Section 604.990
[Subsection (6) of 1963 Replacement Part enacted as 1961 c.267 §10; subsection (7) of 1963 Replacement Part enacted as 1961 c.462 §7 and amended by 1963 c.87 §4; repealed by 1967 c.129 §19]
Section 604.992 – Penalties.
(1) Violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, or the administrative rules or orders promulgated thereunder, is a Class B misdemeanor. (2) Notwithstanding ORS 14.030 to 14.080, an action for violation of brand inspection requirements may be commenced and tried in either the county where the cattle movement originated or the county where […]
Section 604.610 – “Licensed feedlot” defined.
As used in ORS 604.620 to 604.670, “licensed feedlot” means a beef cattle feedlot, licensed by the State Department of Agriculture, that has more than 500 head of cattle being fed for slaughter at one time during a calendar year. [1975 c.162 §2]
Section 604.620 – License; fee; sanctions.
(1) No person shall be entitled to utilize the brand inspection and inventory procedures prescribed in ORS 604.630 to 604.650 and 604.670 without first obtaining and maintaining a license as a licensed feedlot. (2) An application for a license or renewal thereof shall be made to the State Department of Agriculture on forms prescribed by […]
Section 604.005 – Definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Brand” means a distinctive design, mark or other means of identification applied to a designated location of the hide, wool or skin of livestock, by methods prescribed by administrative rule of the State Department of Agriculture promulgated pursuant to ORS chapter 183. (2) “Brand […]
Section 604.630 – Inventory; record; audit.
At the time a license is issued, the State Department of Agriculture and the licensee shall jointly make and record a physical inventory of all cattle in the feedlot of the licensee. Thereafter, such inventory record shall be maintained by the licensee and shall be subject to review or audit by the department at any […]
Section 604.015 – Appointment, qualifications and compensation of brand inspectors; livestock police officers.
(1) The State Department of Agriculture may appoint and designate employees as brand inspectors to administer and enforce the brand inspection activities of the department under ORS 561.144, 577.512, 599.205, 599.269, 599.273, 599.610, 603.015, 603.034, 603.075 to 603.095, 603.992, 604.005 to 604.071, 604.640, 604.650 and 604.992. In addition, the department may authorize and direct brand […]
Section 604.640 – Inspection of cattle; addition to inventory; fee.
All cattle received at the licensed feedlot shall be consigned to special holding pens and held therein until inspected and released to the general feedlot area by the brand inspector of the State Department of Agriculture. The department’s inspector shall review and verify all documents of title, transportation certificates, brand inspection certificates, memorandum brand inspection […]
Section 604.021 – State Department of Agriculture exclusive recorder of brands; nonrecordable brands; exceptions; authority.
(1) The State Department of Agriculture shall be the exclusive recorder of livestock brands. The department may not record: (a) A brand consisting of three or more letters or three or more figures, or any combination thereof, on the shoulders of cattle or on other locations specified by the department; (b) A painted brand unless […]
Section 604.650 – Inventory upon removal; fee; prohibited acts.
(1) All cattle, including salvage animals, dead animals, other sale animals and fed cattle being sent to slaughter, removed from the licensed feedlot shall be inventoried by the brand inspector of the State Department of Agriculture and the number thereof deducted from the department’s inventory records of the licensee. The department shall thereafter issue its […]