ORIGINAL HOUSE ENGROSSED
BILL NO. 0012
ENROLLED ACT NO.
14, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FIFTY-SIXTH
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2001
GENERAL SESSION
AN ACT relating to brands;
prohibiting the use of an
unrecorded brand;
providing a penalty; requiring
rerecording of
brands as specified; clarifying requirements
for brand
inspection as specified; and providing for an
effective date.
Be It Enacted
by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
Section 1. W.S. 11-1-103, 11-20-114, 11-20-115(a)and
(b), 11-20-203(a), and 11-20-225(a) are amended to read:
11-1-103. Penalty for violations.
A person
who violates any of the following sections commits
a misdemeanor
punishable by imprisonment for not more than
six (6) months, a fine
of not less than fifty dollars
($50.00) or
($750.00), or both for
the first offense, or by
imprisonment for not
more than one (1) year, a fine of not
less
than seven hundred seventy-five dollars ($775.00) or
both for second or
subsequent offenses: W.S. 11-6-210(a) or
(f), 11-18-112, 11-19-101,
11-19-102, 11-19-111, 11-19-401,
11-20-114, 11-20-117, 11-20-229, 11-21-104,
11-22-118,
11-23-106, 11-23-207,
11-24-106 and 11-30-114.
11-20-114. Use of unrecorded or
abandoned brand
prohibited;
failure to record deemed abandonment.
(a) No person
shall claim or own any brand which has
not been recorded in
the office of the Wyoming livestock
board. Failure to
record a brand is an abandonment of the
same. No person shall
claim or use any abandoned brand
until after he has
caused the same to be recorded as
required by law.
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(b) Any person
violating subsection (a) of this
section shall be
punished as provided by W.S. 11-1-103.
11-20-115. Rerecording; when required;
notice;
abandonment.
(a) Except as provided by subsection (b) of this
section, every tenth
year after recording a brand, every
owner of a brand shall
rerecord the brand, and failure to
do so is an
abandonment of the brand. At least sixty (60)
days preceding the
expiration date of the brand, the board
shall notify by mail,
at the address shown on the brand
records, the party
owning the brand that the brand must be
rerecorded and if the
brand has not been rerecorded within
sixty (60) days from
the expiration date of the brand will
be declared abandoned
and will be allowed to other
applicants.
(b) Effective
January 1, 1995 2005, every owner of a
brand shall rerecord
the brand. The term of the rerecording
period and the renewal fee shall
not exceed the term
established by this
section and the method of renewal shall
be established by the
board. but
shall not exceed the fee
established by W.S. 11-20-116
and the term shall not exceed
the term established
by this section.
be as established by
W.S. 11-20-116 and shall be prorated
by the board for any
renewal less than ten (10) years. The
board shall promulgate
rules and regulations necessary to
carry out the
provisions of this section.
11-20-203. Inspection of brands at time
of delivery
or removal
from county; certificate required; lack thereof.
(a) Except as
hereafter provided or except as
provided in W.S. 11-20-224, it is
unlawful for any person,
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firm,
partnership, corporation, or association to sell,
and
deliver,
removed in any way
from any county in Wyoming to any other
county, state or
country, any livestock unless each animal
has been inspected for
brands and ownership at the time of
delivery or removal by
an authorized Wyoming brand
inspector and a proper
certificate of inspection or
clearance has been
issued.
11-20-225. Annual horse brand
inspection certificate;
surrender to
board; fee.
(a) The owner
of a horse or livestock used for rodeo,
show, racing, pleasure
or farm or ranch work in Wyoming
which is
permanently and individually identified may obtain
an annual brand
inspection certificate, authorizing
movement from county
to county within Wyoming, valid for
one (1) year from date
of issuance unless sooner terminated
by a change in
ownership of the horse described therein.
Upon any change of
ownership the certificate is void and
must be immediately
surrendered to the board.
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Section 2. W.S. 11-20-124 and 11-20-225(b)
are
repealed.
Section 3. This act is effective July 1, 2001.
(END)
Speaker of
the House President of
the Senate
Governor
TIME APPROVED: _________
DATE APPROVED: _________
I hereby certify that this act originated in the
House.
Chief Clerk
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