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2012 Kansas Statutes
Chapter 47 LIVESTOCK AND DOMESTIC ANIMALS
Article 4 MARKS AND BRANDS
Section 47-414  Definitions.

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KS Stat § 47-414 (2012)
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47-414. Definitions. As used in this act, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

(a) "Person" means every natural person, firm, copartnership, association or corporation;

(b) "livestock" means cattle, sheep, horses, mules or asses;

(c) "brand" means any permanent identifying mark upon the surface of any livestock, except upon horns and hoofs, made by any acid, chemical, a hot iron or cryogenic branding; and, also in the case of sheep shall include the identifying marks made by paint or tar;

(d) "commissioner" means the animal health commissioner of the Kansas department of agriculture;

(e) "board" means the animal health board, created in K.S.A. 74-4001, and amendments thereto;

(f) "cryogenic branding" means a brand produced by application of extreme cold temperature.

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