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CO Code § 35-43-111 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 35 - Agriculture|Article 43 - Branding and Herding|Part 1 - General and Administrative Provisions|§ 35-43-111. Earmarking Sheep and Hogs

 Any owner of sheep or hogs may use an earmark, tag, or brand to designate ownership of and title to the same, which shall be subject to the provisions of this article in respect to brands.   History. Source: L. 13: P. 145, § 10. C.L. § 3127. CSA: C. 160, § 11. CRS 53: § 8-2-11 . C.R.S. 1963: § 8-2-11 .
CO Code § 35-43-112 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 35 - Agriculture|Article 43 - Branding and Herding|Part 1 - General and Administrative Provisions|§ 35-43-112. Other Animals - Earmarks

 Owners of animals other than sheep or hogs in this state may use earmarks, and these earmarks shall be taken in evidence in connection with the owner's recorded brand in all suits at law or in equity or in any criminal proceedings when the title to such property is involved or proper to be proved.   History. Source: L. 13: P. 145, § 11. C.L. § 3128. CSA: C. 160, § 12. CRS 53: § 8-2-12 . C.R.S. 1973, § 8-2-12 .
CO Code § 35-43-113 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 35 - Agriculture|Article 43 - Branding and Herding|Part 1 - General and Administrative Provisions|§ 35-43-113. Publication of Brands and Transfers

 Upon the first of every month or as soon thereafter as possible, the state board of stock inspection commissioners shall cause to be exhibited in the office of the county clerk and recorder in all counties in the state and post, when permissible, in Colorado licensed livestock markets a list showing all the brands and transfers recorded for the previous calendar month. Said list shall show a facsimile of the brand, the name of the owner, and the owner's post-office address, county, and state. The list shall remain posted until the following month when the new list is posted. Complete brand records shall be kept on file for inspection by the public at the office of each county clerk and recorder, and also kept on file by all local brand inspectors. The list shall also be published in the official state livestock paper or publication required under section 35-44-109 .   History. Source: L. 13: P. 145, § 12. C.L. § 3129. CSA: C. 160, § 13. CRS 53: § 8-2-13 . L. 63: P. 184, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 8-2-13 . L. 71: P. 163, § 1.
CO Code § 35-43-114 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 35 - Agriculture|Article 43 - Branding and Herding|Part 1 - General and Administrative Provisions|§ 35-43-114. Fees - Disposition - Report

 All fees and money collected by the state board of stock inspection commissioners shall be deposited in the brand inspection fund unless otherwise provided by law. The board shall prepare and transmit annually, in the form and manner prescribed by the heads of the principal departments pursuant to the provisions of section 24-1-136 , C.R.S., a report accounting to the governor for the efficient discharge of all responsibilities assigned by law or directive to the board.   History. Source: L. 13: P. 145, § 13. C.L. § 3130. CSA: C. 160, § 14. CRS 53: § 8-2-14 . C.R.S. 1963: § 8-2-14 . L. 64: P. 126, § 32. L. 83: Entire section amended, p. 843, § 73, effective July 1. L. 2002: Entire section amended, p. 879, § 11, effective August 7.    Cross references:   For the brand inspection fund, see § 35-41-102 .
CO Code § 35-43-115.5 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 35 - Agriculture|Article 43 - Branding and Herding|Part 1 - General and Administrative Provisions|§ 35-43-115.5. Abandoned Brands - Procedure - Sale - Proceeds

  Any brand that has been canceled for nonpayment of the assessment pursuant to section 35-43-115 (1) and that, as of June 30 of any assessment year, has remained unclaimed for at least five years since the date of cancellation shall be presumed abandoned, and all claims or interests in such brand shall be deemed forfeited.    In accordance with the “State Administrative Procedure Act”, article 4 of title 24, C.R.S., the state board of stock inspection commissioners shall adopt rules governing the publication and sale of abandoned brands. Such rules shall include, without limitation, provisions for the publication of a notice of abandoned brands and procedures for the public sale of such brands.    The purchaser of an abandoned brand at a public sale shall take all rights to the brand free and clear of all liens and encumbrances of the prior owner or of any other person. The state board of stock inspection commissioners shall provide all documents necessary to effectuate the transfer of ownership of the brand.    The proceeds of the sale of an abandoned brand, net of expenses of the sale, shall be credited to the brand assessment account in the brand inspection fund.     History. Source: L. 98: Entire section added, p. 265, § 4, effective August 5.
CO Code § 35-43-116 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 35 - Agriculture|Article 43 - Branding and Herding|Part 1 - General and Administrative Provisions|§ 35-43-116. Wrongful Branding - Penalty

