Texas Statutes
Subchapter D. Branding and Identification of Apiary Equipment
Section 131.065. Transfer of Brand

Sec. 131.065. TRANSFER OF BRAND. (a) A brand may be transferred only if:
(1) the chief apiary inspector approves the transfer; and
(2) the transferor is selling all of the transferor's bees and equipment to the person to whom the brand is to be transferred.
(b) If a brand is to be transferred, the seller shall give a bill of sale for the bees and equipment that shows the seller's brand.
(c) A person may sell an individual piece of branded equipment, but the brand is not transferred to the buyer. If the buyer of the equipment has a brand, the buyer shall affix the buyer's brand below the brand of the prior owner.
Amended by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 1884, ch. 350, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1983; Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 418, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.

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