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TN Code § 44-7-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 44 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 7 - Marks, Brands, Registration and Certification|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 44-7-106. Neat Cattle Purchased to Be Branded Anew Upon Purchase

 Any person who buys branded neat cattle from another, or acquires same by other lawful means, shall, within eight (8) months, brand the cattle with the person's own proper brand, in the presence of two (2) credible witnesses, a certificate of which shall be signed by the witnesses.   Code 1858, § 1659 (deriv. Acts 1741, ch. 8, § 7); Shan., § 2845; mod. Code 1932, § 5072; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 44-1206.
TN Code § 44-7-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 44 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 7 - Marks, Brands, Registration and Certification|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 44-7-107. Altering or Defacing Marks — Forfeiture

 Any person who alters or defaces the mark or brand of another, forfeits for each animal on which the mark or brand is altered or defaced, twenty-five dollars ($25.00) to the owner who sues therefor in six (6) months, and to the owner or any interested third person who sues after six (6) and within twelve (12) months.   Code 1858, § 1660 (deriv. Acts 1741, ch. 8, § 2); Shan., § 2846; mod. Code 1932, § 5073; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 44-1207.
TN Code § 44-7-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 44 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 7 - Marks, Brands, Registration and Certification|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 44-7-108. Misbranding or Mismarking — Forfeiture

 Any person who misbrands or mismarks any unbranded or unmarked animals not belonging to that person forfeits, as in § 44-7-107, twenty-five dollars ($25.00) over and above the value of the animal, to be recovered in the same way.   Code 1858, § 1661 (deriv. Acts 1741, ch. 8, § 2); Shan., § 2847; Code 1932, § 5074; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 44-1208.
TN Code § 44-7-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 44 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 7 - Marks, Brands, Registration and Certification|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 44-7-109. Inspection of Record — Clerk's Fee for Recording

 The county clerk shall allow all citizens of the county to inspect, without charge, the book in which the marks and brands are recorded; and is entitled to fifty cents (50¢) for each record of a mark or brand.   Code 1858, § 1662; Shan., § 2848; Code 1932, § 5075; impl. am. Acts 1951, ch. 166, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 22, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 44-1209.
TN Code § 44-7-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 44 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 7 - Marks, Brands, Registration and Certification|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 44-7-110. Record of Livestock Brands Required

  Every stockyard, slaughterhouse, and packing house licensed to do business under the laws of this state shall maintain for sixty (60) days on file a record of all visible brands on livestock handled or processed on their premises. The list shall be updated every sixty (60) days and inspection shall be made available to persons doing business with those establishments.   In the event brands are unreadable, the stockyard, slaughterhouse, or packing house will record the brand to the best of its ability with a statement declaring the condition of the brand.   Failure to comply with this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
TN Code § 44-7-201 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 44 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 7 - Marks, Brands, Registration and Certification|Part 2 - Registration of Cattle Brands|§ 44-7-201. Part Definitions

 As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Brand” means any recorded identification mark applied to any position on the hide of a live animal by means of heat, acid or chemical, except tattoo marks in the ear or numbers used to keep production records or record of age;   “Commissioner” means the commissioner of agriculture;   “Department” means the department of agriculture;   “Livestock hide dealer” means any dealer or person who buys hides;   “Livestock market” means a place where a person assembles livestock for public sale if the person is required to procure a license or permit from the department to operate such market; and   “Person” means any individual, partnership, corporation or association.
TN Code § 44-7-202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 44 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 7 - Marks, Brands, Registration and Certification|Part 2 - Registration of Cattle Brands|§ 44-7-202. Registration of Brands by Department of Agriculture — Fees — Issuance of Certificate

  Any owner who uses a brand to identify cattle, hogs, sheep, goats, horses, and other animals belonging to that owner must submit an application to the department to register the owner's brand.   The application shall be made on forms prescribed and furnished by the department and shall be accompanied by payment of a fee set by rule pursuant to § 43-1-703 and a facsimile of the brand to be registered. If the brand described in the application closely resembles another brand previously registered by another owner, the commissioner may reject the application for registration, but in the event the brand does not closely resemble another brand previously registered, the commissioner shall issue to the applicant a certificate of registration.   A person having a brand duly registered with the department may transfer the brand to another person by notifying the department of the transfer and giving the date of transfer and the name of the transferee. Upon receipt of the notice, the department shall note the brand transfer and the name of the transferee in its register of brands. The transferee shall not use the transferred brand until the department notifies the transferee that the brand transfer has been noted on the department's register.
TN Code § 44-7-203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 44 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 7 - Marks, Brands, Registration and Certification|Part 2 - Registration of Cattle Brands|§ 44-7-203. Copy of Certificate Evidence of Registration

