47-418. Branding; rules and regulations; identification brands for disease control purposes. Livestock may be branded in any way, or on any part of the animal, according to rules and regulations adopted by the commissioner, but livestock shall be branded so that they may be readily distinguished should they become intermixed with other herds. Livestock brands for identification of cattle to control diseases may be placed on the tailhead of the cattle. No applications for livestock brands for owner identification shall be issued for head, neck or tailhead locations, and the tailhead location for livestock brands shall be reserved for brands for disease control purposes, except that head, neck and tailhead brands presently effective may have registration renewal upon term expirations. No evidence of ownership of brands shall be recorded except as provided in this act.
History: L. 1939, ch. 222, § 5; L. 1947, ch. 298, § 5; L. 1961, ch. 254, § 1; L. 1980, ch. 154, § 1; L. 1988, ch. 186, § 2; L. 1989, ch. 156, § 1; L. 2016, ch. 51, § 7; July 1.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Chapter 47 - Livestock And Domestic Animals
47-414a "Brand commissioner" and "livestock brand commissioner" mean animal health commissioner.
47-416a Livestock special investigators; law enforcement powers; training requirements.
47-417a Brand inspection; fees; disposition; livestock brand fee fund; rules and regulations.
47-418 Branding; rules and regulations; identification brands for disease control purposes.
47-419 Certified copies of record; fee.
47-420 Unlawful use of brands; additional marking systems; feedlot brands.
47-421 Unlawful branding or defacing of brands; penalty; venue of prosecutions.
47-422 Effect of brand registering; recordation, fee; evidence; use by another prohibited.
47-423 Livestock from another state.
47-424 Publication of handbook and supplements; exchanges, sale and distribution.
47-425 Duty of attorney general.
47-428 Entry upon private lands; inspections; proof of ownership of livestock.
47-429 Moneys received from sale of branded stray livestock.
47-446 Feedlot brands; application; not evidence of ownership.
47-449 Abolishment of livestock brand emergency revolving fund and county option brand fee fund.