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NE Code § 54-197 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 54 - Livestock|54-197 - Nebraska Brand Inspection and Theft Prevention Fund; created; use; investment.

54-197.  Nebraska Brand Inspection and Theft Prevention Fund; created; use; investment.The Nebraska Brand Inspection and Theft Prevention Fund is created. Fees and money collected pursuant to the Livestock Brand Act not otherwise provided for in the act shall be remitted to the State Treasurer for credit to the fund. The fund shall be used by the Nebraska Brand Committee in the administration and enforcement of the act and section 54-415. All expenses and salaries provided for under such act or incurred by reason thereof shall be paid out of the fund. Any money in the fund available for investment shall be invested by the state investment officer pursuant to the Nebraska Capital Expansion Act and the Nebraska State Funds Investment Act.Source Laws 1999, LB 778, § 28. Cross References   Nebraska Capital Expansion Act, see section 72-1269.  Nebraska State Funds Investment Act, see section 72-1260.
NE Code § 54-198 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 54 - Livestock|54-198 - Recorded livestock brand; requirements; in-herd identification; prohibited act.

54-198.  Recorded livestock brand; requirements; in-herd identification; prohibited act.(1) Any person may record a brand, which he or she has the exclusive right to use in this state, and it is unlawful to use any brand for branding any livestock unless the person using such brand has recorded that brand with the Nebraska Brand Committee. A brand is a mark consisting of symbols, characters, numerals, or a combination of such intended as a visual means of ownership identification when applied to the hide of an animal. Only a hot iron or freeze brand or other method approved by the brand committee shall be used to apply a brand to a live animal.(2) A hot iron brand or freeze brand may be used for in-herd identification purposes such as for year or production records. With respect to hot iron brands used for in-herd identification, the numerals 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 in singular or triangular position are reserved on both the right and left shoulder of all cattle, except that such shoulder location for a single-number hot iron brand may be used for year branding for in-herd identification purposes, and an alphabetical letter may be substituted for one of the numerals used in a triangular configuration for in-herd identification purposes. Hot iron brands used for in-herd identification shall be used in conjunction with the recorded hot iron brand and shall be on the same side of the animal as the recorded hot iron brand. Freeze branding for in-herd identification may be applied in any location and any configuration with any combination of numerals or alphabetical letters.(3) It shall be unlawful to knowingly maintain a herd containing one or more animals which the possessor has branded, or caused to be branded, in violation of this section or any other provision of the Livestock Brand Act.Source  Laws 1999, LB 778, § 29;  Laws 2000, LB 213, § 4;  Laws 2002, LB 589, § 2;  Laws 2017, LB600, § 6;  Laws 2021, LB572, § 17.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 54-1,100 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 54 - Livestock|54-1,100 - Recorded brand; transfer; lien or security interest; notice; effect; fee; effect; lease of brand; fee.

54-1,100.  Recorded brand; transfer; lien or security interest; notice; effect; fee; effect; lease of brand; fee.(1) A recorded brand is the property of the person causing such record to be made and is subject to sale, assignment, transfer, devise, and descent as personal property. Any instrument of writing evidencing the sale, assignment, or transfer of a recorded brand shall be effective upon its recording with the Nebraska Brand Committee. No such instrument shall be accepted for recording if the brand committee has been duly notified of the existence of a lien or security interest against livestock owned or thereafter acquired by the owner of such brand by the holder of such lien or security interest. Written notification from the holder of such lien or security interest that the lien or security interest has been satisfied or consent from the holder of such lien or security interest shall be required in order for the brand committee to accept for recording an instrument selling, assigning, or transferring such recorded brand. Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the fee for recording such an instrument shall be established by the brand committee and shall not be more than forty dollars. Such instrument shall give notice to all third persons of the matter recorded in the instrument and shall be acknowledged by a notary public or any other officer qualified under law to administer oaths.(2) The owner of a recorded brand may lease the brand to another person upon compliance with this subsection and subject to the approval of the brand committee. The lessee shall pay a filing fee established by the brand committee not to exceed one hundred dollars. The leased recorded brand may expire as agreed in the lease, but in no event shall such leased recorded brand exceed the original expiration date.Source  Laws 1999, LB 778, § 31;  Laws 2002, LB 589, § 4;  Laws 2009, LB142, § 1;  Laws 2017, LB600, § 7.
NE Code § 54-1,101 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 54 - Livestock|54-1,101 - Recorded brand; owner; copies of record.