 In all suits at law or in equity, or in any criminal proceedings involving the title or right of possession of branded cattle, hogs, sheep, goats, horses, and other animals, a copy of the certificate of the brand registration, verified by the affidavit of the commissioner, shall be received in evidence by the court as evidence of the registration of the brand in accordance with the requirements of this part.
TN Code § 44-7-204 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 44 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 7 - Marks, Brands, Registration and Certification|Part 2 - Registration of Cattle Brands|§ 44-7-204. Reregistration of Brands Periodically — Fee — Forfeiture Upon Failure

 Every five (5) years, all brands shall be reregistered with the department. At least ninety (90) days prior to the date for reregistration of all brands, the department shall notify all persons having brands registered as to the date by which the brand must be reregistered. On or before the reregistration date, the person in whose name the brand is registered shall furnish any additional information as the department may require on forms furnished by the department. If any person having a registered brand fails to reregister the brand in that person's name, the brand shall be forfeited and shall be available for registration in the name of another person.
TN Code § 44-7-205 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 44 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 7 - Marks, Brands, Registration and Certification|Part 2 - Registration of Cattle Brands|§ 44-7-205. Register of Brands — Publication

 The department shall maintain a complete register of all brands, showing the name and address of the owner, and shall, in accordance with the rules, regulations, policies and procedures of the state publications committee, publish and distribute copies of the register in booklet form, and supplemental copies thereof, to every livestock market and county clerk in the state. Copies of the register of brands may be furnished to other persons requesting them at a price to be determined by the commissioner.
TN Code § 44-7-206 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 44 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 7 - Marks, Brands, Registration and Certification|Part 2 - Registration of Cattle Brands|§ 44-7-206. Copies of Register to Be Available for Inspection

 Every operator of a livestock market where cattle, hogs, sheep, goats, horses, and other animals are sold shall keep a copy of the register of brands in that person's place of business where it will be accessible for public inspection.
TN Code § 44-7-207 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 44 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 7 - Marks, Brands, Registration and Certification|Part 2 - Registration of Cattle Brands|§ 44-7-207. Rules and Regulations Promulgated by Commissioner

 The commissioner has the authority to promulgate such rules and regulations as are reasonably necessary to carry out the intent and purpose of this part so as to facilitate the tracing and identification of cattle, hogs, sheep, goats, horses, and other animals, and afford protection against stealing and unlawful dealing in cattle, hogs, sheep, goats, horses, and other animals.
TN Code § 44-7-208 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 44 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 7 - Marks, Brands, Registration and Certification|Part 2 - Registration of Cattle Brands|§ 44-7-208. Unlawful to Use Unregistered Brand or Deface Brand

 It is unlawful for:   Any person to use any brand for branding cattle, hogs, sheep, goats, horses, and other animals, unless the brand is registered with the department;   Any person to obliterate, alter or deface the brand of any animals; or   Any person operating or owning a livestock market to fail to keep a copy of the register of brands furnished to such person by the department in a place easily accessible to interested parties.
TN Code § 44-7-209 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 44 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 7 - Marks, Brands, Registration and Certification|Part 2 - Registration of Cattle Brands|§ 44-7-209. Violation of This Part A Misdemeanor

 A person who violates any of the provisions of this part commits a Class C misdemeanor.
TN Code § 44-7-301 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 44 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 7 - Marks, Brands, Registration and Certification|Part 3 - Registration of Stallions|§ 44-7-301. Pedigreed Jacks or Bulls for Breeding to Be Registered

 The pedigree of any jack or bull, claimed to be pedigreed livestock and used for public breeding, shall be filed and registered with the county clerk, under oath that the pedigree is genuine, and the county clerk shall record the pedigree in a well-bound book to be kept in county clerk's office for that purpose.
TN Code § 44-7-302 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 44 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 7 - Marks, Brands, Registration and Certification|Part 3 - Registration of Stallions|§ 44-7-302. Pedigrees to Be Posted

 The owner of such pedigreed stock shall, during breeding seasons, have posted conspicuously in three (3) different places in the county in which the owner lives, or in which the animal is being used for breeding purposes, a certified copy of the pedigree recorded as provided in § 44-7-301.
TN Code § 44-7-303 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 44 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 7 - Marks, Brands, Registration and Certification|Part 3 - Registration of Stallions|§ 44-7-303. False Pedigree Posted or Recorded a Misdemeanor

 Any person who knowingly records or posts any false or fraudulent pedigree commits a Class C misdemeanor.
TN Code § 44-7-401 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 44 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 7 - Marks, Brands, Registration and Certification|Part 4 - Certification of Livestock|§ 44-7-401. Certification of Quality — Fees — Rules and Regulations

