Title 81, Title 81

A person in whose name a mark or brand is recorded is entitled to the exclusive use of the mark or brand on the species of animal and in the position designated in the record. A copy of the record certified by the department is prima facie evidence of this right, and the certific…

Between January 1 and June 30 in each rerecording year, the department shall publish, in at least one issue of at least one newspaper of general circulation in each county of this state in which a newspaper is published, a notice to the effect that the year is a year for rerecord…

(1) The department shall establish, charge, and collect a fee for recording a new mark or brand, for recording a mark or brand transfer, or for rerecording a mark or brand. The department shall establish and charge a fee for providing a certified copy of a record and a duplicate …

A person violating any provision of this part is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $1,000 or be imprisoned in the county jail for a term not to exceed 1 year, or both.

Unless the context requires otherwise, in this chapter, the following definitions apply: (1) "Deputy state stock inspector" means a person designated by the department as a deputy state stock inspector who does not receive a salary or compensation from the department. (2) "Feedlo…

The department may adopt rules necessary to carry out this part.

(1) State stock inspectors and deputy state stock inspectors, upon the application of the owner or the authorized agent of the owner of livestock, shall inspect livestock that are intended for sale, removal, shipment, or slaughter at a licensed slaughter plant and issue a certifi…

(1) All state stock inspectors inspecting any livestock before or after shipment or removal from any county in this state, upon a change of ownership, or at the preslaughter inspection at a licensed slaughterhouse may inspect and seize either at the point of sale, shipment, desti…

(1) For the service of inspection of all livestock except horses, mules, or asses before removal from a county or before change of ownership, the inspector making the inspections must receive a fee established by the department for each head inspected. For the issuance of a marke…

The board of county commissioners must, at the request of the department, designate within their respective counties certain convenient places and provide suitable facilities for unloading and loading of livestock for inspection purposes.

(1) A bill of sale signed by the seller and adequately describing the livestock sold must be presented to the livestock inspector whenever the change of ownership inspection required by 81-3-211 is made or whenever a buyer of livestock requests a county-line or state-line inspect…

(1) For the purposes of this section: (a) "Family business entity" means: (i) a corporation whose stock is owned solely by members of the same family; (ii) a partnership in which the partners are all members of the same family; (iii) an association whose members are all members o…

Section 81-3-211 does not apply to livestock: (1) being transported through the state in interstate commerce without leaving the custody of the carrier; (2) when driven on the hoof and not moved by means of any motor vehicle, trailer, horse-drawn vehicle, or boat by the owner fro…

Except as provided for in 81-3-212(1) and 81-3-211(4) and (6)(b), nothing contained in this part authorizes or permits a person to remove or cause to be removed livestock from this state to a location outside of this state unless the livestock has been inspected for brands by a s…

Whenever a mark or brand upon any neat cattle, horse, or other animal has been fraudulently altered, obliterated, or defaced so that the original mark or brand cannot be determined through the external inspection thereof, any stock inspector or sheriff may seize and kill the anim…

The value of the animal taken and killed shall be determined by three disinterested parties living in the vicinity where the animal is seized. The amount of money awarded to the owner is full compensation for the loss of the animal. All money disbursed under this section shall be…

If the owner of the animal seized and killed under this part is dissatisfied with the valuation made, the owner may maintain an action against the department or, if the animal is seized by a sheriff, against that sheriff's county, and if the owner fails to recover damages in any …

(1) A person is guilty of a misdemeanor and is punishable as provided in subsection (5) if the person removes livestock or causes livestock to be removed from a county in this state: (a) without having the livestock inspected before removal if an inspection is required by law; (b…

A person, other than the owner or the owner's agent or employee, who, without consent of the owner, removes or causes to be removed from this state any cow, ox, bull, stag, calf, steer, heifer, horse, mule, mare, colt, foal, or filly without having the animal inspected when inspe…