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604.005Definitions 604.010[Amended by 1957 c.287 §1; repealed by 1967 c.129 §1 (604.012 enacted in lieu of 604.010)] 604.012[1967 c.129 §2 (enacted in lieu of 604.010); repealed by 1981 c.248 §20] 604.015Appointment, qualifications and compensation of brand inspectors; livestock police officers 604.020[Amended by 1953 c.358 §15; 1959 c.396 §1; 1961 c.267 §1; repealed by 1967 c.129 §19] 604.021State Department of Agriculture exclusive recorder of brands; nonrecordable brands; exceptions; authority 604.022[1967 c.129 §3; 1973 c.430 §1; 1975 c.574 §2; 1977 c.175 §1; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20] 604.027Application to record brand; certification; renewal; fees; rules 604.030[Repealed by 1967 c.129 §19] 604.032[1967 c.129 §4; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20] 604.035Property rights applicable to recorded brand; transferability; evidence of ownership or right of possession 604.036Copy of recordation certificate; brand books 604.040[Amended by 1953 c.358 §15; 1961 c.267 §2; repealed by 1967 c.129 §19] 604.041Transfer of recorded brand; transfer fee 604.046Brand inspection and certificate requirements; service fee; inspection system; reciprocity between states 604.047Contract to perform brand inspection services; rules 604.048Brand self-inspection program; revocation of privileges; fees; rules 604.050[Amended by 1953 c.358 §15; 1961 c.267 §3; repealed by 1967 c.129 §19] 604.051Method of proof of ownership; inspection certificate 604.056Seizure of hides or livestock; procedure; investigation; disposition; impoundment of sales proceeds 604.060[Repealed by 1981 c.248 §20] 604.061Transportation certificate 604.066Brand inspection fee; exception 604.070[Repealed by 1981 c.248 §20] 604.071Prohibitions 604.076Authority to issue citations 604.080[1967 c.129 §5; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20] 604.090[1971 c.743 §299; 1977 c.175 §2; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20] 604.095[1973 c.430 §4; 1975 c.574 §3; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20] 604.100[1973 c.430 §5; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20] 604.105[1973 c.430 §6; 1975 c.574 §4; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20] 604.110[Amended by 1957 c.287 §2; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20] 604.120[Repealed by 1981 c.248 §20] 604.130[Amended by 1967 c.129 §11; 1973 c.94 §1; 1975 c.574 §5; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20] 604.135[1967 c.129 §8; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20] 604.140[Amended by 1957 c.287 §3; 1959 c.16 §1; 1973 c.94 §2; 1975 c.574 §6; 1977 c.175 §3; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20] 604.145[1967 c.129 §7; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20] 604.150[Repealed by 1981 c.248 §20] 604.160[Amended by 1959 c.396 §4; 1975 c.574 §7; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20] 604.170[Amended by 1973 c.175 §14; 1979 c.499 §18; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20] 604.180[Amended by 1979 c.284 §179; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20] 604.190[Amended by 1973 c.94 §3; 1979 c.284 §180; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20] 604.200[Repealed by 1977 c.175 §9] 604.210[Amended by 1973 c.94 §4; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20] 604.220[Amended by 1973 c.94 §5; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20] 604.230[Amended by 1973 c.94 §6; 1979 c.284 §181; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20] 604.310[Amended by 1953 c.358 §15; 1957 c.287 §4; 1961 c.267 §4; 1977 c.175 §4; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20] 604.312[1961 c.267 §9; 1975 c.574 §8; 1977 c.175 §5; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20] 604.315[1959 c.396 §3; 1977 c.175 §6; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20] 604.320[Amended by 1953 c.358 §15; 1973 c.11 §1; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20] 604.322[1953 c.358 §15; 1961 c.425 §12; repealed by 1967 c.129 §12 (604.323 enacted in lieu of 604.322)] 604.323[1967 c.129 §13 (enacted in lieu of 604.322); 1973 c.11 §2; 1979 c.284 §182; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20] 604.324[1953 c.358 §15; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20] 604.330[Amended by 1953 c.358 §15; 1961 c.267 §5; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20] 604.340[Amended by 1953 c.358 §15; 1967 c.129 §14; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20] 604.350[Amended by 1953 c.358 §15; repealed by 1967 c.129 §15; (604.355 enacted in lieu of 604.350)] 604.355[1967 c.129 §16 (enacted in lieu of 604.350); repealed by 1981 c.248 §20] 604.360[Amended by 1953 c.358 §15; 1973 c.430 §2; 1975 c.574 §9; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20] 604.370[Amended by 1959 c.396 §6; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20] 604.380[Amended by 1953 c.358 §15; 1973 c.11 §3; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20] 604.390[Amended by 1953 c.358 §15; 1971 c.773 §6; 1975 c.574 §10; 1977 c.175 §7; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20] 604.395[1957 c.287 §5; 1963 c.357 §1; 1971 c.773 §7; 1973 c.151 §2; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20] 604.400[Amended by 1973 c.295 §1; 1979 c.499 §19; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20] 604.410[Amended by 1961 c.267 §6; 1977 c. 175 §8; 1977 c.214 §9; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20] 604.420[Amended by 1957 c.287 §6; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20] 604.425[1957 c.287 §12; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20] 604.430[1953 c.358 §13; 1963 c.66 §1; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20] 604.440[1973 c.190 §2; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20] 604.450[1973 c.190 §3; repealed by 1977 c.214 §10] 604.460[1973 c.190 §6; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20] 604.510[Repealed by 1977 c.214 §10] 604.520[Amended by 1957 c.287 §7; 1967 c.208 §6; repealed by 1977 c.214 §10] 604.530[Repealed by 1957 c.287 §8 (604.531 enacted in lieu of 604.530)] 604.531[1957 c.287 §9 (enacted in lieu of 604.530); 1961 c.267 §7; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20] 604.535[1959 c.396 §7; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20] 604.540[Amended by 1957 c.287 §11; 1971 c.743 §400; 1973 c.295 §2; 1975 c.304 §7; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20] 604.542[1967 c.129 §10; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20] 604.545[1959 c.396 §5; repealed by 1981 c.248 §20] 604.550[Repealed by 1981 c.248 §20] 604.610“Licensed feedlot” defined 604.620License; fee; sanctions 604.630Inventory; record; audit 604.640Inspection of cattle; addition to inventory; fee 604.650Inventory upon removal; fee; prohibited acts 604.660[1975 c.162 §8; repealed by 1985 c.262 §4] 604.670Rules by department 604.990[Subsection (6) of 1963 Replacement Part enacted as 1961 c.267 §10; subsection (7) of 1963 Replacement Part enacted as 1961 c.462 §7 and amended by 1963 c.87 §4; repealed by 1967 c.129 §19] 604.992Penalties

Chapter 604 — Brands and Marks; Feedlots

ORS 604.992 Penalties

(1)

Violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, or the administrative rules or orders promulgated thereunder, is a Class B misdemeanor.

(2)

Notwithstanding ORS 14.030 to 14.080, an action for violation of brand inspection requirements may be commenced and tried in either the county where the cattle movement originated or the county where the cattle movement terminated.

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