 If any person, association, or corporation willfully and knowingly brands, or causes to be branded, an animal which is the property of another with his or her brand or any brand which is not the recorded brand of the owner or willfully and knowingly effaces, defaces, or obliterates any brand or mark upon such an animal, such person or any officer or director of any such association or corporation commits a class 6 felony and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-401 , C.R.S.   History. Source: L. 13: P. 144, § 9. C.L. § 3134. CSA: C. 160, § 18. CRS 53: § 8-2-16 . C.R.S. 1963: § 8-2-16 . L. 73: P. 1394, § 3. L. 79: Entire section amended, p. 704, § 84, effective July 1. L. 89: Entire section amended, p. 848, § 127, effective July 1. L. 2002: Entire section amended, p. 1549, § 320, effective October 1.    Cross references:   For the legislative declaration contained in the 2002 act amending this section, see section 1 of chapter 318, Session Laws of Colorado 2002.
CO Code § 35-43-117 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 35 - Agriculture|Article 43 - Branding and Herding|Part 1 - General and Administrative Provisions|§ 35-43-117. Use of False Brand - Damages

 Any person who brands or marks, or causes to be branded or marked, any animal which is the property of another with his brand or any brand which is not the recorded brand of the owner or effaces, defaces, or obliterates any brand or mark upon any animal is guilty of theft and, upon conviction thereof, shall be liable to the owner thereof for three times the value of the animal so branded or marked or upon which the brand or mark has been effaced, defaced, or obliterated. Payment of the forfeiture provided in this section shall not entitle the person so branding, effacing, defacing, or obliterating a brand to the property right in the animal so branded or upon which the brand was effaced, defaced, or obliterated, but such animal shall be surrendered to the proper owner.   History. Source: G.L. § 2582. G.S. § 3177. R.S. 08: § 6368. C.L. § 3136. CSA: C. 160, § 20. CRS 53: § 8-2-17 . C.R.S. 1963: § 8-2-17 . L. 73: P. 1395, § 4.    ANNOTATION   Criminal intent will be presumed upon proof of use of false brand, although the defendant may show that he acted in good faith and with innocent motives. Bradley v. People, 8 Colo. 599 , 9 P. 783 (1885).
CO Code § 35-43-118 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 35 - Agriculture|Article 43 - Branding and Herding|Part 1 - General and Administrative Provisions|§ 35-43-118. Maverick Defined - Branding Penalty

  All neat cattle and horses found running at large in this state without a mother and upon which there is neither mark nor brand shall be deemed a maverick and shall be sold to the highest bidder for cash at such time and place and under such rules and orders as the state board of stock inspection commissioners prescribes. Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to domestic or blooded stock owned and kept in cities or towns or on private farms that may stray upon the open range, and all such animals that are claimed, identified, and proven may be reclaimed.    [ ] Any person who marks, brands, or causes to be marked or branded, or in any way converts to his use any animal known and designated by law as a maverick, if not by law authorized to do so, or who knowingly allows such marking, branding, or conversion, as is prohibited by this section, to be done by his employee or agent in his behalf is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than three months nor more than one year.    Editor's note: This version of subsection (2) is effective until March 1, 2022.  (2) [ ] Any person who marks, brands, or causes to be marked or branded, or in any way converts to the person's use any animal known and designated by law as a maverick, if not by law authorized to do so, or who knowingly allows such marking, branding, or conversion, as is prohibited by this section, to be done by the person's employee or agent in the person's behalf commits a class 2 misdemeanor.  Editor's note: This version of subsection (2) is effective March 1, 2022.  History. Source: L. 1887: P. 426, § 1. R.S. 08: § 6372. C.L. § 3138. CSA: C. 160, § 22. L. 53: P. 595, § 1. CRS 53: § 8-2-18 . C.R.S. 1963: § 8-2-18 . L. 2021: (2) amended,(SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3281, § 638, effective March 1, 2022.    Editor's note:   Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.
CO Code § 35-43-119 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 35 - Agriculture|Article 43 - Branding and Herding|Part 1 - General and Administrative Provisions|§ 35-43-119. Stock Mixed With Drove - Penalty

