California · Food and Agricultural Code - FAC

FAC §20606: It is unlawful for any person to apply a recorded brand in any location on the animal except that which is specified on the brand registration certificate.

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

It is unlawful to apply a recorded brand on an animal in any location other than where the brand registration certificate specifies.

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It is unlawful for any person to apply a recorded brand in any location on the animal except that which is specified on the brand registration certificate. The use of a brand on any location except that which is specified on the brand registration certificate is the same as the use of an unrecorded brand.

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