169A.7 - UNLAWFUL USE OF BRAND -- PENALTY. - Iowa Statutes

169A.7 UNLAWFUL USE OF BRAND -- PENALTY. A person shall not use any brand for branding livestock, unless the brand has been recorded as provided by this chapter. A person may use an unrecorded hot brand or an unrecorded cryo-brand, consisting only of Arabic numerals, if the person uses the unrecorded brand in conjunction with the person's recorded brand, and only for purposes of identifying animals within a herd. However, the unrecorded brand shall not be evidence of ownership. A person convicted of violating this section shall be guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor.          Section History: Early Form [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 187.7]          Section History: Recent Form C93, § 169A.7 95 Acts, ch 60, § 5