Colorado § 35-55-112 Brand inspection

Colorado Statutes

§ 35-55-112 — Brand inspection

Colorado § 35-55-112

Title 35Agriculture

Art.Public Livestock Markets

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 35-55-112 (2026).

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(1)All cattle, horses, mules, and burros, upon entering a public livestock market, shall be inspected for iron brands, earmarks, and other identifying characteristics before being offered for sale. A bill of sale signed by the recorded owner of the brands or no brands or an account of sale showing the brands or no brands on the livestock consigned shall be produced by the consignor. The brand inspector in charge may, in justifiable circumstances, permit the sale of cattle, horses, mules, or burros whose ownership is questionable and then proceed to impound the proceeds of the sale of such animals. After any livestock are consigned to any public livestock market, they shall be held and treated as if the ownership thereof has not been established, until a proper bill of sale or acc

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(1) All cattle, horses, mules, and burros, upon
entering a public livestock market, shall be inspected for iron brands, earmarks, and
other identifying characteristics before being offered for sale. A bill of sale signed
by the recorded owner of the brands or no brands or an account of sale showing the
brands or no brands on the livestock consigned shall be produced by the consignor.
The brand inspector in charge may, in justifiable circumstances, permit the sale of
cattle, horses, mules, or burros whose ownership is questionable and then proceed
to impound the proceeds of the sale of such animals. After any livestock are
consigned to any public livestock market, they shall be held and treated as if the
ownership thereof has not been established, until a proper bill of sale or account of
sale is produced by the consignor. Such inspections shall be made by authorized
brand inspectors who have been approved by the state board of stock inspection
commissioners, and a fee per head in the amount prescribed by the state board of
stock inspection commissioners pursuant to section 35-41-104, shall be withheld
from the consignor's proceeds of sale by the market operator, to be paid to the
state board of stock inspection commissioners, for brand inspection on all cattle,
horses, mules, and burros.

(2) The authorized brand inspector making the inspection and collecting the
fees prescribed shall issue an official brand inspection certificate in duplicate, one
copy to be the property of the owner or operator of the auction market, and will be
authority for the public livestock market to issue a bill of sale to the purchaser of
any livestock sold or disposed of through a licensed livestock auction market, the
original to be delivered to the office of the state board of stock inspection
commissioners.

Legislative History

Source: L. 49: p. 701, � 12. CSA: C. 160, � 209(29). CRS 53: � 8-11-12. C.R.S. 1963: � 8-11-12. L. 65: pp. 225, 237, �� 3, 11. L. 71: p. 169, � 1. L. 75: (1) amended, p. 1351, � 1, effective May 31. L. 81: (1) amended, p. 1711, � 7, effective July 1. L. 98: Entire section amended, p. 275, � 14, effective August 5.