Chapter 604 — Chapter 604
88 sections in this chapter.
ORS 604.322 [1953 c.358 §15; 1961 c.425 §12; repealed by 1967 c.129 §12 (604.323 enacted in lieu of 604.322)]
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ORS 604.323 [1967 c.129 §13 (enacted in lieu of 604.322); 1973 c.11 §2; 1979 c.284 §182; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20]
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ORS 604.324 [1953 c.358 §15; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20]
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ORS 604.330 [Amended by 1953 c.358 §15; 1961 c.267 §5; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20]
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ORS 604.340 [Amended by 1953 c.358 §15; 1967 c.129 §14; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20]
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ORS 604.350 [Amended by 1953 c.358 §15; repealed by 1967 c.129 §15; (604.355 enacted in lieu of 604.350)]
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ORS 604.355 [1967 c.129 §16 (enacted in lieu of 604.350); repealed by 1981 c.248 §20]
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ORS 604.360 [Amended by 1953 c.358 §15; 1973 c.430 §2; 1975 c.574 §9; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20]
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ORS 604.370 [Amended by 1959 c.396 §6; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20]
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ORS 604.380 [Amended by 1953 c.358 §15; 1973 c.11 §3; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20]
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ORS 604.390 [Amended by 1953 c.358 §15; 1971 c.773 §6; 1975 c.574 §10; 1977 c.175 §7; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20]
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ORS 604.395 [1957 c.287 §5; 1963 c.357 §1; 1971 c.773 §7; 1973 c.151 §2; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20]
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ORS 604.400 [Amended by 1973 c.295 §1; 1979 c.499 §19; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20]
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ORS 604.410 [Amended by 1961 c.267 §6; 1977 c. 175 §8; 1977 c.214 §9; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20]
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ORS 604.420 [Amended by 1957 c.287 §6; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20]
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ORS 604.425 [1957 c.287 §12; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20]
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ORS 604.430 [1953 c.358 §13; 1963 c.66 §1; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20]
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ORS 604.440 [1973 c.190 §2; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20]
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ORS 604.450 [1973 c.190 §3; repealed by 1977 c.214 §10]
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ORS 604.460 [1973 c.190 §6; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20]
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ORS 604.510 [Repealed by 1977 c.214 §10]
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ORS 604.520 [Amended by 1957 c.287 §7; 1967 c.208 §6; repealed by 1977 c.214 §10]
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ORS 604.530 [Repealed by 1957 c.287 §8 (604.531 enacted in lieu of 604.530)]
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ORS 604.531 [1957 c.287 §9 (enacted in lieu of 604.530); 1961 c.267 §7; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20]
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ORS 604.535 [1959 c.396 §7; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20]
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ORS 604.540 [Amended by 1957 c.287 §11; 1971 c.743 §400; 1973 c.295 §2; 1975 c.304 §7; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20]
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ORS 604.542 [1967 c.129 §10; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20]
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ORS 604.545 [1959 c.396 §5; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20]
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ORS 604.550 [Repealed by 1981 c.248 §20]
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FEEDLOTS
ORS 604.610 “Licensed feedlot” defined. As used in ORS 604.620 to 604.670, “licensed feedlot” means a beef cattle feedlot, licensed by the State Department of Agriculture, that has more than 500 head of cattle being fed for slaughter at one time during a calendar year. [1975 c.162 §2]
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ORS 604.620 License; fee; sanctions. (1) No person shall be entitled to utilize the brand inspection and inventory procedures prescribed in ORS 604.630 to 604.650 and 604.670 without first obtaining and maintaining a license as a licensed feedlot
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(2) An application for a license or renewal thereof shall be made to the State Department of Agriculture on forms prescribed by the department, and shall be accompanied by the annual license fee, not to exceed $100. The license is personal and nontransferable. A new license is re…
ORS 604.630 Inventory; record; audit. At the time a license is issued, the State Department of Agriculture and the licensee shall jointly make and record a physical inventory of all cattle in the feedlot of the licensee. Thereafter, such inventory record shall be maintained by the licensee and shall be subject to review or audit by the department at any time during the normal business hours of the licensee at least once a month for the purpose of reconciling the same with the records of the department. [1975 c.162 §5]
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ORS 604.640 Inspection of cattle; addition to inventory; fee. All cattle received at the licensed feedlot shall be consigned to special holding pens and held therein until inspected and released to the general feedlot area by the brand inspector of the State Department of Agriculture. The department’s inspector shall review and verify all documents of title, transportation certificates, brand inspection certificates, memorandum brand inspection certificates, or record of transfer relating to such cattle, and if such documents are in order shall add such cattle to the department’s inventory records of the licensee. The department shall not charge for such inspections unless a transportation certificate is subject to review and verification. In this event, the department shall charge the brand inspection fee established by law. [1975 c.162 §6; 1981 c.248 §30]
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ORS 604.650 Inventory upon removal; fee; prohibited acts. (1) All cattle, including salvage animals, dead animals, other sale animals and fed cattle being sent to slaughter, removed from the licensed feedlot shall be inventoried by the brand inspector of the State Department of Agriculture and the number thereof deducted from the department’s inventory records of the licensee. The department shall thereafter issue its brand inspection certificate, or other appropriate document evidencing brand inspection, listing thereon only the number and general description of the cattle removed from the licensed feedlot. The department shall charge the brand inspection fee established by law for such inventory and inspection
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(2) Upon completion of the inventory and inspection of the cattle being removed from the licensed feedlot, no person shall add, remove or substitute for any animal in the lot of cattle subjected to such inventory and inspection. [1975 c.162 §7; 1981 c.248 §31]
ORS 604.660 [1975 c.162 §8; repealed by 1985 c.262 §4]
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ORS 604.670 Rules by department. The State Department of Agriculture, under the provisions of ORS chapter 183 may promulgate such rules as are necessary to administer and enforce the provisions of ORS 604.610 to 604.670, including but not limited to
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(1) The time and manner of maintaining inventory records; and (2) Controls and minimum standards of construction and methods of operation by licensees. [1975 c.162 §4]
ORS 604.990 [Subsection (6) of 1963 Replacement Part enacted as 1961 c.267 §10; subsection (7) of 1963 Replacement Part enacted as 1961 c.462 §7 and amended by 1963 c.87 §4; repealed by 1967 c.129 §19]
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PENALTIES
ORS 604.992 Penalties. (1) Violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, or the administrative rules or orders promulgated thereunder, is a Class B misdemeanor
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(2) Notwithstanding ORS 14.030 to 14.080, an action for violation of brand inspection requirements may be commenced and tried in either the county where the cattle movement originated or the county where the cattle movement terminated. [1967 c.129 §18; 1981 c.248 §15; 2007 c.229 …