1. The Department or its authorized inspector shall refuse to issue brand inspection clearance certificates or permits to remove animals from a brand inspection district without brand inspection as provided in this chapter, subject to brand inspection under the provisions of this chapter, not bearing brands or brands and marks of legal record in the name of the person claiming lawful possession of and applying for inspection of the animals, until satisfactory evidence of the right to legal possession of the animals and shipment or removal from the brand inspection district has been supplied to the Department or its authorized inspector.
2. The Department and its authorized inspector shall use all due vigilance to prevent the unlawful removal by any person of any animals from any brand inspection district created under the provisions of this chapter.