No person, whether as principal or agent, shall sell or otherwise dispose of any livestock, nor shall any person, whether as principal or agent, buy, purchase, or otherwise receive any such livestock, unless the person so selling or disposing of any such livestock gives, and the person buying, purchasing, or otherwise receiving any such livestock takes, a bill of sale, in writing, of the livestock so sold or disposed of, or so bought, purchased, or otherwise received.
Source: G.L. § 2594. G.S. § 3186. R.S. 08: § 6447. C.L. § 3271. CSA: C. 160, § 201. CRS 53: § 8-10-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 8-10-1. L. 67: p. 255, § 1.
ANNOTATION
Law governing passage of title. The livestock bill of sale laws are not superseded by the uniform commercial code, and passage of title to livestock in Colorado is accomplished by compliance with this article. When neither party complies with the livestock bill of sale laws, however, the law merchant, as embodied in the UCC provisions governing passage of title, applies. Rochester Ranch Co. v. Stubblefield, 640 P.2d 267 (Colo. App. 1981); Cugnini v. Reynolds Cattle Co., 648 P.2d 159 (Colo. App. 1981), aff'd, 687 P.2d 962 (Colo. 1984).
Applied in Ranchers & Farmers Livestock Auction Co. v. Honey, 38 Colo. App. 69, 552 P.2d 313 (1976).