4-24-10 - Livestock on open range or outside enclosure to be marked or branded -- Cattle upon transfer of ownership to be marked or branded -- Exceptions. - Utah Statutes

4-24-10. Livestock on open range or outside enclosure to be marked or branded --Cattle upon transfer of ownership to be marked or branded -- Exceptions.
(1) (a) Except as provided in Subsections (1)(b) and (c), no livestock shall forage uponan open range in this state or outside an enclosure unless they bear a brand or mark recorded inaccordance with this chapter.
(b) Swine, goats, and unweaned calves or colts are not required to bear a brand or markto forage upon open range or outside an enclosure.
(c) Domesticated elk may not forage upon open range or outside an enclosure under anycircumstances as provided in Chapter 39, Domesticated Elk Act.
(2) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(b), all cattle, upon sale or other transfer ofownership, shall be branded or marked with the recorded brand or mark of the new owner within30 days after transfer of ownership.
(b) No branding or marking, upon change of ownership, is required within the 30-dayperiod for:
(i) unweaned calves;
(ii) registered or certified cattle;
(iii) youth project calves, if the number transferred is less than five; or
(iv) dairy cattle held on farms.

Amended by Chapter 324, 2010 General Session