 When the stock of any resident intermixes with any drove of animals, it is the duty of any drovers or persons in charge to cut out and separate such stock from said drove immediately, except in case of sheep and horses, which shall be driven to the nearest suitable corral to be separated. Any person, either owner or drover, or otherwise connected with the management of such drove, who neglects to comply with the provisions of this section, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars for every offense, and shall be liable to indictment for theft.   History. Source: G.L. § 2588. G.S. § 3181. R.S. 08: § 6373. C.L. § 3139. CSA: C. 160, § 23. CRS 53: § 8-2-19 . C.R.S. 1963: § 8-2-19 .    Cross references:   For theft generally, see part 4 of article 4 of title 18; for theft of livestock, see § 35-43-128 .
CO Code § 35-43-120 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 35 - Agriculture|Article 43 - Branding and Herding|Part 1 - General and Administrative Provisions|§ 35-43-120. Trespassing on Lands - Injuring Resident - Penalty

  It is the duty of any person owning or having charge of any drove of cattle, horses, or sheep, who when driving the same into or through any county of Colorado of which the owner is not a resident or landowner and where the land in such county is occupied and improved by settlers and ranchers, to prevent the same from mixing with the cattle, horses, or sheep belonging to the actual settlers and also to prevent said drove of cattle, horses, or sheep from trespassing on such land as may be the property or in the possession of the actual settler and used by him for the grazing of animals or the growing of hay or other crops or from doing injury to ditches.    Any owner or person in charge of any such drove of stock who willfully injures any resident of the state by driving such drove of stock from the public highway and herding the same is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars. The owner or person in charge of the drove so trespassing shall be liable for the damages done to the settler.     History. Source: G.L. § 2590. G.S. § 3184. R.S. 08: § 6374. C.L. § 3140. CSA: C. 160, § 24. CRS 53: § 8-2-20 . C.R.S. 1963: § 8-2-20 .    Cross references:   For recovery for trespass, see § 35-46-102 .
CO Code § 35-43-123 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 35 - Agriculture|Article 43 - Branding and Herding|Part 1 - General and Administrative Provisions|§ 35-43-123. Thoroughbred Rams Must Be Herded

 [ ] It is the duty of any owner or agent of any owner of thoroughbred rams of any description to herd them or keep them enclosed. Any owner or agent who refuses to comply with the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars.  Editor's note: This version of this section is effective until March 1, 2022.  History. Source: L. 1879: P. 190, § 1. G.S. § 3139. R.S. 08: § 6379. C.L. § 3145. CSA: C. 160, § 29. CRS 53: § 8-2-27 . C.R.S. 1963: § 8-2-27 . L. 2021: Entire section amended,(SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3281, § 639, effective March 1, 2022.    Editor's note:   Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.
CO Code § 35-43-123 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 35 - Agriculture|Article 43 - Branding and Herding|Part 1 - General and Administrative Provisions|§ 35-43-123. Thoroughbred Rams Must Be Herded

 [ ] It is the duty of any owner or agent of any owner of thoroughbred rams of any description to herd them or keep them enclosed. Any owner or agent who refuses to comply with the provisions of this section commits a civil infraction.  Editor's note: This version of this section is effective March 1, 2022.  History. Source: L. 1879: P. 190, § 1. G.S. § 3139. R.S. 08: § 6379. C.L. § 3145. CSA: C. 160, § 29. CRS 53: § 8-2-27 . C.R.S. 1963: § 8-2-27 . L. 2021: Entire section amended,(SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3281, § 639, effective March 1, 2022.
CO Code § 35-43-124 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 35 - Agriculture|Article 43 - Branding and Herding|Part 1 - General and Administrative Provisions|§ 35-43-124. Fines Paid Into School Fund

 Any fines arising from a violation of section 35-43-123 shall be paid into the school fund of the county in which such violation occurs.   History. Source: L. 1879: P. 190, § 2. G.S. § 3140. R.S. 08: § 6380. C.L. § 3146. CSA: C. 160, § 30. CRS 53: § 8-2-28 . C.R.S. 1963: § 8-2-28 .
CO Code § 35-43-125 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 35 - Agriculture|Article 43 - Branding and Herding|Part 1 - General and Administrative Provisions|§ 35-43-125. No Hogs to Run at Large