54-1,101.  Recorded brand; owner; copies of record.The owner of a recorded brand is entitled to one certified copy of the record of such brand from the Nebraska Brand Committee without charge. Additional certified copies of the record may be obtained by anyone upon the payment of one dollar for each copy.Copies of any other document of the brand committee may be requested, and a fee of one dollar shall be collected for each page copied. Only personnel authorized by the brand committee shall make copies and collect such fees. The party requesting the copies is responsible for payment of the fee and shall reimburse the brand committee for the research time necessary to furnish the requested documents at a rate of not less than twenty nor more than forty dollars per hour of research time. The rate shall be reviewed and set annually by the brand committee.Source  Laws 1999, LB 778, § 32;  Laws 2021, LB572, § 19.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 54-1,102 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 54 - Livestock|54-1,102 - Recorded brand; use; expiration date; renewal fee; expired brand; reinstated.

54-1,102.  Recorded brand; use; expiration date; renewal fee; expired brand; reinstated.(1) A recorded brand may be applied by its owner until its expiration date.(2) On and after January 1, 1994, the expiration date of a recorded brand is the last day of the calendar quarter of the renewal year as designated by the Nebraska Brand Committee in the records of the brand committee.(3) The brand committee shall notify every owner of a recorded brand of its expiration date at least sixty days prior to the expiration date, and the owner of the recorded brand shall pay a renewal fee established by the brand committee which shall not be more than two hundred dollars and furnish such other information as may be required by the brand committee. The renewal fee is due and payable on or before the expiration date and renews a recorded brand for a period of four years regardless of the number of locations on one side of an animal on which the brand is recorded. If any owner fails, refuses, or neglects to pay the renewal fee by the expiration date, the brand shall expire and be forfeited.(4) The brand committee has the authority to hold an expired brand for one year following the date of expiration. An expired brand may be reinstated by the same owner during such one-year period upon return of a brand application form and payment of the recording fee and research fee for such brand established by the brand committee under section 54-199 plus a penalty of five dollars for each month or part of a month which has passed since the date of expiration. A properly reinstated brand may be transferred to another person during such one-year period upon completion of a transfer form, with a notarized bill of sale signed by the prior owner attached to such transfer form.Source  Laws 1999, LB 778, § 33;  Laws 2002, LB 589, § 5;  Laws 2021, LB572, § 20.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 54-1,103 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 54 - Livestock|54-1,103 - Reserved brands; use.

54-1,103.  Reserved brands; use.(1) Cattle brands consisting of alphabetical letters A through Z, and numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 on the left or right jaw are reserved for assignment by the brand recorder, as designated by the Nebraska Brand Committee. The brand recorder shall not assign such brands to any person in the State of Nebraska unless authorized by the brand committee, and it shall be unlawful for any person to use such brands except as provided in subsection (2) of this section.(2) Every person when spaying heifers, upon request of the owner thereof, shall brand such heifers with the alphabetical letter O on the left jaw and furnish the owner with a certificate that all heifers so branded have been properly spayed by a licensed veterinarian. Permission may be granted by the brand committee to state and federal animal disease control agencies to require the use of the letters F, V, B, S, and T and an open-end spade on either the right or left jaw of cattle in a manner consistent with animal disease control laws.Source Laws 1999, LB 778, § 34.
NE Code § 54-1,104 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 54 - Livestock|54-1,104 - Brand assigned to committee.

