2022 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry
Chapter 9 - Livestock Generally
Section 47-9-290. Certificate as evidence of ownership of livestock; foreign certificates.
In any criminal or civil action in which title to livestock is involved or proper to be proved, the certificate provided for in Section 47-9-270 shall, when recorded as provided for in Section 47-9-280, be prima facie evidence of ownership of any livestock bearing the brand shown on the face of the certificate. When livestock is brought into this State from another state or territory in transit beyond the boundaries of this State, a copy of a brand granted or held in the other state or territory, when certified to by the proper officer in that state, shall be received in evidence under the same circumstances, and shall have the same effect, as a certificate issued under the provisions of this article.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 6-369; 1952 (47) 2175.
