Chapter 54, LIVESTOCK
1,221 sections in this chapter.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1 Recorded brand; transfer; lien or security interest; notice; effect; fee; effect; lease of brand; fee.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1,100 Recorded brand; transfer; lien or security interest; notice; effect; fee; effect; lease of brand; fee.
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(1) A recorded brand is the property of the person causing such record to be made and is subject to sale, assignment, transfer, devise, and descent as personal property. Any instrument of writing evidencing the sale, assignment, or transfer of a recorded brand shall be effective …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1,101 Recorded brand; owner; copies of record.
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The owner of a recorded brand is entitled to one certified copy of the record of such brand from the Nebraska Brand Committee without charge. Additional certified copies of the record may be obtained by anyone upon the payment of one dollar for each copy. Copies of any other docu…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1,102 Recorded brand; use; expiration date; renewal fee; expired brand; reinstated.
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(1) A recorded brand may be applied by its owner until its expiration date. (2) On and after January 1, 1994, the expiration date of a recorded brand is the last day of the calendar quarter of the renewal year as designated by the Nebraska Brand Committee in the records of the br…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1,103 Reserved brands; use.
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(1) Cattle brands consisting of alphabetical letters A through Z, and numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 on the left or right jaw are reserved for assignment by the brand recorder, as designated by the Nebraska Brand Committee. The brand recorder shall not assign such brands t…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1,104 Brand assigned to committee.
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There is a recorded brand consisting of the alphabetical letter N on the entire right and left sides which is assigned to the Nebraska Brand Committee to be used only by authorized personnel of the brand committee to permanently identify livestock which are suspected of having be…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1,105 Brands; distinction requirements.
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(1) Cattle branded with a Nebraska-recorded visual brand shall be branded so that the recorded brand of the owner shows distinctly. (2) If the owners of recorded brands which conflict with or closely resemble each other maintain their herds in close proximity to each other, the N…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1,106 Grazing livestock; requirements.
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A person who brings livestock into any county of this state for grazing purposes which are already branded shall provide the Nebraska Brand Committee with a statement of the brands of such livestock. Failure to comply with this section renders the violating person liable for all …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1,107 Recorded brand; evidentiary effect.
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A recorded brand is prima facie evidence of ownership of livestock and is admissible into evidence in any court in this state if the brand meets the requirements of and is recorded as provided in section 54-199. Other documentary evidence such as bills of sale or certificates of …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1,108 Physical inspections; when required; surcharge; fees; mileage; electronic inspection; when permitted; fees; procedures; reinspection; when.
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(1)(a) All physical inspections for brands provided for in the Livestock Brand Act or section 54-415 shall be from sunrise to sundown or during such other hours and under such conditions as the Nebraska Brand Committee determines. The brand committee shall assess a fifty-dollar l…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1,109 Brand inspection area; designation.
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The brand inspection area of Nebraska consists of the following land area of counties and parts thereof: Arthur, Banner, Blaine, Box Butte, Boyd, Brown, Buffalo, Chase, Cherry, Cheyenne, Custer, Dawes, Dawson, Deuel, Dundy, Franklin, Frontier, part of the south half of section 1,…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1,110 Brand inspection area; brand inspection requirements; violation; penalty.
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(1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3) of this section, no person shall move, in any manner, cattle from a point within the brand inspection area to a point outside the brand inspection area unless such cattle first have a brand inspection by the Nebraska Brand Committ…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1,111 Brand inspection area; sale or trade of cattle; requirements; violation; penalty.
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(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, no person shall sell or trade any cattle located within the brand inspection area, nor shall any person buy or purchase any such cattle unless the cattle have been inspected for evidence of ownership and a certificate of i…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1,112 Brand inspection area; slaughter and hide records; violation; penalty.
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(1) Any person located within the brand inspection area who slaughters or has cattle slaughtered for sale or distribution shall keep, in a book for that purpose, a true and faithful record of all cattle purchased and slaughtered. Such record shall also contain a description of th…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1,113 Sale, trade, use, or consumption of beef or veal; requirements; violation; penalty.
