§142-41 Brands to be recorded, etc. Every owner of livestock in the State shall have the owner’s brand or mark, in order to secure its validity and individuality, recorded in a separate book kept for that purpose by the department of agriculture to be known as the “Hawaii Brand Book”. No brand or mark shall […]
§142-42 Expiration of registration, reregistration. Each brand registered under section 142-41 shall expire on December 31, 1960, and at each five year interval thereafter unless reregistered during the one hundred twenty days preceding date of expiration. [L 1893-4, c 57, §1; RL 1925, §682; RL 1935, §260; RL 1945, §1069; am L 1955, c 73, […]
§142-43 Right to a brand determined by department. The department of agriculture shall determine conflicting claims by the applicants for a brand of similar or approximate design and in so doing shall be guided by the length of time each has used the brand, record of original registration, the number of animals then branded by […]
§142-44 Owners of unbranded animals. All cattle, horses, mules, donkeys, sheep, goats, and swine, over twelve months of age, not marked or branded, which may be running wild at any time on any lands in the State, shall belong to and be the property of the owners or lessees of the lands on which the […]
§142-45 Using other’s brand prohibited; penalty. It shall be unlawful for any person other than the registered owner to use any brand or mark that has been duly registered or reregistered according to law and for which the registration or reregistration has not expired, except by the consent of the registered owner, the registered owner’s […]
§142-46 Using unregistered brand prohibited; penalty. It shall be unlawful for any person to use any brand that has not been duly registered according to law. Any person using any brand that has not been duly registered according to law shall be fined not less than $1 nor more than $200 for each animal so […]
§142-47 Obliterating brand; penalty. Any person who obliterates any brand or mark, on any animal, by placing another brand or mark over the same, or otherwise, although without felonious intent, shall be fined not more than $200 for every brand or mark so obliterated. [PC 1869, c 83, §2 (same as CC 1859, §249); RL […]
§142-48 Felonious branding; penalty. Whoever wilfully and feloniously brands, or otherwise marks, any kine, horse, mule, sheep, goat, or other cattle belonging to another, with one’s mark, or with the mark of another not the owner of the animal so branded or marked, with the intent to convert it to one’s own use, or to […]
§142-49 Livestock ownership and movement certification. Every owner, upon sale or transportation of livestock, including cattle, horses, sheep, goats, pigs, bison, or llamas, shall complete a certificate describing the animal or animals including sex, breed, age, and brand and indicating the seller or owner, buyer or consignee, and origin and destination. Two copies of the […]