 In order to promote and further develop livestock interests of this state, the commissioner, or the commissioner's authorized agents, is authorized, when requested by parties financially interested in livestock or livestock products, to investigate and certify the quality, condition, grade or other classification of the livestock or livestock products. Such classification, including payment of such fees as the commissioner deems reasonable for the services rendered or performed by employees or licensed agents of the department, shall be established under such rules and regulations as the commissioner may prescribe.
TN Code § 44-7-402 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 44 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 7 - Marks, Brands, Registration and Certification|Part 4 - Certification of Livestock|§ 44-7-402. Disposition of Collected Fees

 All fees and moneys collected or received under § 44-7-401 shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the department, with the funds to be used solely and separately to defray the actual costs of the services rendered.
TN Code § 44-7-403 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 44 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 7 - Marks, Brands, Registration and Certification|Part 4 - Certification of Livestock|§ 44-7-403. Animal Diagnostic Laboratory — Fees

  Animal diagnostic laboratory service fees, including, but not limited to, biopsy, necropsy, cytology, parasitology, virology, bacteriology, toxicology, and immunology, shall be set by rule pursuant to § 43-1-703.   The commissioner shall establish grading fees for livestock graded by employees or agents of the department of agriculture by rule pursuant to § 43-1-703. The livestock market where the animal was graded and sold shall be responsible for payment of the fees to the department.
TN Code § 44-8-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 44 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 8 - Fences and Confinement|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 44-8-101. Land in Cultivation Sufficiently Fenced

 Every planter shall make and keep a sufficient fence, of ordinarily sound and substantial material, around the planter's land in cultivation, and so close, for at least two and one-half feet (2½') from the surface of the earth, as to prevent hogs large enough to do damage from passing through the fence.   Code 1858, § 1682 (deriv. Acts 1807, ch. 8, § 1); Acts 1877, ch. 35, §§ 2, 3; Shan., § 2979; Code 1932, § 5202; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 44-1701, 44-9-101.
TN Code § 44-8-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 44 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 8 - Fences and Confinement|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 44-8-103. Horses, Cattle, and Mules Sufficiently Fenced

 The following shall be sufficient and be deemed a lawful fence only as to horses, cattle, and mules: any enclosure made by stretching not less than five (5) strands of barbed wire tightly between posts firmly set in the ground, or between growing trees and posts firmly set in the ground, not more than twenty feet (20') apart; the topmost wire not less than four and one-half feet (4½') from the ground, the bottom wire not less than six inches (6"), and the next to the bottom wire not less than fifteen inches (15") from the ground.
TN Code § 44-8-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 44 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 8 - Fences and Confinement|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 44-8-104. Paling and Wire Fence Lawful

 The paling and wire fence is made a lawful fence; provided, that the fence is built upon good-sized, substantial posts, set firmly in the ground, not more than twelve feet (12') apart; and provided further, that there is firmly fastened upon these posts two (2) sets double-strand wire, one (1) near the top, the other near the bottom, into which there is woven substantial sawed or split palings, not less than three feet (3') long, with one (1) barbed wire one foot (1') above the paling, or four feet (4') without the wire, and not more than three inches (3") apart; but nothing in this section shall be construed as repealing any statute providing for lawful fences in this state.
TN Code § 44-8-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 44 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 8 - Fences and Confinement|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 44-8-105. Three-Wire, Plank, or Slat Fence a Lawful Fence

 In addition, the following shall also be a lawful fence: a fence built on good-sized, substantial posts, set firmly in the ground not more than nine feet (9') apart. The fence shall consist of three (3) barbed wires, or three (3) planks, or three (3) slats running horizontally and fastened firmly to the posts, the first to be eighteen inches (18") from the ground, and the second and third eighteen inches (18") from the first and second respectively, counting from the center of each. The fence may consist entirely of wire strands, or of planks or of slats; or it may be composed of a wire, plank, and slat.
TN Code § 44-8-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 44 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 8 - Fences and Confinement|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 44-8-106. Damages for Trespass — Determination — Recovery

  When any trespass has been committed by horses, cattle, hogs, goats, sheep, or other stock upon the cleared and cultivated ground of any person having the livestock fenced, as is described in §§ 44-8-101 — 44-8-105, the person may complain to a judge of the court of general sessions of the county, who shall cause two (2) discreet and impartial freeholders to be summoned, and with them shall view and examine, on oath of the freeholders to do justice, whether the complainant's fence is a lawful fence, and what damage, if any, the person has sustained by the trespass, and certify the result of this view and examination under the hands and seals of the judge and freeholders, which certificate the judge shall deliver to the complainant. The certificate shall be prima facie evidence of the plaintiff's demand.   The owner of the stock shall be entitled to a hearing, but, if not successful, shall make full satisfaction for the trespass and damages to the party injured, to be recovered as the damages and costs, subject to the right of appeal of either party. To secure the payment of any judgment, execution may be levied upon the stock committing the trespass; and after ten (10) days' notice the stock may be sold to satisfy the judgment so recovered.
TN Code § 44-8-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 44 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 8 - Fences and Confinement|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 44-8-107. Defense of Insufficiency of Fence

