Title 4, Title 4: Utah Agricultural Code

4-24-201. Central Brand Registry -- Division of state into brand districts -- Identical or confusingly similar brands -- Publication of registered brands. (1) The department shall maintain a central Brand Registry that lists each brand recorded in this state. For each brand regis…

4-24-202. Recordation of brand. (1) A person shall submit an application for a recorded brand to the department upon forms prescribed and furnished by the department. The application shall contain the following information: the name of each applicant; a single designated address …

4-24-203. Fees for recordation, transfer, renewal, and certified copies of brands. (1) The department, with the approval of the Livestock Brand Board, shall charge and collect fees for the recordation, transfer, and renewal of a brand in each position, and may charge a fee for a …

4-24-204. Effect of recorded brand -- Transfer -- Reservation of certain brands. (1) Except as provided in Subsection, the owner of a recorded brand has a vested property right in the brand that is transferable by a duly acknowledged instrument, provided that a transferee has no …

4-24-205. Livestock on open range or outside enclosure to be branded -- Cattle upon transfer of ownership to be branded -- Exceptions. (1) Subject to Subsectionsand, livestock may not forage upon an open range in this state or outside an enclosure unless the livestock bears a bra…

4-24-301. State may be divided into brand inspection districts -- Description filed with county clerk and sheriff. (1) The commissioner, to facilitate and improve brand inspection, may divide the state into brand inspection districts. (2) District boundaries may be changed as con…

4-24-302. Certificate of brand inspection necessary to carry out change of ownership -- Exception. (1) Except as provided in Subsection, the ownership of cattle, horses, domesticated elk, or mules may not be transferred to any other person, through sale or otherwise, without a ce…

4-24-303. Livestock -- Verification of ownership through brand inspection -- Issuance of certificate of brand inspection -- Brand inspector may demand evidence of ownership -- Brand inspection of livestock seized by the federal government prohibited -- Exception. (1) A brand insp…

4-24-304. Brand inspection required before slaughter -- Exceptions. (1) Except as provided in Subsectionsand, a brand inspection is required before any cattle, calves, horses, domesticated elk, or mules are slaughtered. (2) (3) (2) A person may slaughter cattle, calves, horses, o…

4-24-305. Transportation by air or rail -- Brand inspection required -- Application for brand inspection -- Time and place of inspection. (1) Except as provided in Subsection, a person may not offer, and a railroad or airline company may not accept, cattle, calves, horses, domest…

4-24-306. Movement across state line -- Brand inspection required -- Exception -- Request for brand inspection -- Time and place of inspection. (1) Except as provided in Subsection (2), a person may not drive or transport any cattle, calves, horses, domesticated elk, or mules fro…

4-24-307. Transportation of sheep, cattle, horses, domesticated elk, or mules -- Brand certificate or other evidence of ownership required -- Moving domesticated elk intrastate -- Transit permit -- Contents. (1) Except as described in Subsectionand Section, a person may not trans…

4-24-308. Brand inspection fees. (1) The department with the approval of the Livestock Brand Board may set and collect a fee for the: issuance of any certificate of brand inspection, including a yearly brand inspection of rodeo stock; verification of ownership at a custom exempt …

4-24-309. Livestock emergency. (1) As used in this section, "livestock emergency" means: the presence of a contagious, infectious, or transmissible disease risk to livestock; or a natural disaster which may affect livestock. (2) During a livestock emergency, the department may re…

4-24-401. Hides and pelts -- Bill of sale to accompany purchase -- Purchaser to maintain records -- Hides and records examination and inspection. (1) A person who buys a hide or pelt shall secure a bill of sale from the seller. The bill of sale shall be executed in duplicate with…

4-24-402. Livestock markets -- Records to be maintained -- Retention of records -- Schedule of fees and charges to be posted. (1) An owner or operator of a livestock market shall keep a record of: the date a consignment of livestock is received for sale together with the number o…

4-24-403. Websites promoting the sale of livestock. (1) A website, created and maintained within the state, that markets the sale of livestock shall have the following statement clearly visible on each web page that displays advertised livestock: "Legality of Sales and Purchase, …

4-24-404. Livestock sold at market to be brand inspected -- Proceeds of sale may be withheld -- Distribution of withheld proceeds -- Effect of receipt of proceeds by department -- Deposit of proceeds -- Use of proceeds if ownership not established. (1) Livestock may not be sold a…

4-24-405. Travel permit in lieu of brand inspection certificate -- Fees. (1) The department may issue a permit upon the payment of a fee determined by the department pursuant to Subsection, in lieu of a certificate of brand inspection, for the transport of a show horse, show mule…

4-24-406. Lifetime permit in lieu of brand inspection certificate -- Fees -- Permit to accompany animal -- Transfer. (1) The department may issue a "lifetime" permit upon the payment of a fee determined by the department pursuant to Subsection, in lieu of a certificate of brand i…

4-24-501. Utah Livestock Brand and Anti-Theft Account created -- Deposit of fees -- Purpose of expenditures. (1) There is created within the General Fund a restricted account known as the Utah Livestock Brand and Anti-Theft Account. (2) The following money shall be deposited into…

4-24-502. Unlawful acts specified -- Allegation concerning evidence of ownership relative to hides. (1) It is unlawful for a person to: permit cattle, calves, horses, mules, or sheep, except unweaned calves or colts, that are not branded in accordance with this chapter, to forage…

4-24-503. Use of vehicle to transport stolen livestock prohibited -- Vehicle subject to seizure and sale -- Procedure for sale -- Defense. (1) No person shall use any vehicle for the transportation of stolen livestock or carcasses. A vehicle used in transporting stolen livestock …

4-24-504. Enforcement -- Brand inspector's powers delineated. (1) A brand inspector has the authority of a special function officer for the purpose of enforcing this chapter and the brand inspector may, if proper, stop a vehicle carrying livestock or livestock carcasses for the p…

4-24-505. Commissioner authorized to cooperate with local governments, other states, or federal government in enforcement. The commissioner is empowered with authority, if necessary, to cooperate or enter into cooperative agreements with authorities in any city, town, or county w…

4-24-506. Penalties. A person who violates a provision of this chapter: (1) is guilty of a class B misdemeanor; and (2) may be subject to administrative fines, payable to the department, of up to $1,000 per violation.