Another court case involving Wisconsin’s mandatory premises registration law. Patrick Monchilovich of Cumberland was originally found guilty of failing to register his premises in October of 2009. His attorney asked the charges to be dismissed on the grounds the USDA had made changes to the National Animal Identification System making premises registration voluntary and that superseded Wisconsin law. But NAIS countered that premises registration was never mandatory under the federal system. The judge in the case ordered a new trial which started Tuesday, Monchilovich pleaded no contest and was found guilty. He does have the right to appeal.
Back in March, a Clark County, Wisconsin judge ruled an Amish farmer did not have to comply with the state’s premises registration law for religious reasons. The State Department of Agriculture chose not to appeal that decision saying because it was a circuit judge; the exemption applies only to that one Amish farmer.
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