2025 California Code
Food and Agricultural Code - FAC
DIVISION 10 - CATTLE PROTECTION
CHAPTER 4 - Brands and Brand Records Generally
ARTICLE 1 - Requirements
Section 20606.

Universal Citation:
CA Food & Agri Code § 20606 (2025)
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20606. It is unlawful for any person to apply a recorded brand in any location on the animal except that which is specified on the brand registration certificate.

The use of a brand on any location except that which is specified on the brand registration certificate is the same as the use of an unrecorded brand.

(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

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