54-1,104.  Brand assigned to committee.There is a recorded brand consisting of the alphabetical letter N on the entire right and left sides which is assigned to the Nebraska Brand Committee to be used only by authorized personnel of the brand committee to permanently identify livestock which are suspected of having been stolen and may be used as evidence in any court proceeding. It shall in no way signify that the brand committee (1) is the owner of livestock so branded or (2) claims ownership in any livestock carrying such brand. It shall only be construed and intended that livestock so branded are evidence or portions of evidence seized relative to an alleged theft of livestock.Source Laws 1999, LB 778, § 35.
NE Code § 54-1,105 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 54 - Livestock|54-1,105 - Brands; distinction requirements.

54-1,105.  Brands; distinction requirements.(1) Cattle branded with a Nebraska-recorded visual brand shall be branded so that the recorded brand of the owner shows distinctly.(2) If the owners of recorded brands which conflict with or closely resemble each other maintain their herds in close proximity to each other, the Nebraska Brand Committee has the authority to decide, after hearing as to which at least ten days' written notice has been given, any dispute arising therefrom and to direct such change or changes in the position or positions where such recorded brand or brands are to be placed as will remove any confusion that might result from such conflict or close resemblance.Source  Laws 1999, LB 778, § 36;  Laws 2002, LB 589, § 6;  Laws 2017, LB600, § 8.
NE Code § 54-1,106 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 54 - Livestock|54-1,106 - Grazing livestock; requirements.

54-1,106.  Grazing livestock; requirements.A person who brings livestock into any county of this state for grazing purposes which are already branded shall provide the Nebraska Brand Committee with a statement of the brands of such livestock. Failure to comply with this section renders the violating person liable for all damages resulting from such failure.Source Laws 1999, LB 778, § 37.
NE Code § 54-1,107 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 54 - Livestock|54-1,107 - Recorded brand; evidentiary effect.

54-1,107.  Recorded brand; evidentiary effect.A recorded brand is prima facie evidence of ownership of livestock and is admissible into evidence in any court in this state if the brand meets the requirements of and is recorded as provided in section 54-199. Other documentary evidence such as bills of sale or certificates of brand clearance transferring title from an owner to another party may also be introduced as evidence of livestock ownership in any court in this state. The recording of instruments of writing evidencing the sale, assignment, or transfer of a recorded brand gives notice to all third persons of the matter recorded, and certified copies are admissible in evidence without further foundation. In all suits at law or in equity, in any criminal proceedings, or when determining the ownership of estrays wherein the title to livestock is an issue, the certified copy of the record of a recorded brand or instrument of writing evidencing sale, assignment, or transfer of a recorded brand is prima facie evidence of the ownership of such livestock by the person possessing such livestock.Source Laws 1999, LB 778, § 38. Annotations  "Prima facie evidence of ownership" means that in the absence of other evidence, proof of ownership of the brand is sufficient to constitute a prima facie case which will withstand a motion for a directed verdict on that issue. Broken Bow Prod. Credit Assn. v. Western Iowa Farms, 232 Neb. 357, 440 N.W.2d 480 (1989). Ownership of brand is prima facie evidence of ownership of animal. Bush v. Kramer, 185 Neb. 1, 173 N.W.2d 367 (1969). Brand upon cattle is prima facie evidence of title. Coomes v. Drinkwalter, 181 Neb. 450, 149 N.W.2d 60 (1967). Registration of brand in decedent's name raised prima facie presumption of ownership of branded cattle. Whiteside v. Whiteside, 159 Neb. 362, 67 N.W.2d 141 (1954). Brand on livestock is only prima facie evidence of ownership which may be rebutted. Bendfeldt v. Lewis, 149 Neb. 107, 30 N.W.2d 293 (1948). A brand on livestock is only prima facie evidence of ownership which may be rebutted. Heritage Bank v. Kasson, 22 Neb. App. 401, 853 N.W.2d 868 (2014). Evidence of brands, and that defendant claimed title, held to support findings that cattle delivered to sale barn were those described in financing statement and government was entitled to recover proceeds to apply on secured loan by Farmers Home Administration. United States v. Pirnie, 339 F.Supp. 702 (D. Neb. 1972).
NE Code § 54-1,109 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 54 - Livestock|54-1,109 - Brand inspection area; designation.

