Colorado § 35-43-116 Wrongful branding - penalty

Colorado Statutes

§ 35-43-116 — Wrongful branding - penalty

Colorado·Title 35 Agriculture·Art. Branding and Herding

If a person, an association, or a
corporation willfully and knowingly brands, or causes to be branded, an animal that
is the property of another with the person's, association's, or corporation's brand or
any brand that is not the recorded brand of the owner or willfully and knowingly
effaces, defaces, or obliterates a brand or mark upon such an animal, the person or
the officer or director of such association or corporation commits a class 6 felony
and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-401.

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If a person, an association, or a
corporation willfully and knowingly brands, or causes to be branded, an animal that
is the property of another with the person's, association's, or corporation's brand or
any brand that is not the recorded brand of the owner or willfully and knowingly
effaces, defaces, or obliterates a brand or mark upon such an animal, the person or
the officer or director of such association or corporation commits a class 6 felony
and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-401.

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Legislative History

Source: L. 13: p. 144, � 9. C.L. � 3134. CSA: C. 160, � 18. CRS 53: � 8-2-16. C.R.S. 1963: � 8-2-16. L. 73: p. 1394, � 3. L. 79: Entire section amended, p. 704, � 84, effective July 1. L. 89: Entire section amended, p. 848, � 127, effective July 1. L. 2002: Entire section amended, p. 1549, � 320, effective October 1. L. 2025: Entire section amended, (HB 25-1084), ch. 24, p. 127, � 113, effective August 6.