Recording of brands by Department; procedure; certificate to be transmitted to owner; evidentiary effect of certificate

1. Upon the awarding of a brand or brands as provided in this chapter, the Department shall immediately proceed to record the brand or brands. 2. The recording must consist of the transcribing upon a suitable and permanent record, which is a public record and prima facie evidence of the facts contained in the record, designed and approved by the Department for that purpose, of: (a) A facsimile, except as to scale, of the brand or brand and mark or marks awarded. (b) The location upon the animal concerned of the brand or brand and mark or marks as awarded. (c) The date of application. (d) The date of award. (e) The district within which the brand or brands and mark or marks are used or will be used. (f) The kind of animals upon which the brand or brands and marks are used or will be used. 3. The Department shall promptly cause to be prepared and sent to the person to whom the award is made a certificate containing the same entries as those set forth upon the permanent record of the Department described in subsection 2 and certified to by the Department or its authorized agent. The certificate has the legal status of similar certificates as set forth in NRS 564.090.