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(1)(a) Inside of the brand inspection area, no person shall sell or trade or offer for sale or trade the carcass of a beef or veal, or any portion thereof, including the hide of such carcass, unless a certificate of inspection is secured from a brand inspector. Such person shall …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1,114 Slaughter of cattle; brand inspection requirements; violation; penalty.
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(1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3) of this section, no butcher, packer, or vendor engaged in the slaughter of cattle within the brand inspection area shall kill or otherwise dispose of any cattle until a brand inspection is performed by the Nebraska Brand Committee…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1,115 Livestock transportation authority form; requirements; violation; penalty.
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(1) Any person, other than the owner or the owner's employee, using a motor vehicle or trailer to transport livestock or carcasses over any land within the State of Nebraska not owned or rented by such person or who is so transporting such livestock upon a highway, public street,…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1,116 Satisfactory evidence of ownership; violation; penalty.
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(1) All livestock sold or otherwise disposed of shall be accompanied by a properly executed bill of sale in writing or, for cattle, satisfactory evidence of ownership or a certificate of inspection. All owners of or persons possessing livestock have a duty to exhibit, upon the re…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1,117 Brand inspection area; intermingling of livestock; effect.
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No consignment of livestock within, entering into, or passing through the brand inspection area, after having been inspected by a brand inspector, shall be permitted to intermingle with any other livestock located within the brand inspection area. If, at any time after brand insp…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1,118 Livestock; questions of ownership; procedure.
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If any livestock inspected under the Livestock Brand Act or section 54-415 is unbranded or bears a brand or brands in addition to, or other than, the recorded brand or brands of the shipper or seller, then the shipper or seller may be required to establish his or her ownership of…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1,119 Open market; designation; brand inspection requirements.
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(1) Any livestock market, whether within or outside of the state, or any meat packing plant which maintains brand inspection under the supervision of the Nebraska Brand Committee and under such rules and regulations as are specified by the United States Department of Agriculture,…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1,120 Registered feedlot; application; requirements; fees; audit; records; rescind registration for cause.
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(1)(a) Any person who operates a cattle feeding operation located within the brand inspection area may apply to the brand committee for registration as a registered feedlot. The application form shall be prescribed by the brand committee and shall be made available by the executi…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1,121 Registered feedlot; cattle shipment; requirements.
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Cattle sold or shipped from a registered feedlot, for purposes other than direct slaughter or sale on any terminal market, are subject to the brand inspection under sections 54-1,110 to 54-1,119, and the seller or shipper shall bear the cost of such inspection at the regular fee.…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1,122 Registered feedlot or backgrounding lot; brand inspection, when required; fees; backgrounding lots; guidelines.
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(1) Cattle may be moved into a registered feedlot or a backgrounding lot without being subject to brand inspection if such cattle: (a) Originate in a state, or a portion of a state, that has a brand inspection agency and are accompanied by satisfactory evidence of ownership; (b) …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1,123 Prohibited sale; violation; penalty.
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No person, other than the owner of the livestock, shall sell or offer for sale or trade or otherwise dispose of any livestock unless the person so offering has the bill of sale, a power of attorney from the owner of such livestock authorizing such sale, or other satisfactory evid…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1,124 Prohibited brand; violation; penalty.
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If any person willfully and knowingly brands, marks, or causes to be branded or marked, livestock owned by another with the intent to deprive such owner of the livestock or willfully and knowingly effaces, defaces, or obliterates any mark upon any livestock owned by another with …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1,124.01 Acts prohibited; penalty.
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A person commits a Class III felony if: (1) Such person willfully and knowingly performs or causes to be performed any act to: (a) Apply, remove, damage, or alter an approved nonvisual identifier; or (b) Expunge, alter, render inaccessible, or otherwise corrupt information record…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1,125 False documents; violation; penalty.
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(1) Any person who offers as evidence of ownership for any livestock sold, traded, or otherwise disposed of as provided in the Livestock Brand Act or section 54-415, any forged, altered, or otherwise falsely prepared document or form, knowing the same to be forged, altered, or ot…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1,126 General penalty.