54-1,109.  Brand inspection area; designation.The brand inspection area of Nebraska consists of the following land area of counties and parts thereof: Arthur, Banner, Blaine, Box Butte, Boyd, Brown, Buffalo, Chase, Cherry, Cheyenne, Custer, Dawes, Dawson, Deuel, Dundy, Franklin, Frontier, part of the south half of section 1, township 3 north, range 21, on railroad right-of-way in the west part of Oxford Town called Burlington addition in Furnas, Garden, Garfield, Gosper, Grant, Greeley, all of lots 1, 7, and 8 in block 48 in original town of Grand Island, and all of the southeast quarter lying south of the Union Pacific Railroad Company's right-of-way in section 24, township 11 north, range 10, in Hall, Harlan, Hayes, Hitchcock, Holt, Hooker, Howard, Kearney, Keith, Keya Paha, Kimball, all of Knox except Eastern, Dolphin, Dowling, Columbia, Morton, Peoria, Addison, Herrick, Frankfort, and Lincoln townships, Lincoln, Logan, Loup, McPherson, Morrill, Perkins, Phelps, Red Willow, Rock, Scotts Bluff, Sheridan, Sherman, Sioux, Thomas, Valley, the existing livestock auction markets in Blue Hill, all of lots 1 to 6, and lots 7 and 8, except twenty-two feet of the east side of lot 8, all in block 6, original town of Blue Hill, and Red Cloud, part of lot A, Roats subdivision to Red Cloud, lots 1 and 2 and the south one-half of block 32 in original town of Red Cloud, and all of annex lot 21, Red Cloud, in Webster, and all of Wheeler.Source Laws 1999, LB 778, § 40.
NE Code § 54-1,112 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 54 - Livestock|54-1,112 - Brand inspection area; slaughter and hide records; violation; penalty.

54-1,112.  Brand inspection area; slaughter and hide records; violation; penalty.(1) Any person located within the brand inspection area who slaughters or has cattle slaughtered for sale or distribution shall keep, in a book for that purpose, a true and faithful record of all cattle purchased and slaughtered. Such record shall also contain a description of the marks, brands, age, weight, and color of all cattle slaughtered. Such record shall contain the date when the cattle were slaughtered and a notation which sets forth by whom the cattle were raised or from whom purchased.(2) All persons who purchase hides shall keep a record of all hides of cattle purchased by them, which record shall state the name or names of the person or persons from whom purchased, their place of residence, the date of purchase, and all marks and brands on the hide, and the record shall at all times be open for inspection by any peace officer.(3) A violation of this section is an infraction. A peace officer shall have the authority to write a citation, which shall be waivable, to offenders in violation of this section. A fine under this section shall not exceed two hundred dollars per head for each offense. Violations shall be charged in the county in which the offense occurred.Source  Laws 1999, LB 778, § 43;  Laws 2021, LB572, § 24.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 54-1,113 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 54 - Livestock|54-1,113 - Sale, trade, use, or consumption of beef or veal; requirements; violation; penalty.

54-1,113.  Sale, trade, use, or consumption of beef or veal; requirements; violation; penalty.(1)(a) Inside of the brand inspection area, no person shall sell or trade or offer for sale or trade the carcass of a beef or veal, or any portion thereof, including the hide of such carcass, unless a certificate of inspection is secured from a brand inspector. Such person shall exhibit the certificate of inspection upon the demand of any person.(b) Outside of the brand inspection area, no person shall sell or offer for sale, except as a butcher bonded under section 54-1,114, the carcass of a beef or veal, or any portion thereof, without first exhibiting the intact hide of the same and exposing the brand upon the hide, if any, to the purchaser. A person selling or offering for sale any such carcass of beef or veal shall preserve the hide of the same for a period of fifteen days unless a certificate of inspection is secured from a brand inspector, and such person shall exhibit the certificate of inspection upon the demand of any person.(2) No person shall kill for his, her, or its own use and consumption any cattle for beef or veal without preserving the hide of such animal intact with a complete unskinned tail attached thereto for a period of not less than fifteen days unless a certificate of inspection is secured from a brand inspector, and such hide shall be presented for inspection upon demand of any person.(3) A violation of this section is an infraction. A peace officer shall have the authority to write a citation, which shall be waivable, to offenders in violation of this section. A fine under this section shall not exceed two hundred dollars per head for each offense. Violations shall be charged in the county in which the offense occurred.Source  Laws 1999, LB 778, § 44;  Laws 2021, LB572, § 25.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 54-1,115 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 54 - Livestock|54-1,115 - Livestock transportation authority form; requirements; violation; penalty.

