169A.7  Unlawful use of brand--penalty.

A person shall not use any brand for branding livestock, unless the brand has been recorded as provided by this chapter. A person may use an unrecorded hot brand or an unrecorded cryo-brand, consisting only of Arabic numerals, if the person uses the unrecorded brand in conjunction with the person's recorded brand, and only for purposes of identifying animals within a herd. However, the unrecorded brand shall not be evidence of ownership. A person convicted of violating this section shall be guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor.

Section History: Early form

  [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 187.7]

Section History: Recent form

  C93, § 169A.7

  95 Acts, ch 60, § 5


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