051-1 Wyo. Code R. §§ 1-12 - Livestock Market Brand Inspection Procedures

(a) In accordance with W.S. § 11-20-205, the person in charge of the Livestock at the Livestock Market shall hold all Livestock at a designated place until the Livestock have been inspected for brands and ownership. All Livestock Market personnel shall provide the Brand Inspector with adequate facilities and render any assistance necessary while the required inspection is being made. After the Livestock have been inspected, the Livestock Market Management shall not commingle the Livestock with any other Livestock prior to sale.

(b) Livestock Market Management shall provide any assistance necessary to facilitate the Brand Inspector in issuing an official certificate of brand inspection, including tagging or identifying individual Livestock when deemed necessary and access to any essential sales receipts and records of any Livestock consigned to the Livestock Market.

(c) Brands properly recorded with the Agency or brand recording authority in the state of origin, or the title copy of a Brand Inspection Certificate or any other legal proof of ownership as specified by W. S. § 11-20-208 or W.S. § 11-20-222 shall be the basis for payment of the proceeds from the sale of Bovine, Equine or Ovine.

(d) Any Brand, that the Brand Inspector cannot see clearly, shall be clipped.

(e) If there is any doubt as to the Brand, ownership or point of origin of any Bovine, Equine or Ovine, the matter will be noted on the Brand Inspector Tally and the proceeds will be held by Livestock Market Management and given immediately to the Brand Inspector after the sale. If after sixty (60) days ownership has not been determined, the proceeds shall be forwarded to the Agency to be placed in the estray account created by W.S. § 11-24-101 et seq.

(f) The furnishing of title to Bovine, Equine or Ovine or the securing of adequate proof of ownership shall at all times remain the responsibility of the Consignor.

(g) Livestock Market Management must surrender all proceeds from the sale of estrays to the Brand Inspector who will forward the money, copies of the Brand Inspection Tally, Copies of the estray report and sale invoices to the Agency immediately after the sale to be placed in the estray account created by W.S. § 11-24-101 et seq.

(h) When Brand Inspection Forms A, B or out of state Brand clearances are used for proof of ownership and all animals covered by the certificates or clearances are not sold and the form or clearances are returned, the Brand Inspector must note on the Brand Inspector Tally the type of clearance, place of issuance, date and number, if any, and must also enter the words "endorsed and returned."

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