Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 16 Animals And Livestock (Formerly: Animals, Estrays, Brands, And Fences) - Chapter 16.57 Identification Of Livestock

16.57.010 Definitions
For the purpose of this chapter: (1) "Department" means the department of agriculture of the state of Washington. (2) "Director" means the director of the ...

16.57.015 Livestock identification advisory board -- Rule review -- Fee setting
(1) The director shall establish a livestock identification advisory board. The board shall be composed of six members appointed by the director. One member shall ...

16.57.020 Livestock brands -- Director is the recorder -- Recording fee
The director shall be the recorder of livestock brands and such brands shall not be recorded elsewhere in this state. Any person desiring to record ...

16.57.023 Permanent renewal of brands -- Heritage brands -- Fees
The director may adopt rules establishing criteria and fees for the permanent renewal of brands registered with the department but renewed as livestock heritage brands. ...

16.57.025 Livestock inspection -- Licensed and accredited veterinarians -- Fees
The director may enter into agreements with Washington state licensed and accredited veterinarians, who have been certified by the director, to perform livestock inspection. Fees ...

16.57.030 Tattoo brands and marks not recordable
The director shall not record tattoo brands or marks for any purpose.[2003 c 326 § 7; 1959 c 54 § 3.] ...

16.57.040 Production record brands
The director may provide for the use of production record brands. Numbers for such brands shall be issued at the discretion of the director and ...

16.57.050 Use of unrecorded brand prohibited -- Exception
No person shall place a brand on livestock for any purpose unless the brand is recorded with the director in the person's name.[2003 c 326 ...

16.57.060 Brands similar to governmental brands not to be recorded
No brand shall be recorded for ownership purposes which will be applied in the same location and is similar or identical to a brand used ...

16.57.070 Conflicting claims to brand
The director shall determine conflicting claims between applicants to a brand, and in so doing shall consider the priority of applicants.[1959 c 54 § 7.] ...

16.57.080 Renewal of recorded brands -- Schedule -- Fee -- Failure to pay
The director shall establish by rule a schedule for the renewal of recorded brands. The fee for renewal of a recorded brand shall be one ...

16.57.090 Brand is personal property -- Instruments affecting title, recording, effect -- Fee -- Nonliability of director for agents
A brand is the personal property of the owner of record. Any instrument affecting the title of the brand shall be executed by the recorded ...

16.57.100 Right to use brand -- Brand as evidence of title
The right to use a brand shall be evidenced by the original certificate issued by the director showing that the brand is of present record ...

16.57.105 Preemptory right to use brand
Any person having a brand recorded with the department shall have a preemptory right to use such brand and its design under any newly approved ...

16.57.110 Size and characteristics of brand
No brand shall be placed on livestock that is not permanent in nature and of a size that is not readily visible. The director, in ...

16.57.120 Removal or alteration of brand -- Penalty
No person shall remove or alter a brand of record on livestock without first having secured the written permission of the director. Violation of this ...

16.57.130 Similar brands not to be recorded
The director shall not record a brand that is identical to a brand of present record; nor a brand so similar to a brand of ...

16.57.140 Certified copy of record of brand -- Fee
The owner of a brand of record may obtain from the director a certified copy of the record of the owner's brand upon payment of ...

16.57.150 Brand book -- Contents -- Costs
The director shall publish a book to be known as the "Washington State Brand Book", showing all the brands of record. The book shall contain ...

16.57.153 Administration of brands -- Rules
The director may adopt rules necessary to administer the recording and changing of ownership of brands.[2003 c 326 § 17.] ...

16.57.160 Cattle or horses -- Rules -- Mandatory inspection points
The director may adopt rules: (1) Designating any point for mandatory inspection of cattle or horses or the furnishing of proof that cattle or horses ...

16.57.165 Agreements with others to perform livestock inspection
The director may, in order to reduce the cost of inspection to livestock owners, enter into agreements with any qualified county, municipal, or other local ...

16.57.170 Inspection of livestock, hides, records
The director may enter at any reasonable time any slaughterhouse or public livestock market to inspect livestock or hides, and may enter at any reasonable ...

16.57.180 Search warrants
Should the director be denied access to any premises or establishment where access was sought for the purposes set forth in RCW 16.57.170, the director ...

16.57.200 Duty of owner or agent -- Livestock inspection
Any owner or his or her agent shall make livestock being inspected readily accessible and shall cooperate with the director to carry out the inspection ...

16.57.210 Arrest without warrant
The director shall have authority to arrest without warrant anywhere in the state any person found in the act of, or whom the director has ...

16.57.220 Livestock inspection -- Fee schedule -- Certificates
(1) Except as provided for in RCW 16.65.090 and otherwise in this section, the fee for livestock inspection is one dollar and sixty cents per ...

16.57.223 Payment of inspection fee -- Due at inspection -- Lien -- Late fee
(1) Any inspection fee shall be paid to the department by the owner or person in possession of the livestock unless the inspection is requested ...

16.57.230 Charges for livestock inspection -- Actual inspection required
No person shall collect or make a charge for inspection of livestock unless there has been an actual inspection of the livestock.[2003 c 326 § ...

