Colorado Code
Part 1 - General and Administrative Provisions
§ 35-43-118. Maverick Defined - Branding Penalty


(2) [ Editor's note: This version of subsection (2) is effective March 1, 2022. ] Any person who marks, brands, or causes to be marked or branded, or in any way converts to the person's use any animal known and designated by law as a maverick, if not by law authorized to do so, or who knowingly allows such marking, branding, or conversion, as is prohibited by this section, to be done by the person's employee or agent in the person's behalf commits a class 2 misdemeanor.

Source: L. 1887: p. 426, § 1. R.S. 08: § 6372. C.L. § 3138. CSA: C. 160, § 22. L. 53: p. 595, § 1. CRS 53: § 8-2-18. C.R.S. 1963: § 8-2-18. L. 2021: (2) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3281, § 638, effective March 1, 2022.
Editor's note: Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.

Structure Colorado Code

Colorado Code

Title 35 - Agriculture

Article 43 - Branding and Herding

Part 1 - General and Administrative Provisions

§ 35-43-101. Brands on Livestock - Evidence

§ 35-43-102. Branding - Evidence of Ownership - Penalty

§ 35-43-103. Earmarks

§ 35-43-104. Brand Distinctions - Recording Office

§ 35-43-105. Fee to Record Brands - Unlawful Use - Penalty

§ 35-43-106. Certified Copy of Brand - Fee

§ 35-43-107. Recording by County Clerk and Recorder

§ 35-43-108. Brand Book

§ 35-43-109. Brands Personal Property - Recording by Board - Rules - Effect

§ 35-43-110. Proof of Ownership - Evidence

§ 35-43-111. Earmarking Sheep and Hogs

§ 35-43-112. Other Animals - Earmarks

§ 35-43-113. Publication of Brands and Transfers

§ 35-43-114. Fees - Disposition - Report

§ 35-43-115. Assessment of Brands - Rules

§ 35-43-115.5. Abandoned Brands - Procedure - Sale - Proceeds

§ 35-43-116. Wrongful Branding - Penalty

§ 35-43-117. Use of False Brand - Damages

§ 35-43-118. Maverick Defined - Branding Penalty

§ 35-43-119. Stock Mixed With Drove - Penalty

§ 35-43-120. Trespassing on Lands - Injuring Resident - Penalty

§ 35-43-123. Thoroughbred Rams Must Be Herded

§ 35-43-123. Thoroughbred Rams Must Be Herded

§ 35-43-124. Fines Paid Into School Fund

§ 35-43-125. No Hogs to Run at Large

§ 35-43-126. Dog Worrying Stock

§ 35-43-127. Skinning Carcass Without Right

§ 35-43-128. Theft of Certain Animals - Penalty

§ 35-43-129. Branding of Calves Required - Exceptions

§ 35-43-130. Cattle in Feedlots