Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 051 - Livestock Board › Sub-Agency 0001 - General Agency, Board or Commission Rules › Chapter 1 - LIVESTOCK MARKETS, TEMPORARY AND RESTRICTED LIVESTOCK SALES, REGISTRATION OF LIVESTOCK DEALERS AND REGISTRATION OF INTERNET AND VIDEO LIVESTOCK SALES › Section 1-12 - Livestock Market Brand Inspection Procedures

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) In accordance
				with W.S. §
									
										11-20-205, the person in charge of the
				Livestock at the Livestock Market shall hold all Livestock at a designated
				place until the Livestock have been inspected for brands and ownership. All
				Livestock Market personnel shall provide the Brand Inspector with adequate
				facilities and render any assistance necessary while the required inspection is
				being made. After the Livestock have been inspected, the Livestock Market
				Management shall not commingle the Livestock with any other Livestock prior to
				sale.
(b) Livestock Market
				Management shall provide any assistance necessary to facilitate the Brand
				Inspector in issuing an official certificate of brand inspection, including
				tagging or identifying individual Livestock when deemed necessary and access to
				any essential sales receipts and records of any Livestock consigned to the
				Livestock Market.
(c) Brands
				properly recorded with the Agency or brand recording authority in the state of
				origin, or the title copy of a Brand Inspection Certificate or any other legal
				proof of ownership as specified by W. S. §
									
										11-20-208 or W.S. §
									
										11-20-222 shall be the basis for payment of
				the proceeds from the sale of Bovine, Equine or Ovine.
(d) Any Brand, that the Brand Inspector
				cannot see clearly, shall be clipped.
(e) If there is any doubt as to the Brand,
				ownership or point of origin of any Bovine, Equine or Ovine, the matter will be
				noted on the Brand Inspector Tally and the proceeds will be held by Livestock
				Market Management and given immediately to the Brand Inspector after the sale.
				If after sixty (60) days ownership has not been determined, the proceeds shall
				be forwarded to the Agency to be placed in the estray account created by W.S.
				§
									
										11-24-101 et seq.
(f) The furnishing of title to Bovine, Equine
				or Ovine or the securing of adequate proof of ownership shall at all times
				remain the responsibility of the Consignor.
(g) Livestock Market Management must
				surrender all proceeds from the sale of estrays to the Brand Inspector who will
				forward the money, copies of the Brand Inspection Tally, Copies of the estray
				report and sale invoices to the Agency immediately after the sale to be placed
				in the estray account created by W.S. §
									
										11-24-101 et seq.
(h) When Brand Inspection Forms A, B or out
				of state Brand clearances are used for proof of ownership and all animals
				covered by the certificates or clearances are not sold and the form or
				clearances are returned, the Brand Inspector must note on the Brand Inspector
				Tally the type of clearance, place of issuance, date and number, if any, and
				must also enter the words "endorsed and returned."