Oregon Statutes 604.650 – Inventory upon removal; fee; prohibited acts
(1) All cattle, including salvage animals, dead animals, other sale animals and fed cattle being sent to slaughter, removed from the licensed feedlot shall be inventoried by the brand inspector of the State Department of Agriculture and the number thereof deducted from the department’s inventory records of the licensee. The department shall thereafter issue its brand inspection certificate, or other appropriate document evidencing brand inspection, listing thereon only the number and general description of the cattle removed from the licensed feedlot. The department shall charge the brand inspection fee established by law for such inventory and inspection.
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 604.650
- 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
- Department: means the State Department of Agriculture. See Oregon Statutes 604.005
- Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
(2) Upon completion of the inventory and inspection of the cattle being removed from the licensed feedlot, no person shall add, remove or substitute for any animal in the lot of cattle subjected to such inventory and inspection. [1975 c.162 § 7; 1981 c.248 § 31]
[1975 c.162 § 8; repealed by 1985 c.262 § 4]