Ohio · statute · Ohio Rev. Code ch. 947 · 8 active provisions
As used in this chapter: (A) "Brand" means a distinctive design, mark of identification, or number that is applied to the hide of livestock by a hot iron or other humane method approved by the director of agriculture and is currently registered under section 947.02 of the Revised Code.(B) "Livestock" means cattle, shee…
(A) The director of agriculture shall record livestock brands and maintain a central registry of brands. The director shall publish a booklet of brands registered pursuant to this section, containing a facsimile of each registered brand and the name and address of the individual to whom it is registered. The director s…
A brand currently registered under section 947.02 of the Revised Code is personal property of the person in whose name it is registered and may be sold, assigned, transferred, or bequeathed or pass under the laws of descent and distribution as other personal property. However, the buyer or other assignee or transferee…
(A) A person who sells livestock branded with a brand shall execute to the purchaser a written bill of sale bearing the signature and residence of the seller, the name and address of the purchaser, the total number of livestock sold, a description of each animal sold as to sex and kind, and identification of the brand…
(A) No person, with purpose to deprive the owner of livestock and without privilege to do so, shall knowingly apply a brand to livestock owned by another or knowingly destroy or alter a brand on livestock owned by another.(B) No person shall knowingly offer to sell, sell, purchase, or transport livestock on which a bra…
(A) The director of agriculture shall adopt rules, subject to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, to implement, administer, and enforce this chapter. No person shall violate such a rule of the director.(B) In cooperation with law enforcement officers in this and other states, the director shall develop a uniform procedur…
The director of agriculture may, by rule adopted under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, establish and administer a program for registering identification numbers for farm equipment, livestock, and grain. The rules may provide for a central registry of identification numbers, the transfer, renewal, reinstatement, and r…
(A) Whoever violates section 947.04 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree.(B) Whoever violates division (A) or (B) of section 947.05 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fourth degree.(C) Whoever violates division (C) of section 947.05 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdeme…