisions
of this act, or other laws.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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