Title 50

NRS 564.040 Application for recording of brand or marks. 1. Any owner of animals in this State desiring to adopt and use thereupon any brand, or brand and mark, or marks, as provided for in this chapter shall, before doing so, forward to the Department an application, on a form a…

NRS 564.050 One brand to be awarded or recorded for each owner; brands for separate and distinct livestock units; identical or similar brands; applicability; recording of unlawful earmarks prohibited. 1. Only one brand may be awarded or recorded for each owner of animals, except …

NRS 564.055 Recording of cattle brands. 1. Brands for cattle shall be recorded for use in only two of the following positions: (a) The hip on the right-hand side; (b) The hip on the left-hand side; (c) The shoulder on the right-hand side; (d) The shoulder on the left-hand side; (…

NRS 564.060 Award of brand upon receipt of application; contents of recording certificate; precedence of applications; refusal or inability of Department to award or record brand. 1. Upon receipt of an application, as set forth in NRS 564.040, the Department shall cause the recor…

NRS 564.070 Recording of brands by Department; procedure; certificate to be transmitted to owner; evidentiary effect of certificate. 1. Upon the awarding of a brand or brands as provided in this chapter, the Department shall immediately proceed to record the brand or brands. 2. T…

NRS 564.075 Amendment of record of brands and marks; application; form. 1. The owner of a brand or brand and mark or marks whose ownership is recorded by the Department pursuant to NRS 564.070 may apply to the Department to amend the record: (a) By changing his or her name as it …

NRS 564.080 Fees. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the Department may establish and collect reasonable fees for: 1. The processing of applications for new brands or new brands and marks, regardless of whether the new brand or new brand and mark is awarded; 2. The rec…

NRS 564.090 Evidentiary effect of certificates of recordation. All certificates of recordation of brands or brands and marks furnished by the Department under the provisions of this chapter are prima facie evidence of the ownership of all animals of the kind or kinds and bearing …

NRS 564.100 Legal status of certificates of rerecordation issued pursuant to 1923 law. Certificates of rerecordation furnished to the legal owners of brands and marks pursuant to the provisions of section 4 of chapter 26, Statutes of Nevada 1923, shall have the legal status of br…

NRS 564.110 Brands and marks subject to transfer; recording of instruments transferring ownership; notice to Department of existence of security agreement, assignment or lien. 1. Any brand or brand and mark or marks awarded and recorded and remaining of record in accordance with …

NRS 564.115 Transfer of brands and marks upon death of owner. 1. Upon the death of the owner of a brand or brand and mark or marks, the personal representative of the deceased owner, or any other person with the legal authority to act on behalf of the deceased owner, may execute …

NRS 564.120 Rerecording of brands and marks: Application; fee; notice; abandonment; certificates; limitation on recording new brands. 1. Any owner of a brand or brand and mark or marks of record under the provisions of this chapter, including brands or marks transferred pursuant …

NRS 564.130 Brand books and supplements: Issuance by Department; costs. 1. The Department may compile and issue books, and supplements thereto, containing transcripts of part or all of its records of brands and marks, so arranged and indexed as to be suitable for use in identifyi…

NRS 564.140 Unlawful to use brand on position on animal or in area other than those authorized; application for change of position, new position or change in area; unlawful to deface or remove recorded brand. 1. It is unlawful for the owner of any legally recorded brand, recorded…

NRS 564.150 Penalties. Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter: 1. Is guilty of a misdemeanor, except that any person who violates the provisions of subsection 3 of NRS 564.140 is guilty of a gross misdemeanor. 2. In addition to any criminal penalty, shall pay …