Oregon Statutes 604.066 – Brand inspection fee; exception
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the State Department of Agriculture shall charge and collect a brand inspection fee in accordance with the following:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 604.066
- Brand: means a distinctive design, mark or other means of identification applied to a designated location of the hide, wool or skin of livestock, by methods prescribed by administrative rule of the State Department of Agriculture promulgated pursuant to ORS Chapter 183. See Oregon Statutes 604.005
- Brand inspection: means the department's:
(a) Examination of the brands, tags, breed, flesh marks including dewlaps and wattles, earmarks, coloring, sex, age or other distinguishing characteristics of livestock;
(b) Examination of documents and other evidence of ownership or right to possession of livestock; and
(c) Issuance or refusal to issue a brand inspection certificate. See Oregon Statutes 604.005
- Brand inspection certificate: means a document issued by the department that is valid for eight days, unless otherwise specified therein, and that includes:
(a) The date and place of issuance;
(b) The quantity of livestock inspected and a description of the distinguishing characteristics of hides or of livestock examined, including brands, tags, breed and sex;
(c) The name and address of the person to whom issued and the name and address of the owner;
(d) If the livestock are to be transported, the destination;
(e) A statement of any limitation on the use of the certificate, or on its period of validity; and
(f) A signed certification of the department's brand inspector that the brand inspector has examined the described hides or livestock and documents associated therewith and that to the best of the inspector's knowledge the hides or livestock are owned or in the lawful possession of the person presenting the hides or livestock for brand inspection. See Oregon Statutes 604.005
- Department: means the State Department of Agriculture. See Oregon Statutes 604.005
- Equidae: means a horse, mule or ass. See Oregon Statutes 604.005
- Livestock: means cattle, Equidae, sheep and any other animals designated by the administrative rule of the department. See Oregon Statutes 604.005
- Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
- State Treasury: includes those financial assets the lawful custody of which are vested in the State Treasurer and the office of the State Treasurer relating to the custody of those financial assets. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
(a) $30 for a lifetime brand inspection for Equidae;
(b) $10 per head for a brand inspection for Equidae, if the brand inspection certificate utilized is valid for more than eight days but less than a lifetime; or
(c) $10 per head for a brand inspection on livestock other than Equidae, if the brand inspection certificate utilized is valid for more than eight days.
(2) In accordance with the provisions of ORS Chapter 183, the department shall establish a brand inspection fee on cattle and cattle hides for which a brand inspection certificate is valid for eight days. The fee shall be not less than $1 and not more than $1.35 per head of cattle and not more than $2 per hide.
(3) Except as provided in this subsection or subsection (4) of this section, the person requesting or requiring brand inspection to be performed shall pay the State Department of Agriculture a brand inspection fee and the assessments authorized under ORS § 577.512. Livestock auction markets, slaughterhouses and custom slaughtering establishments at which brand inspection is performed shall collect the fees and assessments and forward them to the department. The person requesting or requiring brand inspection for cattle delivered to a livestock auction market is not required to pay a brand inspection fee on cattle whose value is $10 or less. The person requesting or requiring brand inspection is not required to pay a brand inspection fee on cattle not more than 90 days of age that are to be transported with their mothers to a range or pastureland outside of this state.
(4) The person requesting or requiring brand inspection is not required to pay a brand inspection fee or pay assessments when Oregon cattle are being transported from any place in this state to any place outside of this state and then returned to this state, if the movement is continuous without unloading enroute, is done in the usual course of ranch operations and is not related to a change of ownership.
(5) Except as provided in ORS § 577.512, the department shall deposit all fees paid to it under this chapter in the State Treasury to the credit of the Department of Agriculture Service Fund, and such fees are continuously appropriated to the department for administering and enforcing this chapter. The provisions of ORS § 561.144 apply to such fees. [1981 c.248 § 13; 1983 c.102 § 2; 1985 c.262 § 3; 1987 c.163 § 3; 2003 c.604 § 108; 2007 c.229 § 3; 2021 c.563 § 4]
[Repealed by 1981 c.248 § 20]