54-1,115.  Livestock transportation authority form; requirements; violation; penalty.(1) Any person, other than the owner or the owner's employee, using a motor vehicle or trailer to transport livestock or carcasses over any land within the State of Nebraska not owned or rented by such person or who is so transporting such livestock upon a highway, public street, or thoroughfare within the State of Nebraska shall have in his or her possession a livestock transportation authority form, certificate of inspection, or shipping certificate from a registered feedlot, authorizing such movement as to each head of livestock transported by such vehicle.(2) A livestock transportation authority form shall be in writing and shall state the name of the owner of the livestock, the owner's post office address, the place from which the livestock are being moved, including the name of the ranch, if any, the destination, the name and address of the carrier, the license number and make of motor vehicle to which consigned, together with the number of livestock and a description thereof including kind, sex, breed, color, and marks, if any, and in the case of livestock shipments originating within the brand inspection area, the brands, if there are any. The authority form shall be signed by the owner of the livestock or the owner's authorized agent.(3) Any peace officer, based upon probable cause to question the ownership of the livestock being transported, may stop a motor vehicle or motor vehicle and trailer and request exhibition of any authority form or certificate required by this section.(4) A violation of this section is an infraction. A peace officer shall have the authority to write a citation, which shall be waivable, to offenders in violation of this section. A fine under this section shall not exceed two hundred dollars per head for each offense. Violations shall be charged in the county in which the offense occurred.Source  Laws 1999, LB 778, § 46;  Laws 2000, LB 213, § 8;  Laws 2017, LB600, § 11;  Laws 2021, LB572, § 27.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021  Cross References  Duty to care for livestock, violation, penalty, see section 54-7,104.
NE Code § 54-1,116 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 54 - Livestock|54-1,116 - Satisfactory evidence of ownership; violation; penalty.

54-1,116.  Satisfactory evidence of ownership; violation; penalty.(1) All livestock sold or otherwise disposed of shall be accompanied by a properly executed bill of sale in writing or, for cattle, a certificate of inspection. All owners of or persons possessing livestock have a duty to exhibit, upon request of any person, the bill of sale or other satisfactory evidence of ownership of the livestock.(2) A violation of this section is an infraction. A peace officer shall have the authority to write a citation, which shall be waivable, to offenders in violation of this section. A fine under this section shall not exceed two hundred dollars per head for each offense. Violations shall be charged in the county in which the offense occurred.Source  Laws 1999, LB 778, § 47;  Laws 2021, LB572, § 28.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 54-1,117 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 54 - Livestock|54-1,117 - Brand inspection area; intermingling of livestock; effect.

54-1,117.  Brand inspection area; intermingling of livestock; effect.No consignment of livestock within, entering into, or passing through the brand inspection area, after having been inspected by a brand inspector, shall be permitted to intermingle with any other livestock located within the brand inspection area. If, at any time after brand inspection has been performed or a certificate of inspection has been issued on any shipment of livestock, the livestock become intermingled with other livestock located within the brand inspection area, the original brand inspection is void and before further movement of the livestock out of the brand inspection area may be made, reinspection for identification of brands is required. A brand inspector may require reinspection if he or she has reason to believe a consignment of livestock has become intermingled.Source Laws 1999, LB 778, § 48.