Sec. 11. (a) A recorded brand is the personal property of the person in whose name it is filed and is subject to sale, assignment, transfer, devise, and descent as personal property.

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 15-19-6-11

  • board: refers to the Indiana state board of animal health established by IC 15-17-3-1. See Indiana Code 15-19-6-2
  • brand: means a distinctive design or mark of identification made or applied to the hide on livestock by the use of a hot iron or by any other method or process approved by the board. See Indiana Code 15-19-6-3
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • person: includes an individual, a firm, an association, a partnership, a corporation, other legal entity, a public or private institution, the state, a municipal corporation, or a political subdivision of the state. See Indiana Code 15-19-6-5
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Personal property: includes goods, chattels, evidences of debt, and things in action. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
     (b) A written instrument that evidences the sale, assignment, or transfer of a brand must be forwarded to the board to be recorded in the official brand book.

     (c) The board shall determine the fee for recording a transaction under subsection (b).

     (d) As soon as the transaction has been recorded, the board shall furnish the new owner with a brand certificate.

[Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-5-14-7.]

As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.10.