C.R.S. Section 35-43-203
Requirements for slaughterer business

(1)

Every person carrying on the trade or business of a slaughterer of livestock in this state:

(a)

Shall maintain an established place of business;

(b)

Shall not slaughter livestock on the open range;

(c)

Shall require from all sellers of livestock a bill of sale that gives a complete description of each animal so sold and purchased including marks, brands, age, weight, name of person from whom it was purchased or otherwise acquired, date, and place of purchase or acquisition;

(d)

Shall keep a true record of all livestock purchased or slaughtered, and of any carcass or part of a carcass purchased, in one or more special books kept for such purposes. Such records shall include a complete description of each such animal or carcass, including the approximate age and weight, breed and color, fire brands, earmarks, and any other identifying characteristics and the date of purchase and from whom such animal, carcass, or part of carcass was purchased.

(e)

Shall keep the hide and horns of each animal slaughtered for inspection for a period of thirty days after it is slaughtered except when written permission for sale or destruction of the same is given by a regular or special brand inspector prior to expiration of said period. A certified copy of the bill of sale shall accompany the hide when it is offered for sale.

(f)

Shall require any person from whom he or she purchases the carcass or any part thereof, not inspected by a state brand inspector immediately prior to slaughter, to exhibit the hide as provided in section 35-43-207;

(g)

Shall not receive any carcass or part of a carcass for storage unless each hide has been inspected and all meat stamped, if required, by the brand commissioner. This paragraph (g) shall not apply to any person who slaughters livestock that are officially inspected by the state brand inspector immediately prior to slaughter.

(h)

Shall not mix any cattle that are uninspected for brands by an authorized Colorado brand inspector with any livestock that have been inspected by a Colorado brand inspector just prior to slaughter.

Source: Section 35-43-203 — Requirements for slaughterer business, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-35.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

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
Green check means up to date. Up to date

Current through Fall 2024

§ 35-43-203’s source at colorado​.gov