The department shall notify any person who has registered a brand pursuant to this chapter, if the brand is the same as another brand registered pursuant to this chapter. The notice shall provide that effective July 1, 1996, all duplicate brands shall be eliminated based on the priority established pursuant to this section. First, brands shall be eliminated which are not used to mark or identify livestock, if duplicate brands are used to mark or identify livestock. Second, all brands shall be eliminated except for the brand which was registered pursuant to this chapter for the longest period of time. In calculating the date of registration, the department shall not count any period during which a registration has lapsed. The transfer of a brand under this chapter shall not affect the brand's registration date. A person whose brand has been eliminated and who registers a new brand under this chapter is not required to pay a recording fee as provided in section 169A.4.
95 Acts, ch 60, §9
Section repealed effective July 1, 1998; 95 Acts, ch 60, § 10
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