2006 Kansas Code - 47-422

      47-422.   Effect of recording of brands; recordation, fee; evidence; use by another prohibited, penalty. Any brand recorded with the Kansas animal health board in compliance with the requirements of this act shall be the property of the person causing such record to be made and shall be subject to sale, assignment, transfer, devise, and descent as other personal property. Instruments of writing evidencing the sale, assignment or transfer of such brand shall be recorded by the livestock commissioner, and the fee for recording such instruments of writing shall be $15. Such instruments shall have the same force and effect as recorded instruments affecting real estate, and a certified copy of the record of any such instrument may be introduced in evidence the same as is now provided for certified copies of instruments affecting real estate. Any brand recorded with the Kansas animal health department shall not be used by any person other than the recorded owner. Any person violating any provision of this section shall be guilty of a class C misdemeanor.

      History:   L. 1939, ch. 222, § 9; L. 1971, ch. 186, § 1; L. 1991, ch. 152, § 6; July 1.