Oregon Statutes - Chapter 604 - Brands and Marks; Feedlots

• 604.005   Definitions.
  As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Brand” means a distinctive design, mark or other means of identification applied to a...
• 604.010   [Amended by 1957 c.287 §1; repealed by 1967 c.129 §1 (604.012 enacted in lieu of 604.010)]
• 604.012   [1967 c.129 §2 (enacted in lieu of 604.010); repealed by 1981 c.248 §20]
• 604.015   Appointment, qualifications and compensation of brand inspectors; livestock police officers.
  (1) The State Department of Agriculture may appoint and designate employees as brand inspectors to administer and enforce the brand inspection activities of the department...
• 604.020   [Amended by 1953 c.358 §15; 1959 c.396 §1; 1961 c.267 §1; repealed by 1967 c.129 §19]
• 604.021   Department exclusive recorder of brands; nonrecordable brands; exceptions; authority.
  (1) The State Department of Agriculture shall be the exclusive recorder of livestock brands. The department may not record: (a) A brand consisting of three...
• 604.022   [1967 c.129 §3; 1973 c.430 §1; 1975 c.574 §2; 1977 c.175 §1; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20]
• 604.027   Application to record brand; certification; renewal; fees; rules.
  (1) A person desiring to record a brand on any species of livestock shall submit a written and signed application therefor to the State Department...
• 604.030   [Repealed by 1967 c.129 §19]
• 604.032   [1967 c.129 §4; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20]
• 604.035   Property rights applicable to recorded brand; transferability; evidence of ownership or right of possession.
  (1) The brand recorded or renewed under ORS 604.027 is the exclusive property right of the holder thereof, and the holder has exclusive right to...
• 604.036   Copy of recordation certificate; brand books.
  Upon recording of a brand under ORS 604.027, the State Department of Agriculture may: (1) Issue a certified copy of its certificate of recordation upon...
• 604.040   [Amended by 1953 c.358 §15; 1961 c.267 §2; repealed by 1967 c.129 §19]
• 604.041   Transfer of recorded brand; transfer fee.
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, in order to transfer a recorded brand by sale, assignment or otherwise, the transferor shall...
• 604.046   Brand inspection and certificate requirements; service fee; inspection system; reciprocity between states.
  (1) Brand inspection and the issuance of a brand inspection certificate is required in this state for: (a) Cattle to be transported from any place...
• 604.050   [Amended by 1953 c.358 §15; 1961 c.267 §3; repealed by 1967 c.129 §19]
• 604.051   Method of proof of ownership; inspection certificate.
  (1) Whenever livestock or hides are subject to brand inspection under ORS 604.046, the person in possession shall submit evidence of ownership or right to...
• 604.056   Seizure of hides or livestock; procedure; investigation; disposition; impoundment of sales proceeds.
  (1) The State Department of Agriculture may detain, seize or embargo hides or livestock in carrying out and enforcing the provisions of ORS 561.144, 577.512,...
• 604.060   [Repealed by 1981 c.248 §20]
• 604.061   Transportation certificate.
  (1) Cattle transported from the premises of the owner or person in lawful possession to another place in this state shall be accompanied by a...
• 604.066   Brand inspection fee; exception.
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the State Department of Agriculture shall charge and collect a brand inspection fee in accordance...
• 604.070   [Repealed by 1981 c.248 §20]
• 604.071   Prohibitions.
  A person may not: (1) Purchase, sell, handle or transport hides or livestock in violation of ORS 604.005 to 604.071, 604.640, 604.650 and 604.670 or...
• 604.076   Authority to issue citations.
  (1) In addition to the authority set forth in ORS 604.015, in the enforcement of this chapter, the Director of Agriculture has the authority to...