 No hog or swine shall be permitted to run at large, and the owner of any hog or swine trespassing on the property of any person is liable in treble the damages occasioned by such trespass and a fine of not less than five dollars nor more than ten dollars for each offense.   History. Source: G.L. § 2591. G.S. § 3175. R.S. 08: § 6386. C.L. § 3242. CSA: C. 160, § 159. CRS 53: § 8-2-29 . C.R.S. 1963: § 8-2-29 .    Cross references:   For recovery for trespass, see § 35-46-102 .   ANNOTATION   Railroad not liable for injury to animals at large. Where animals are at the time of an accident, running at large, contrary to the provisions of this section, and the injury thereto results without willful or gross negligence on part of the railroad company, it is not liable in damages. Denver & R. G. Ry. v. Stewart, 1 Colo. App. 227, 28 P. 658 (1891).   Applied in Smith v. Smith, 16 Colo. App. 333, 65 P. 401 (1901).
CO Code § 35-43-126 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 35 - Agriculture|Article 43 - Branding and Herding|Part 1 - General and Administrative Provisions|§ 35-43-126. Dog Worrying Stock

 Any dog found running, worrying, or injuring sheep, cattle, or other livestock may be killed, and the owner or harborer of such dog shall be liable for all damages done by it.   History. Source: G.L. § 2578. G.S. § 3176. R.S. 08: § 6387. C.L. § 3152. CSA: C. 160, § 40. CRS 53: § 8-2-33 . C.R.S. 1963: § 8-2-33 . L. 73: P. 1395, § 5.    ANNOTATION   “Worrying”, as used in this section, may be defined as follows: “To run after; to chase; to bark at”. Failing v. People, 105 Colo. 399 , 98 P.2d 865 (1940).   Authorization to kill contains no limitations with respect to vicious dogs or any stipulation that an effort first be made to drive them away by warning shots or otherwise, or that they may be killed only after damage is done to cattle. Failing v. People, 105 Colo. 399 , 98 P.2d 865 (1940).
CO Code § 35-43-127 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 35 - Agriculture|Article 43 - Branding and Herding|Part 1 - General and Administrative Provisions|§ 35-43-127. Skinning Carcass Without Right

 Any person who skins or removes from the carcass any part of the skin, hide, or pelt of any cattle or sheep without permission from the owner is guilty of theft and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished in the manner provided by law for the punishment of theft. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prevent the skinning of animals killed by railroad companies by the employees of any railroad company by which such stock may have been killed.   History. Source: L. 68: P. 41, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 8-2-38 .    Cross references:   For theft generally, see part 4 of article 4 of title 18; for theft of livestock, see § 35-43-128 .
CO Code § 35-43-128 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 35 - Agriculture|Article 43 - Branding and Herding|Part 1 - General and Administrative Provisions|§ 35-43-128. Theft of Certain Animals - Penalty

 Any person who commits theft of, or knowingly kills, sells, drives, leads, transports, or rides away, or in any manner deprives the owner of the immediate possession of any cattle, horses, mules, sheep, goats, swine, or asses, either live or slaughtered, or any portion of the slaughtered carcass thereof, or any person who commits theft of, or knowingly kills, sells, drives, leads, transports, or rides away, or in any manner applies to the person's own use any cattle, horses, mules, goats, sheep, asses, or swine, either live or slaughtered, or any portion of the slaughtered carcass thereof, the owner of which is unknown, or any person who knowingly purchases from anyone not having the lawful right to sell and dispose of the same any cattle, horses, mules, sheep, goats, swine, or asses, either live or slaughtered, or any portion of the slaughtered carcass thereof, commits a class 4 felony and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-401 , C.R.S.   History. Source: L. 68: P. 41, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 8-2-39 . L. 77: Entire section amended, p. 883, § 61, effective July 1, 1979. L. 89: Entire section amended, p. 848, § 128, effective July 1. L. 94: Entire section amended, p. 1724, § 26, effective July 1. L. 2002: Entire section amended, p. 1550, § 321, effective October 1.    Editor's note:   The effective date for amendments made to this section by chapter 216, L. 77, was changed from July 1, 1978, to April 1, 1979, by chapter 1, First Extraordinary Session, L. 78, and was subsequently changed to July 1, 1979, by chapter 157, § 23, L. 79. See People v. McKenna, 199 Colo. 452 , 611 P.2d 54 (1980).   Cross references:   For the legislative declaration contained in the 2002 act amending this section, see section 1 of chapter 318, Session Laws of Colorado 2002.   ANNOTATION   Culpable mental state is essential element of the crime defined by this section. People v. Burns, 197 Colo. 284 , 593 P.2d 351 (1979).   But elements of common-law theft not necessarily required. The fact that the crime is entitled theft of animals does not require that the elements of common-law theft be included in the crime. People v. Burns, 197 Colo. 284 , 593 P.2d 351 (1979).   Distinction from general theft constitutional. The distinction made by the general assembly, in enacting this section, between a general theft and theft of animals is not arbitrary or unreasonable, rather, it displays a legitimate legislative judgment; thus, there is no violation of equal protection in providing different penalties for the two different thefts. People v. Burns, 197 Colo. 284 , 593 P.2d 351 (1979).   Applied in Spann v. People, 193 Colo. 53 , 561 P.2d 1268 (1977).
CO Code § 35-43-201 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 35 - Agriculture|Article 43 - Branding and Herding|Part 2 - Brand Inspection|§ 35-43-201. Definitions