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Any person who violates any provision of the Livestock Brand Act is guilty of a Class II misdemeanor unless another penalty is specifically provided for such violation.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1,127 Violations; arresting peace officer; powers.
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Whenever any person is arrested for a violation of the Livestock Brand Act or section 54-415 punishable as a misdemeanor, the arresting peace officer shall, except as otherwise provided in this section, take the name and address of such person and the license number of his or her…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1,128 Brand with brand recorded or registered in another state; application for out-of-state brand permit; contents; fee; violation; penalty.
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(1) An owner may brand cattle with a brand recorded or registered in another state when: (a) Cattle are purchased at a livestock auction market licensed under the Livestock Auction Market Act or congregated at another location approved by the Nebraska Brand Committee; (b) The cat…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1,129 Livestock auction market or packing plant; brand inspection; election to provide.
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The owner or operator of any livestock auction market, as defined in section 54-1158, or packing plant located in any county outside the brand inspection area may voluntarily elect to provide brand inspection for all cattle brought to such livestock auction market or packing plan…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1,130 Livestock auction market or packing plant; election; how made.
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The election provided for by section 54-1,129 shall be made by (1) filing with the Secretary of State, in form to be prescribed by the secretary, a written notice of such election and agreement to be bound by section 54-1,131 and (2) posting conspicuously on the premises a notice…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1,131 Livestock auction market or packing plant; brand inspection; how conducted; fees; guarantee.
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Inspection provided for in sections 54-1,129 to 54-1,131 shall be conducted in the manner established by the Livestock Brand Act. The owner or operator making such election may be required to guarantee to the Nebraska Brand Committee that inspection fees derived from such livesto…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1,132 Registered dairy heifer development facility; application; fee; requirements.
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(1) Any person, who operates a dairy heifer development facility that specializes in the raising and managing of dairy heifers from one day of age until such heifers are ready for entry into a qualified dairy, may apply to the brand committee for registration as a registered dair…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1,133 Registered dairy heifer development facility; records; audits.
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(1) The operator of a registered dairy heifer development facility shall: (a) Keep the following for all cattle in such registered dairy heifer development facility: Cattle inventory records, purchase records, certificates of inspection, and any other satisfactory evidence of own…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1,134 Cattle moved from a registered dairy heifer development facility; brand inspection; required, when.
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(1) Cattle that are sold or shipped from a registered dairy heifer development facility, for purposes other than entry into a qualified dairy, are subject to the brand inspection under sections 54-1,110 to 54-1,119, and the seller or shipper shall bear the cost of such inspection…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1,135 Cattle moved to a registered dairy heifer development facility or a qualified dairy; brand inspection; required, when.
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Any cattle that originate in a state with a brand inspection agency and that are accompanied by a certificate of inspection or brand clearance issued by such agency may be moved directly from the point of origin into a registered dairy heifer development facility or qualified dai…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1,136 Registered dairy heifer development facility; rescind registration; grounds.
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The brand committee may rescind the registration of any registered dairy heifer development facility operator who (1) violates sections 54-1,132 to 54-1,137, (2) fails to cooperate with the brand committee or any employee of the brand committee who is acting in the capacity of th…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1,137 Registered dairy heifer development facility; rules and regulations.
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The brand committee may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to ensure compliance with the Livestock Brand Act by registered dairy heifer development facilities, to provide for the availability of shipping certificates to registered dairy heifer development facilities, and …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1,138 Registered dairy heifer development facility; sections; how construed.
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Sections 54-1,132 to 54-1,137 shall not be construed to prohibit the operation of nonqualified dairies.
Repealed. Laws 1980, LB 631, § 6.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
Repealed. Laws 1980, LB 631, § 6.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
Repealed. Laws 1980, LB 631, § 6.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
Repealed. Laws 1980, LB 631, § 6.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
Repealed. Laws 1980, LB 631, § 6.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
Repealed. Laws 1980, LB 631, § 6.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
Repealed. Laws 1980, LB 631, § 6.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
Repealed. Laws 1980, LB 631, § 6.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
Repealed. Laws 1980, LB 631, § 6.
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[Repealed or reserved.]