• 604.080   [1967 c.129 §5; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20]
• 604.090   [1971 c.743 §299; 1977 c.175 §2; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20]
• 604.095   [1973 c.430 §4; 1975 c.574 §3; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20]
• 604.100   [1973 c.430 §5; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20]
• 604.105   [1973 c.430 §6; 1975 c.574 §4; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20]
• 604.110   [Amended by 1957 c.287 §2; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20]
• 604.120   [Repealed by 1981 c.248 §20]
• 604.130   [Amended by 1967 c.129 §11; 1973 c.94 §1; 1975 c.574 §5; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20]
• 604.135   [1967 c.129 §8; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20]
• 604.140   [Amended by 1957 c.287 §3; 1959 c.16 §1; 1973 c.94 §2; 1975 c.574 §6; 1977 c.175 §3; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20]
• 604.145   [1967 c.129 §7; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20]
• 604.150   [Repealed by 1981 c.248 §20]
• 604.160   [Amended by 1959 c.396 §4; 1975 c.574 §7; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20]
• 604.170   [Amended by 1973 c.175 §14; 1979 c.499 §18; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20]
• 604.180   [Amended by 1979 c.284 §179; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20]
• 604.190   [Amended by 1973 c.94 §3; 1979 c.284 §180; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20]
• 604.200   [Repealed by 1977 c.175 §9]
• 604.210   [Amended by 1973 c.94 §4; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20]
• 604.220   [Amended by 1973 c.94 §5; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20]
• 604.230   [Amended by 1973 c.94 §6; 1979 c.284 §181; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20]
• 604.310   [Amended by 1953 c.358 §15; 1957 c.287 §4; 1961 c.267 §4; 1977 c.175 §4; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20]
• 604.312   [1961 c.267 §9; 1975 c.574 §8; 1977 c.175 §5; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20]
• 604.315   [1959 c.396 §3; 1977 c.175 §6; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20]
• 604.320   [Amended by 1953 c.358 §15; 1973 c.11 §1; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20]
• 604.322   [1953 c.358 §15; 1961 c.425 §12; repealed by 1967 c.129 §12 (604.323 enacted in lieu of 604.322)]
• 604.323   [1967 c.129 §13 (enacted in lieu of 604.322); 1973 c.11 §2; 1979 c.284 §182; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20]
• 604.324   [1953 c.358 §15; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20]
• 604.330   [Amended by 1953 c.358 §15; 1961 c.267 §5; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20]
• 604.340   [Amended by 1953 c.358 §15; 1967 c.129 §14; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20]
• 604.350   [Amended by 1953 c.358 §15; repealed by 1967 c.129 §15; (604.355 enacted in lieu of 604.350)]
• 604.355   [1967 c.129 §16 (enacted in lieu of 604.350); repealed by 1981 c.248 §20]
• 604.360   [Amended by 1953 c.358 §15; 1973 c.430 §2; 1975 c.574 §9; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20]
• 604.370   [Amended by 1959 c.396 §6; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20]
• 604.380   [Amended by 1953 c.358 §15; 1973 c.11 §3; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20]
• 604.390   [Amended by 1953 c.358 §15; 1971 c.773 §6; 1975 c.574 §10; 1977 c.175 §7; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20]
• 604.395   [1957 c.287 §5; 1963 c.357 §1; 1971 c.773 §7; 1973 c.151 §2; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20]
• 604.400   [Amended by 1973 c.295 §1; 1979 c.499 §19; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20]
• 604.410   [Amended by 1961 c.267 §6; 1977 c. 175 §8; 1977 c.214 §9; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20]
• 604.420   [Amended by 1957 c.287 §6; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20]
• 604.425   [1957 c.287 §12; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20]
• 604.430   [1953 c.358 §13; 1963 c.66 §1; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20]
• 604.440   [1973 c.190 §2; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20]
• 604.450   [1973 c.190 §3; repealed by 1977 c.214 §10]
• 604.460   [1973 c.190 §6; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20]
• 604.510   [Repealed by 1977 c.214 §10]
• 604.520   [Amended by 1957 c.287 §7; 1967 c.208 §6; repealed by 1977 c.214 §10]
• 604.530   [Repealed by 1957 c.287 §8 (604.531 enacted in lieu of 604.530)]
• 604.531   [1957 c.287 §9 (enacted in lieu of 604.530); 1961 c.267 §7; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20]
• 604.535   [1959 c.396 §7; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20]
• 604.540   [Amended by 1957 c.287 §11; 1971 c.743 §400; 1973 c.295 §2; 1975 c.304 §7; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20]
• 604.542   [1967 c.129 §10; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20]
• 604.545   [1959 c.396 §5; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20]
• 604.550   [Repealed by 1981 c.248 §20]
• 604.610   “Licensed feedlot” defined.
  As used in ORS 604.620 to 604.670, “licensed feedlot” means a beef cattle feedlot, licensed by the State Department of Agriculture, that has more than...
• 604.620   License; fee; sanctions.
  (1) No person shall be entitled to utilize the brand inspection and inventory procedures prescribed in ORS 604.630 to 604.650 and 604.670 without first obtaining...
• 604.630   Inventory; record; audit.
  At the time a license is issued, the State Department of Agriculture and the licensee shall jointly make and record a physical inventory of all...
• 604.640   Inspection of cattle; addition to inventory; fee.
  All cattle received at the licensed feedlot shall be consigned to special holding pens and held therein until inspected and released to the general feedlot...
• 604.650   Inventory upon removal; fee; prohibited acts.
  (1) All cattle, including salvage animals, dead animals, other sale animals and fed cattle being sent to slaughter, removed from the licensed feedlot shall be...
• 604.660   [1975 c.162 §8; repealed by 1985 c.262 §4]
• 604.670   Rules by department.
  The State Department of Agriculture, under the provisions of ORS chapter 183 may promulgate such rules as are necessary to administer and enforce the provisions...
• 604.990   [Subsection (6) of 1963 Replacement Part enacted as 1961 c.267 §10; subsection (7) of 1963 Replacement Part enacted as 1961 c.462 §7 and amended by 1963 c.87 §4; repealed by 1967 c.129 §19]
• 604.992   Penalties.
  (1) Violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, or the administrative rules or orders promulgated thereunder, is a Class B misdemeanor. (2) Notwithstanding...

Last modified: August 7, 2008