Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 564 - Brands and Marks
NRS 564.140 - Unlawful to use brand on position on animal or in area other than those authorized; application for change of position, new position or change in area; unlawful to deface or remove recorded brand.


1. It is unlawful for the owner of any legally recorded brand, recorded under the provisions of this chapter, to use the brand on any position, on any animal, or in any area, other than that authorized in writing at the time the brand was recorded, or subsequent thereto, by the Department. The Department may, on the written application of the owner of any legally recorded brand, authorize in writing a change of position or a new position for the application of the brand, or change or enlarge the area in which it may be used, if, in the opinion of the Department, the change in position or area of use will not jeopardize or injure the rights or property of the owner of any other brand remaining of legal record.
2. Any application for a change in position or a new position or a change in the area of use as provided in subsection 1 must set forth a sufficient reason for the change, and the Department may require such supporting evidence for the change as it deems necessary to establish the facts.
3. It is unlawful for any person to obliterate, disfigure, extend, deface or remove from any animal a brand that is recorded pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
[14b:26:1923; added 1945, 225; 1943 NCL § 3803.02]—(NRS A 1961, 540; 1993, 1739; 1999, 3676)

Structure Nevada Revised Statutes

Nevada Revised Statutes

Chapter 564 - Brands and Marks

NRS 564.010 - Definitions.

NRS 564.020 - Owner may adopt brand or mark; recording; unlawful earmark.

NRS 564.025 - Branding or marking of all animals grazing on open range required; application for temporary use of brand recorded or registered in another state; exception.

NRS 564.030 - Powers and duties of Director.

NRS 564.040 - Application for recording of brand or mark.

NRS 564.050 - One brand to be awarded or recorded for each owner; brands for separate and distinct livestock units; identical or similar brands; applicability; recording of unlawful earmarks prohibited.

NRS 564.055 - Recording of cattle brands.

NRS 564.060 - Award of brand upon receipt of application; contents of recording certificate; precedence of applications; refusal or inability of Department to award or record brand.

NRS 564.070 - Recording of brands by Department; procedure; certificate to be transmitted to owner; evidentiary effect of certificate.

NRS 564.075 - Amendment of record of brands and marks; application; form.

NRS 564.080 - Fees.

NRS 564.090 - Evidentiary effect of certificates of recordation.

NRS 564.100 - Legal status of certificates of rerecordation issued pursuant to 1923 law.

NRS 564.110 - Brands and marks subject to transfer; recording of instruments transferring ownership; notice to Department of existence of security agreement, assignment or lien.

NRS 564.115 - Transfer of brands and marks upon death of owner.

NRS 564.120 - Rerecording of brands and marks: Application; fee; notice; abandonment; certificates; limitation on recording new brands.

NRS 564.130 - Brand books and supplements: Issuance by Department; costs.

NRS 564.140 - Unlawful to use brand on position on animal or in area other than those authorized; application for change of position, new position or change in area; unlawful to deface or remove recorded brand.

NRS 564.150 - Penalties.