§ 80-45 – Owners of stock to register brand or marks.
80-45. Owners of stock to register brand or marks. Every person who has any horses, cattle, hogs or sheep may have an earmark or brand different from the earmark or brand of all other persons, which he shall record with the clerk of the board of commissioners of the county where his horses, cattle, hogs […]
§ 80-57 – Purpose.
80-57. Purpose. The purpose of this Article is to discourage livestock theft by allowing for the voluntary individual registration of brand marks for certain livestock. (1975, c. 261, s. 1.)
§ 80-58 – Definitions.
80-58. Definitions. (a) "Board". – The term "Board" means the North Carolina Board of Agriculture. (b) "Brand". – The term "brand" means an identification mark permanently affixed into the hide of livestock by a hot iron or an extremely cold brand known as a "freeze brand." (c) "Commissioner". – The term "Commissioner" means the Commissioner […]
§ 80-59 – Responsibility and authority of Commissioner of Agriculture; application for registration; transfer of ownership of brand.
80-59. Responsibility and authority of Commissioner of Agriculture; application for registration; transfer of ownership of brand. The Commissioner shall record livestock brands and maintain a record of such brands pursuant to this Article. Such records shall be public and shall be prima facie evidence of ownership of livestock which is properly branded under this Article. […]
§ 80-60 – No brands duplicated.
80-60. No brands duplicated. No brand shall be registered that is a reasonable facsimile of another registered brand or that will likely be confused with another brand registered under this Article. (1975, c. 261, s. 1.)
§ 80-20 – Fraudulent use of timber trademark, misdemeanor.
80-20. Fraudulent use of timber trademark, misdemeanor. If any person shall use or attempt to use any timber trademark without the written consent of the proprietor thereof, or falsely and fraudulently place any trademark on timber not the property of the owner of such trademark without his written consent, or intentionally and without lawful authority […]
§ 80-21 – Larceny of branded timber.
80-21. Larceny of branded timber. If any person shall knowingly and unlawfully buy, sell, take and carry away, secrete, destroy or convert to his own use, any timber upon which a trademark is stamped, branded or otherwise impressed, or shall knowingly and unlawfully buy, sell, take and carry away, secrete, destroy or convert to his […]
§ 80-22 – Altering timber trademark crime.
80-22. Altering timber trademark crime. If any person shall willfully change, alter, erase or destroy any registered timber mark or brand put or cut upon any logs, timber, lumber or boards, except by the consent of the owner thereof, with intent to steal the said logs or timber, he shall be guilty of a Class […]
§ 80-23 – Possession of branded logs without consent, misdemeanor.
80-23. Possession of branded logs without consent, misdemeanor. If any person shall knowingly and willfully take up or have in his possession any log, timber, lumber or board upon which a registered timber mark or brand has been put or cut, except by the consent of the owner thereof, he shall be guilty of a […]
§ 80-38 – When transfer of farm carries name.
80-38. When transfer of farm carries name. When any owner of a farm, the name of which has been recorded in the office of the register of deeds of the county in which the farm is located according to the law in effect at the time of recording, transfers by deed or otherwise the whole […]