16.57.240 Certificates of permit, inspection, self-inspection
(1) Certificates of permit, inspection certificates, and self-inspection certificates shall show the owner, number, breed, sex, brand, or other method of identification of the cattle ...

16.57.243 Moving or transporting cattle -- Certificate or proof of ownership must accompany -- Exceptions
Cattle may not be moved or transported within this state without being accompanied by a certificate of permit, inspection certificate, self-inspection certificate, or other satisfactory ...

16.57.245 Authority to stop vehicles carrying cattle or horses
The director or any peace officer may stop vehicles carrying cattle or horses to determine if the livestock being transported are accompanied by a certificate ...

16.57.260 Removal of cattle or horses from state -- Inspection certificate required
It is unlawful for any person to remove or cause to be removed or accept for removal from this state, any cattle or horses which ...

16.57.267 Failure to present animal for inspection
It is unlawful for any person to fail to present an animal for inspection at any mandatory inspection point designated by the director by rule ...

16.57.270 Unlawful to refuse assistance in establishing identity and ownership of livestock
It is unlawful for any person moving or transporting livestock in this state to refuse to assist the director or any peace officer in establishing ...

16.57.275 Transporting cattle carcass or primal part -- Certificate of permit required
Any cattle carcass, or primal part thereof, of any breed or age being transported in this state from other than a state or federal licensed ...

16.57.277 Custom slaughter beef tags -- Fee -- Rules
Any person licensed as a custom farm slaughterer under RCW 16.49.035 shall complete and attach a custom slaughter beef tag to each of the four ...

16.57.280 Possession of cattle or horse marked with another's brand -- Penalty
No person shall knowingly have possession of any cattle or horse marked with a recorded brand of another person unless the: (1) Cattle or horse ...

16.57.290 Impounding cattle and horses -- No certificate or proof of ownership when offered for sale -- Disposition
All cattle and horses that are not accompanied by a certificate of permit, inspection certificate, self-inspection certificate, or other satisfactory proof of ownership when offered ...

16.57.300 Proceeds from sale of impounded cattle and horses -- Paid to director -- Exception
Except under RCW 16.57.303, the proceeds from the sale of cattle and horses when impounded under RCW 16.57.290, after paying the cost thereof, shall be ...

16.57.303 Proceeds from sale of impounded dairy breed cattle -- Paid to seller
The proceeds from the sale of dairy breed cattle when impounded under RCW 16.57.290, and after paying the cost thereof, shall be paid to the ...

16.57.310 Notice of sale -- Claim on proceeds
When a person has been notified by registered mail that animals bearing the person's recorded brand have been sold by the director, the person shall ...

16.57.320 Disposition of proceeds of sale when no proof of ownership -- Penalty for accepting proceeds after sale, barter, trade
If, after the expiration of one year from the date of sale, the person presenting the animals for inspection has not provided the director with ...

16.57.330 Disposition of proceeds of sale -- No claim made -- No proof of ownership provided
If, after the expiration of one year from the date of sale, no claim under RCW 16.57.310 is made or no satisfactory proof of ownership ...

16.57.340 Reciprocal agreements -- When livestock from another state an estray, sale
The director has the authority to enter into reciprocal agreements with any or all states to prevent the theft, misappropriation, or loss of identification of ...

16.57.350 Rules -- Enforcement of chapter
The director may adopt such rules as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. It shall be the duty of the director ...

16.57.353 Rules -- Compliance with federal requirements
(1) The director may adopt rules: (a) To support the agriculture industry in meeting federal requirements for the country-of-origin labeling of meat. Any requirements established ...

16.57.360 Civil infractions
The department is authorized to issue notices of and enforce civil infractions in the manner prescribed under chapter 7.80 RCW. The violation of any provision ...

16.57.370 Disposition of fees
All fees collected under the provisions of this chapter shall be deposited in an account in the agricultural local fund and used to carry out ...

16.57.400 Horse and cattle identification -- Inspection when consigned for sale
Horses and cattle may be identified by individual identification certificates or other means of identification authorized by the director. The certificates or other means of ...

16.57.405 Microchip in a horse -- Removal with intent to defraud -- Gross misdemeanor
A person who removes or causes to be removed a microchip implanted in a horse, or who removes or causes to be removed a microchip ...

16.57.407 Microchip in a horse -- Authority to investigate removal
The department has the authority to conduct an investigation of an incident where scars or other marks indicate that a microchip has been removed from ...

16.57.410 Horses -- Registering agencies -- Permit required -- Fee -- Records -- Identification symbol inspections -- Rules
(1) No person may act as a registering agency without a permit issued by the director. The director may issue a permit to any person ...

16.57.420 Ratite identification
The department may, in consultation with representatives of the ratite industry, develop by rule a system that provides for the identification of individual ratites through ...

16.57.900 Severability -- 1959 c 54
If any section or provision of this chapter shall be adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such adjudication shall not affect the validity of the ...

16.57.901 Severability -- 1967 c 240
See note following RCW 43.23.010. ...

16.57.902 Effective dates -- 2003 c 326
This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public ...