Colorado § 35-43-117 Use of false brand - damages

Colorado Statutes

§ 35-43-117 — Use of false brand - damages

Colorado § 35-43-117

Title 35Agriculture

Art.Branding and Herding

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 35-43-117 (2026).

Text

A person who brands or marks, or
causes to be branded or marked, an animal that is the property of another with the
person's brand or a brand that is not the recorded brand of the owner or effaces,
defaces, or obliterates a brand or mark upon an animal is guilty of theft and, upon
conviction thereof, is liable to the owner of the animal for three times the value of
the animal so branded or marked or upon which the brand or mark has been
effaced, defaced, or obliterated. Payment of the forfeiture provided in this section
does not entitle the person so branding, effacing, defacing, or obliterating a brand
to the property right in the animal so branded or upon which the brand was effaced,
defaced, or obliterated, but such animal shall be surrendered to the proper owner.

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A person who brands or marks, or
causes to be branded or marked, an animal that is the property of another with the
person's brand or a brand that is not the recorded brand of the owner or effaces,
defaces, or obliterates a brand or mark upon an animal is guilty of theft and, upon
conviction thereof, is liable to the owner of the animal for three times the value of
the animal so branded or marked or upon which the brand or mark has been
effaced, defaced, or obliterated. Payment of the forfeiture provided in this section
does not entitle the person so branding, effacing, defacing, or obliterating a brand
to the property right in the animal so branded or upon which the brand was effaced,
defaced, or obliterated, but such animal shall be surrendered to the proper owner.

Legislative History

Source: G.L. � 2582. G.S. � 3177. R.S. 08: � 6368. C.L. � 3136. CSA: C. 160, � 20. CRS 53: � 8-2-17. C.R.S. 1963: � 8-2-17. L. 73: p. 1395, � 4. L. 2025: Entire section amended, (HB 25-1084), ch. 24, p. 127, � 114, effective August 6.