Utah Code 4-24-204. Effect of recorded brand — Transfer — Reservation of certain brands

4-24-204. Effect of recorded brand — Transfer — Reservation of certain brands.

(1)	Except as provided in Subsection (2), the owner of a recorded brand has a vested property right in the brand that is transferable by a duly acknowledged instrument, provided that a transferee has no rights in the brand until the instrument of transfer is recorded with the department.

Brand: means an identifiable mark, including a tattoo or cutting and shaping of the ears or brisket area, applied to livestock that is intended to show ownership and the mark's location. See Utah Code 4-24-102
Department: means the Department of Agriculture and Food created in Chapter 2, Administration. See Utah Code 4-1-109
Person: means a natural person or individual, corporation, organization, or other legal entity. See Utah Code 4-1-109
Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5

(2)

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter:

(a)	no person other than a member of the Ute Indian Tribe has any vested property right in the brand “ID” which is reserved exclusively for use by members of the Ute Indian Tribe on the Uintah and Ouray Reservation; and

(b)	no person other than a member of the Navajo Indian Tribe has any vested right in the brand “- N” (Bar N) which is reserved exclusively for use by members of the Navajo Indian Tribe on the Navajo Indian Reservation as long as it appears on the left shoulder of the animal branded.

(3)	The left jaw of cattle is reserved exclusively for use by the department to identify diseased cattle.

Amended by Chapter 295, 2021 General Session