44-7-202 - Registration of brands by department of agriculture Fees Issuance of certificate.
44-7-202. Registration of brands by department of agriculture Fees Issuance of certificate.
(a) Any owner who uses a brand to identify cattle, hogs, sheep, goats, horses, and other animals belonging to that owner must register the owner's brand by applying to the department for registration.
(b) The application shall be made on forms prescribed and furnished by the department and shall be accompanied by a fee of ten dollars ($10.00), and a facsimile of the brand to be registered shall also accompany the application.
(c) All fees collected under this part for registration, transfer, and reregistration of brands shall be credited to the department and kept in a separate account for the purpose of defraying the cost of administering this part.
(d) If the brand described in the application closely resembles another registered 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.
(e) In the event the department denies registration of a brand, for any reason, the registration fee of ten dollars ($10.00) shall be returned to the applicant.
(f) A person having a brand duly registered with the department may transfer the brand to another by notifying the department of the transfer and giving the date of transfer and the name of the transferee. Upon receipt of the notice, and a transfer fee of one dollar ($1.00), the transfer of the registration shall be noted in the register of brands showing that the brand has been transferred and giving the name of the transferee. The transferred brand shall not be used by the new owner until the department notifies the transferee that the transfer has been noted on its register.
[Acts 1959, ch. 311, § 2; 1970, ch. 374, § 1; T.C.A., § 44-1211.]