 As used in this part 2, unless the context otherwise requires:    “Board” means the state board of stock inspection commissioners, created in section 35-41-101.    “Department” means the Colorado department of agriculture, created in section 24-1-123, C.R.S.    “Livestock” means all cattle, calves, horses, mules, and donkeys.     History. Source: L. 2009: Entire part added with relocations, (SB 09-151), ch. 89, p. 342, § 2, effective July 1.
CO Code § 35-43-202 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 35 - Agriculture|Article 43 - Branding and Herding|Part 2 - Brand Inspection|§ 35-43-202. Brand Inspections - Custom Processing Houses - Packing Plants - Feedlots - Acceptable Forms of Evidence - Rules

  The board may, during regular business hours, inspect the records, brands, bills of sale, hides, horns, and other items related to proving ownership of or ascertaining the identity of slaughtered livestock at any custom processing house or packing plant licensed by the department or by the United States department of agriculture.    Pursuant to its authority under section 35-41-101 (3), the board may adopt rules in furtherance of this part 2, including rules governing record keeping, contact information, the contents of bills of sale and other records of transfers of livestock or carcasses, the mixing of inspected and uninspected livestock, hide retention, hide exhibition, and brand inspection.    No person shall slaughter any livestock purchased in Colorado that have not been inspected for brands by an authorized Colorado brand inspector immediately prior to slaughter.     History. Source: L. 2009: Entire part added with relocations, (SB 09-151), ch. 89, p. 343, § 2, effective July 1.
CO Code § 35-43-203 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 35 - Agriculture|Article 43 - Branding and Herding|Part 2 - Brand Inspection|§ 35-43-203. Requirements for Slaughterer Business

  Every person carrying on the trade or business of a slaughterer of livestock in this state:   Shall maintain an established place of business;    Shall not slaughter livestock on the open range;    Shall require from all sellers of livestock a bill of sale that gives a complete description of each animal so sold and purchased including marks, brands, age, weight, name of person from whom it was purchased or otherwise acquired, date, and place of purchase or acquisition;    Shall keep a true record of all livestock purchased or slaughtered, and of any carcass or part of a carcass purchased, in one or more special books kept for such purposes. Such records shall include a complete description of each such animal or carcass, including the approximate age and weight, breed and color, fire brands, earmarks, and any other identifying characteristics and the date of purchase and from whom such animal, carcass, or part of carcass was purchased.    Shall keep the hide and horns of each animal slaughtered for inspection for a period of thirty days after it is slaughtered except when written permission for sale or destruction of the same is given by a regular or special brand inspector prior to expiration of said period. A certified copy of the bill of sale shall accompany the hide when it is offered for sale.    Shall require any person from whom he or she purchases the carcass or any part thereof, not inspected by a state brand inspector immediately prior to slaughter, to exhibit the hide as provided in section 35-43-207;    Shall not receive any carcass or part of a carcass for storage unless each hide has been inspected and all meat stamped, if required, by the brand commissioner. This paragraph (g) shall not apply to any person who slaughters livestock that are officially inspected by the state brand inspector immediately prior to slaughter.    Shall not mix any cattle that are uninspected for brands by an authorized Colorado brand inspector with any livestock that have been inspected by a Colorado brand inspector just prior to slaughter.        History. Source: L. 2009: Entire part added with relocations, (SB 09-151), ch. 89, p. 343, § 2, effective July 1.