Alaska Statutes Title 03, Chapter 03.40 - Brands and Marks

• Sec. 03.40.010 Brands and Marks.
  Any person owning cattle, reindeer, bison, musk oxen, elk, sheep, horses, mules, or asses may adopt a brand or mark. After recording the brand...
• Sec. 03.40.020 Record of Ownership.
  The owner may brand or mark an animal on either side with the owner's brand or mark. The animal shall be branded or marked...
• Sec. 03.40.030 Recording.
  (a) To adopt a brand or mark, a person shall forward to the commissioner of natural resources a facsimile of the brand or mark,...
• Sec. 03.40.040 Copy of Record; Procurement; Fee.
  Upon the recording of a brand or mark, the commissioner shall furnish the owner with a certified copy of the record. Additional certified copies...
• Sec. 03.40.050 Use Without Certificate Prohibited.
  A person may not brand any horse, cattle, reindeer, bison, musk oxen, elk, mule, or ass unless the person using the brand holds a...
• Sec. 03.40.060 Penalty for Use Without Certificate.
  A person who violates AS 03.40.050 is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction is punishable by a fine of not less than $50...
• Sec. 03.40.070 Brand is Personal Property.
  A recorded brand or mark is the property of the person causing the record to be made, and is subject to sale, assignment, transfer,...
• Sec. 03.40.080 Record is Evidence of Ownership.
  In all actions and proceedings in which the title to animals is an issue, the certified copy provided for in AS 03.40.070 is prima...
• Sec. 03.40.090 Publication of Record.
  The commissioner shall publish, in book form, a list of all brands and marks on record at the time of the publication. The lists...
• Sec. 03.40.100 Penalty for Branding Another's Livestock. [Repealed, Sec. 21 Ch 166 Sla 1978. for Law Concerning Theft, See As 11.46.100 - 11.46.295].
  
  Repealed or Renumbered
• Sec. 03.40.110 Animals From Other States.
  Any person who brings into this state for grazing purposes any animals included in AS 03.40.010 already branded or marked shall present to the...
• Sec. 03.40.120 Sale of Branded Livestock.
  A person may not sell or otherwise dispose of any branded livestock, or buy, purchase, or otherwise receive any branded livestock, unless the person...
• Sec. 03.40.130 Exhibition of Bill of Sale by Purchaser.
  A person who purchases, receives, or possesses any branded livestock, either as principal or agent, shall exhibit, on request of any person, the bill...
• Sec. 03.40.140 Sale Without Power of Attorney or Bill of Sale Prohibited.
  A person may not sell or offer for sale or trade any branded livestock that does not have the person's recorded brand, unless the...
• Sec. 03.40.150 Penalty for Sale Without Power of Attorney or Bill of Sale; Proof; Defenses.
  Every person violating AS 03.40.140 is guilty of a felony, unless the person upon trial establishes and proves that the person was at the...
• Sec. 03.40.160 Slaughter Permit. [Repealed, Sec. 23 Ch 81 Sla 1984].
  Repealed or Renumbered
• Sec. 03.40.170 Penalty Regarding Slaughter Permit. [Repealed, Sec. 1 Ch 21 Sla 1985].
  Repealed or Renumbered
• Sec. 03.40.180 Preservation of Hide Required.
  A person may not kill, for the person's own use and consumption or to offer for sale, any branded livestock without preserving the hide...
• Sec. 03.40.190 Inspected Slaughterers Exempt.
  The provisions of this chapter do not apply to packing plants in this state where the United States Department of Agriculture or the state...
• Sec. 03.40.200 Record of Branded Hides.
  A person who purchases hides shall keep a record of all branded hides of meat cattle purchased that states the name of the person...
• Sec. 03.40.220 Reserved Brand "S" on Left Jaw.
  There is reserved in the office of the commissioner a cattle brand consisting of an "S" on the left jaw. This brand may not...
• Sec. 03.40.230 Branding of Spayed Heifers.
  A person, when spaying heifers, shall, upon request of the owner, brand the heifers with an "S" on the left jaw, and furnish the...
• Sec. 03.40.240 Penalty Regarding Spayed Heifers.
  A person who violates AS 03.40.230 is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction is punishable by a fine not less than $10 nor...
• Sec. 03.40.250 Inspection of Branded Livestock.
  The commissioner, or an authorized agent, may, at any time, make inspections of branded livestock to ascertain and enforce compliance with this chapter.
• Sec. 03.40.260 General Penalty.
  Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter for which a specific penalty is not provided is guilty of a misdemeanor,...
• Sec. 03.40.270 Definitions.
  As used in this chapter, a "brand" means an identification mark burned into the hide of a live animal.

Last modified: November 15, 2016