California Code
ARTICLE 1 - Requirements
Section 20606.

20606. It is unlawful for any person to apply a recorded brand in any location on the animal except that which is specified on the brand registration certificate.

The use of a brand on any location except that which is specified on the brand registration certificate is the same as the use of an unrecorded brand.

(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)