Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 051 - Livestock Board › Sub-Agency 0001 - General Agency, Board or Commission Rules › Chapter 17 - BRAND INSPECTION AND RECORDING PERMITS › Section 17-3 - Definitions

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) For the purpose of implementing these
				rules, the definitions in
				W.S.
				11-20-101 and the following definitions are
				applicable.
(i) "Accustomed Range" means a
				range or ranch which has been used for at least two (2) or more consecutive
				years for such purposes as specified in W.S. W.S.
				W.S.
				11-20-223 including, but not limited to,
				pasturing, grazing, ranging or feeding of the livestock and can be verified
				with Brand Inspection Records for the last two (2) years.
(ii) "Agency Director" means Chief Executive
				Officer of the Wyoming Livestock Board; is empowered to act on their behalf
				(subject to their review) and to supervise and manage the employees of the
				agency.
(iii) "Authorized Agent"
				means a manager, employee, or an agent of the bona fide owner who has the
				authority to act on the behalf of the owner.
(iv) "Bona Fide Owner" means one who controls
				through ownership or lease ranch lands headquartered within Wyoming and owns a
				registered Wyoming Brand that is used on livestock.
(v) "Bona Fide Wyoming Resident Lessee" means
				a United States citizen who has a valid Wyoming Drivers License or Wyoming
				State issued identification and who has been a resident of Wyoming and
				domiciled in Wyoming for not less than one (1) year and who has not claimed
				residency elsewhere for any purpose during that one (1) year period. Having a
				Wyoming mailing address shall not alone prove Wyoming residency. Bona Fide
				Wyoming Resident Lessee also includes any legal alien who has resided
				continuously in Wyoming for at least one (1) year.
(vi) "Brand Commissioner" means the division
				administrator who directs the state Brand Inspection and Brand Recording
				Programs.
(vii) "Brand Inspection
				District Supervisor" means those brand inspectors that are appointed to
				supervise one of the state brand inspection districts.
(viii) "Commercial Lease or Use" means any
				business practices in which a livestock owner would receive financial
				compensation for the use or lease of his livestock which does not include a
				sale or change of ownership.
(ix)
				"Designated Agent of the Board" means a Brand Inspection District Supervisor,
				Brand Commissioner, State Veterinarian, or Agency Director.
(x) "Estray Livestock" means any livestock
				found in the Permit Holder's herd whose ownership is either determined to
				belong to a party other than the Permit Holder or any livestock for which there
				is no sufficient proof of ownership found upon inspection by a brand
				inspector.
(xi) "Home County" means
				the Wyoming county in which the Wyoming ranch headquarters is
				located.
(xii) "In-State Range
				Movement" means the movement of eligible livestock from a location in Wyoming
				to a noncontiguous location in another Wyoming county.
(xiii) "Movement History" means a history of
				movement of livestock from a location in Wyoming to a noncontiguous location in
				another county for at least two (2) or more consecutive years for the purposes
				of pasturing, grazing, ranging or feeding the livestock, veterinary care,
				commercial lease or use, or other Board approved movement that is deemed
				necessary for normal ranch management operating conditions and can be verified
				with brand inspection records for the last two (2) years.
(xiv) "Normal Ranch Management Operating
				Conditions" mean those business practices or procedures, which are considered
				by the Board to be normal and customary for the operation of a livestock
				enterprise.
(xv) "Original permit"
				means the official owner's copy of the Livestock Board permit with original
				signatures.
(xvi) "Out-of-State
				Brand" means a brand or mark evidencing ownership, and is legally registered in
				a state or province other than Wyoming.
(xvii) "Permit Holder/Permittee" means the
				individual or entity that has been issued an In-State Movement permit, Out of
				State Accustomed Range permit, or a Seasonal Brand permit.
(xviii) "Producer" means an owner or manager
				of livestock.
(xix) "Qualified
				Ranch" means a livestock producing business that operates from a specific
				location headquartered in Wyoming and has operated as a livestock business for
				at least two consecutive years, which can be verified by brand inspection
				records, and meets all other legal requirements to qualify for an In-State
				Range Movement Permit. A qualified ranch may include more than one location in
				more than one county within Wyoming.
(xx) "Ranch Headquarters" means the primary
				Wyoming location of the ranch operation.
(xxi) "Ranch Unit" means livestock that are
				managed as a single herd.
(xxii)
				"Seasonal Brand" means a livestock brand that is legally registered in another
				state or province and has been approved by the Board for use on cattle in
				Wyoming.
(xxiii) "State
				Veterinarian" means the veterinary official of the State authorized to
				supervise and perform the official animal health work of the State of
				Wyoming.