As used in this subchapter: (1) “Brand” means for purposes of ownership identification a permanent identification burned or frozen into the hide of a live animal with a hot iron or hot or frozen chemical in letters, numbers, or figures, each of which is at least three inches (3″) in overall length or diameter and […]
The Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission shall serve as an adjusting committee in the matter of determining conflicts of brands, and the decision of the committee shall be final.
(a) All county brand records of the various counties of the state shall be property of the Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission, and it shall be unlawful for a county clerk to accept a brand for registry. (b) The Department of Agriculture shall collect all county brand record books and place them in its office […]
(a) The Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission shall publish the State Brand Book, which shall contain a facsimile of each brand and mark that is registered with the commission showing the name and address of the owner, together with the pertinent laws and rules pertaining to registration and reregistration of brands and marks. (b) The […]
Before publication of a revised State Brand Book, each registered brand owner or assignee in the previous book or supplements shall be notified in writing that his or her brand has terminated and that the brand must be renewed if the person desires to keep the brand.
(a) A person desiring to adopt a brand or to continue to use a brand shall apply to the Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission for the registration of the brand in the manner prescribed in this section. (b) The commission shall prepare a standard form, which shall be made available to those persons who desire […]
(a) There is reserved to the state the brands of “B”, “S”, and “T” on the left jaw of any cattle, and it is unlawful for a person to use the brands of “B”, “S”, and “T”. (b) Cattle carrying these brands shall be: (1) Claimed as reactors to: (A) Brucellosis abortus, known as Bang’s […]
(a) The State Brand Book and all supplements to the State Brand Book, for a five-year period, shall be sold to the public for a reasonable fee to be determined by the Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission to offset the costs of producing the State Brand Book. (b) A supplement to the State Brand Book […]
(a) Brands appearing in the current edition of the State Brand Book or supplements to the current edition of the State Brand Book shall be prima facie evidence of ownership and shall take precedence over brands of like kind should the question of ownership arise. (b) The owner whose brand does not appear in the […]
(a) (1) Only brands appearing in the current edition of the State Brand Book and the supplements to the current edition of the State Brand Book shall be subject to sale, assignment, transfer, devise, or bequest, the same as other personal property. (2) (A) The transfer of title shall be recorded with the Arkansas Livestock […]
(a) (1) The Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission shall enter into a contract with a private entity that operates primarily as a livestock association to administer the registration and recording of marks and brands under this subchapter. (2) When the commission enters into a contract under this subsection, the commission shall: (A) Compensate the private […]