 If it appears that the fence is insufficient, the owner of the animals shall not be liable to make satisfaction for the damages.   Code 1858, § 1685 (deriv. Acts 1807, ch. 8, § 2); Shan., § 2986; Code 1932, § 5208; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 44-1707, 44-9-107.
TN Code § 44-8-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 44 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 8 - Fences and Confinement|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 44-8-108. Injury to Animals

 If any person, whose fence is adjudged insufficient, maims, wounds, or kills any such animal, or causes or procures it to be done, that person shall make full satisfaction to the person injured for all damages sustained, to be recovered before any tribunal having cognizance thereof.   Code 1858, § 1686 (deriv. Acts 1807, ch. 8, § 3); Shan., § 2987; Code 1932, § 5209; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 44-1708, 44-9-108.
TN Code § 44-8-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 44 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 8 - Fences and Confinement|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 44-8-109. Notoriously Mischievous Stock to Be Confined

 All persons owning notoriously mischievous stock, known to be in the habit of throwing down or jumping fences, shall be required to keep the stock confined upon their own premises.
TN Code § 44-8-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 44 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 8 - Fences and Confinement|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 44-8-110. Liability of Owners of Notoriously Mischievous Stock

 The owners of notoriously mischievous stock shall be liable for all damages done by the stock to enclosure or crops of others.
TN Code § 44-8-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 44 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 8 - Fences and Confinement|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 44-8-111. Stock Liable to Execution

  To secure the payment of such damage and costs, executions may be levied upon the stock committing the trespass.   After ten (10) days' notice, the stock may be sold to pay such amount of damages and costs.
TN Code § 44-8-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 44 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 8 - Fences and Confinement|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 44-8-112. Pulling and Leaving Down Fence, or Opening and Leaving Open Gate, a Misdemeanor

 Any person who pulls down the fence of another and leaves the same down, without permission of the owner, or opens and leaves open the gate of another, without permission of the owner, commits a Class C misdemeanor.
TN Code § 44-8-201 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 44 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 8 - Fences and Confinement|Part 2 - Partition Fences|§ 44-8-201. Partition Fence Defined — Joining Fences

 Partition fences, within the meaning of this part, are fences erected on the line between lands owned by different persons; but no owner of land is compelled to allow a neighbor to join a fence exclusively on that person's own land.   Code 1858, § 1691; Shan., § 2998; Code 1932, § 5213; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 44-1712, 44-9-201.
TN Code § 44-8-202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 44 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 8 - Fences and Confinement|Part 2 - Partition Fences|§ 44-8-202. Fences to Be Erected and Maintained at Joint Expense

 Partition fences may be erected and repaired at the expense, jointly, of the occupants or owners; or if a person makes a fence a partition fence, by joining to it or using it as such, that person shall pay to the person erecting it that person's proportion of the expense.   Code 1858, § 1687; Acts 1875, ch. 64, § 1; Shan., § 2999; Code 1932, § 5214; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 44-1713, 44-9-202.
TN Code § 44-8-203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 44 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 8 - Fences and Confinement|Part 2 - Partition Fences|§ 44-8-203. Damages for Failure to Maintain Fence

 If either of the persons having a joint or partition fence refuses or neglects to keep that person's part of the fence in good repair, that person shall be liable for all damages the other may sustain to enclosures or crops, by trespassing stock, in consequence of the refusal or neglect.
TN Code § 44-8-204 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 44 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 8 - Fences and Confinement|Part 2 - Partition Fences|§ 44-8-204. Pay for Fence

 If the parties cannot agree as to the amount to be paid to the owner erecting or repairing a partition fence as provided in §§ 44-8-202 and 44-8-206, on application by either to a judge of the court of general sessions, the judge shall issue an order to three (3) disinterested freeholders, not related to either of the parties, to examine such fence, and to ascertain the amount to be paid to the owner erecting or repairing it.   Code 1858, § 1688; Shan., § 3002; mod. Code 1932, § 5221; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 44-1720; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 2; T.C.A., § 44-9-204.
TN Code § 44-8-205 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 44 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 8 - Fences and Confinement|Part 2 - Partition Fences|§ 44-8-205. Judgment and Execution

 The freeholders, first taking an oath before the judge to discharge their duty fairly and impartially, on a day to be by them appointed, of which both parties shall have notice, shall examine the fence, and report to the judge, in writing, the amount to be paid the person erecting it; whereupon, unless the money be paid within ten (10) days thereafter, the judge shall enter up judgment, subject to appeal, and issue execution for the judgment.   Code 1858, § 1689; Shan., § 3003; mod. Code 1932, § 5222; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 44-1721; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 2; T.C.A. § 44-9-205.