RCW 16.57.120
Removal or alteration of brand—Penalty.
No person shall remove or alter a brand of record on livestock without first having secured the written permission of the director. Violation of this section is a gross misdemeanor.
[ 2003 c 326 § 13; 1991 c 110 § 2; 1959 c 54 § 12.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 16 - Animals and Livestock
Chapter 16.57 - Identification of Livestock.
16.57.015 - Livestock identification advisory committee—Rule review—Fee setting.
16.57.020 - Livestock brands—Director is the recorder—Recording fee.
16.57.023 - Permanent renewal of brands—Heritage brands—Fees.
16.57.030 - Tattoo brands and marks not recordable.
16.57.040 - Production record brands.
16.57.050 - Use of unrecorded brand prohibited—Exception.
16.57.060 - Brands similar to governmental brands not to be recorded.
16.57.070 - Conflicting claims to brand.
16.57.080 - Renewal of recorded brands—Schedule—Fee—Failure to pay.
16.57.100 - Right to use brand—Brand as evidence of title.
16.57.105 - Preemptory right to use brand.
16.57.110 - Size and characteristics of brand.
16.57.120 - Removal or alteration of brand—Penalty.
16.57.130 - Similar brands not to be recorded.
16.57.140 - Certified copy of record of brand—Fee.
16.57.150 - Brand book—Contents—Costs.
16.57.153 - Administration of brands—Rules.
16.57.165 - Agreements with others to perform livestock inspection.
16.57.170 - Inspection of livestock, hides, records.
16.57.200 - Duty of owner or agent—Livestock inspection.
16.57.210 - Arrest without warrant.
16.57.220 - Livestock inspection—Fee schedule—Certificates.
16.57.223 - Payment of inspection fee—Due at inspection—Lien—Late fee.
16.57.230 - Charges for livestock inspection—Actual inspection required.
16.57.240 - Certificates of permit, inspection, self-inspection.
16.57.245 - Authority to stop vehicles carrying cattle or horses.
16.57.260 - Removal of cattle or horses from state—Inspection certificate required.
16.57.267 - Failure to present animal for inspection.
16.57.270 - Unlawful to refuse assistance in establishing identity and ownership of livestock.
16.57.275 - Transporting cattle carcass or primal part—Certificate of permit required.
16.57.277 - Custom slaughter beef tags—Fee—Rules.
16.57.280 - Possession of cattle or horse marked with another's brand—Penalty.
16.57.300 - Proceeds from sale of impounded cattle and horses—Paid to director.
16.57.310 - Notice of sale—Claim on proceeds.
16.57.330 - Disposition of proceeds of sale—No claim made—No proof of ownership provided.
16.57.340 - Reciprocal agreements—When livestock from another state an estray, sale.
16.57.350 - Rules—Enforcement of chapter.
16.57.353 - Rules—Compliance with federal requirements.
16.57.360 - Civil infractions—Time and mileage fee.
16.57.370 - Disposition of fees.
16.57.400 - Horse and cattle identification—Inspection when consigned for sale.
16.57.405 - Microchip in a horse—Removal with intent to defraud—Gross misdemeanor.
16.57.407 - Microchip in a horse—Authority to investigate removal.
16.57.420 - Ratite identification.
16.57.430 - Replacement copies of brand inspection documents—Rules—Fees.
16.57.440 - Unlawful transport or delivery of cattle or horses.