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532.010Definitions for ORS 532.010 to 532.140 532.020Branding forest products and booming equipment required; rules 532.030Branding optional east of crest of Cascade Mountains 532.040Ownership of forest products and booming equipment presumed from registered brands or catch brands thereupon 532.050Application for registration of brand; registration; rejection 532.060Application for registration of catch brand 532.070Certified copy of brand registration as evidence of registration and ownership 532.080Mark or brand assignable; procedure 532.090Cancellation of registered brand or mark 532.100Renewal and abandonment of marks or brands; reissue of abandoned or canceled brand 532.110Fees 532.120Disposition of fees 532.130Prohibitions generally 532.140Prohibited acts relating to branding or marking if intended to injure or defraud 532.510[1957 c.668 §1; 1959 c.111 §1; 1983 c.89 §1; repealed by 1993 c.47 §1] 532.520[1957 c.668 §2; 1983 c.89 §2; repealed by 1993 c.47 §1] 532.530[1957 c.668 §3; 1961 c.174 §1; 1983 c.89 §3; 1991 c.331 §77; repealed by 1993 c.47 §1] 532.535[1973 c.45 §2; 1983 c.89 §4; repealed by 1993 c.47 §1] 532.540[1957 c.668 §4(1), (2); 1983 c.89 §5; repealed by 1993 c.47 §1] 532.550[1957 c.668 §5(1), (2), (4); 1959 c.111 §2; repealed by 1983 c.89 §6 (532.551 enacted in lieu of 532.550)] 532.551[1983 c.89 §7 (enacted in lieu of 532.550); repealed by 1993 c.47 §1] 532.560[1957 c.668 §5(3); 1983 c.89 §8; 1983 c.740 §210; repealed by 1993 c.47 §1] 532.570[1957 c.668 §6; 1983 c.89 §9; repealed by 1993 c.47 §1] 532.580[1957 c.668 §15; 1983 c.89 §10; 1991 c.249 §41; repealed by 1993 c.47 §1] 532.590[1957 c.668 §8; subsection (2) enacted as 1957 c.668 §4(3); 1983 c.89 §11; repealed by 1993 c.47 §1] 532.600[1957 c.668 §23; repealed by 1993 c.47 §1] 532.610[1957 c.668 §9; 1983 c.89 §12; repealed by 1993 c.47 §1] 532.620[1957 c.668 §10; 1983 c.89 §13; repealed by 1993 c.47 §1] 532.630[1957 c.668 §7; repealed by 1993 c.47 §1] 532.640[1957 c.668 §12; repealed by 1993 c.47 §1] 532.650[1957 c.668 §11; repealed by 1993 c.47 §1] 532.660[1957 c.668 §17; repealed by 1993 c.47 §1] 532.670[1957 c.668 §13; 1983 c.89 §14; repealed by 1993 c.47 §1] 532.680[1957 c.668 §14; 1991 c.249 §42; repealed by 1993 c.47 §1] 532.690[1957 c.668 §16; repealed by 1993 c.47 §1] 532.700[1957 c.668 §18; 1983 c.89 §15; repealed by 1993 c.47 §1] 532.710[1957 c.668 §19; 1967 c.34 §7; repealed by 1993 c.47 §1] 532.720[1959 c.111 §3; repealed by 1993 c.47 §1] 532.990Penalties

Chapter 532 — Branding of Forest Products and Booming Equipment

ORS 532.040 Ownership of forest products and booming equipment presumed from registered brands or catch brands thereupon

All forest products and booming equipment having impressed thereupon a registered brand as provided in ORS 532.010 to 532.140 are presumed to belong to the person appearing on the records in the office of the State Forester as the owner of the brand. However, all forest products having impressed thereupon also a registered catch brand are presumed to belong to the owner of the registered catch brand, unless there are impressed thereupon more than one registered catch brand, in which event they shall be presumed to belong to the owner whose registered catch brand was placed thereupon latest in point of time.

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