Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 81. LIVESTOCK

CHAPTER 3. MARKS AND BRANDS

Part 1. Recording of Marks and Brands

Right Of Owner Of Recorded Brand

81-3-105. Right of owner of recorded brand. A person in whose name a mark or brand is recorded is entitled to the exclusive use of the mark or brand on the species of animal and in the position designated in the record. A copy of the record certified by the department is prima facie evidence of this right, and the certificate is also prima facie evidence that the person entitled to use the mark or brand is the owner of all animals on which it appears in the position and on the species of animal stated in the certificate.

History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 144, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3304, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3304, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 93, Ch. 310, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 46-606; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 6, L. 1991.