C.R.S. Section 35-43-202
Brand inspections

  • custom processing houses
  • packing plants
  • feedlots
  • acceptable forms of evidence
  • rules

(1)

The board may, during regular business hours, inspect the records, brands, bills of sale, hides, horns, and other items related to proving ownership of or ascertaining the identity of slaughtered livestock at any custom processing house or packing plant licensed by the department or by the United States department of agriculture.

(2)

Pursuant to its authority under section 35-41-101 (3), the board may adopt rules in furtherance of this part 2, including rules governing record keeping, contact information, the contents of bills of sale and other records of transfers of livestock or carcasses, the mixing of inspected and uninspected livestock, hide retention, hide exhibition, and brand inspection.

(3)

No person shall slaughter any livestock purchased in Colorado that have not been inspected for brands by an authorized Colorado brand inspector immediately prior to slaughter.

Source: Section 35-43-202 — Brand inspections - custom processing houses - packing plants - feedlots - acceptable forms of evidence - rules, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2024-title-35.­pdf (accessed May 26, 2025).

35–43–101
Brands on livestock - evidence 35–43–102
Branding - evidence of ownership - penalty 35–43–103
Earmarks 35–43–104
Brand distinctions - recording office 35–43–105
Fee to record brands - unlawful use - penalty 35–43–106
Certified copy of brand - fee 35–43–107
Recording by county clerk and recorder 35–43–108
Brand book 35–43–109
Brands personal property - recording by board - rules - effect 35–43–110
Proof of ownership - evidence 35–43–111
Earmarking sheep and hogs 35–43–112
Other animals - earmarks 35–43–113
Publication of brands and transfers 35–43–114
Fees - disposition - report 35–43–115
Assessment of brands - rules 35–43–115.5
Abandoned brands - procedure - sale - proceeds 35–43–116
Wrongful branding - penalty 35–43–117
Use of false brand - damages 35–43–118
Maverick defined - branding penalty 35–43–119
Stock mixed with drove - penalty 35–43–120
Trespassing on lands - injuring resident - penalty 35–43–123
Thoroughbred rams must be herded 35–43–124
Fines paid into school fund 35–43–125
No hogs to run at large 35–43–126
Dog worrying stock 35–43–127
Skinning carcass without right 35–43–128
Theft of certain animals - penalty 35–43–129
Branding of calves required - exceptions 35–43–130
Cattle in feedlots 35–43–201
Definitions 35–43–202
Brand inspections - custom processing houses - packing plants - feedlots - acceptable forms of evidence - rules 35–43–203
Requirements for slaughterer business 35–43–204
Investigations 35–43–205
Exemption - limitation 35–43–206
Records - hides - open to public view 35–43–207
Sales by persons other than slaughterers - requirements 35–43–208
Person killing for own use 35–43–209
When hides admitted as evidence 35–43–210
Inspection of hide 35–43–211
Grounds for search warrant 35–43–212
Violations - penalties 35–43–213
Brand inspection - certificate - evidence

Current through Fall 2025

§ 35-43-202. Brand inspections's source at colorado​.gov