# Agriculture (GAG)

## Title 3. Regulation of Livestock and Poultry

### Subtitle 1. Regulation of Infectious and Contagious Livestock and Poultry Diseases

#### Section 3-109

The owner of any domestic animal that has died of a contagious or infectious disease shall bury it at a depth of at least three feet or burn it within three hours before sunset of the day following the discovery of the animal.

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Md. Code Ann., Agric. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)