If any livestock inspected under the provisions of this chapter or chapter 40-20 bears the recorded brand of the seller or the person transporting the livestock out of the ownership inspection area, and also bears a recorded brand of another person, then the seller or the person transporting the livestock out of the ownership inspection area may be required, at the discretion of the livestock ownership inspector, to establish ownership to the livestock by presenting to the ownership inspector satisfactory evidence of ownership.
S.D. Codified Laws § 40-21-11
Proof of ownership required for livestock bearing more than one brand
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Schuldies v. Millar (1996)
Most recently applied in Schuldies v. Millar (September 1996)
Source: SDC Supp 1960, § 40.12A06 as added by SL 1967, ch 165; SL 1988, ch 328, § 87; SL 2008, ch 215, § 2.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.