2025 California Code
Food and Agricultural Code - FAC
DIVISION 10 - CATTLE PROTECTION
CHAPTER 4 - Brands and Brand Records Generally
ARTICLE 4 - Recordation
Section 20697.

Universal Citation:
CA Food & Agri Code § 20697 (2025)
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20697. The issuance to a person of a cattle brand registration certificate confers upon the person to whom it is issued both of the following:

(a) The right to use the brand until the right to use it is forfeited or the record of the brand is canceled pursuant to this chapter.

(b) The right to use the same brand on the same location on horses, mules, burros, sheep, and swine if not in conflict with a previously recorded brand.

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

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