Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 7 - AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Part XXI - Animals and Animal Health
Chapter 4 - Livestock Brands and Marks
Section XXI-419 - Transfer of Brand Registration; Name Change

Universal Citation: LA Admin Code XXI-419

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

A. Brands or marks may be transferred from the current registered owner(s) to another person by sale, donation, assignment, or other act of transfer of movable property.

B. A completed request for transfer shall be submitted to the department and shall include the notarized signatures of all current owners, as stated on the current brand certificate.

C. If the registered owner of a brand is deceased, the brand may be transferred to the registered owner's heir(s) or legatee(s) consistent with the deceased owner's will and/or succession. In addition to the completed, notarized request for transfer form and appropriate fee, the following documents shall be submitted:

1. a copy of the deceased registered brand owner's death certificate;

2. a judgment of possession in the succession proceedings of the deceased registered brand or mark owner;

3. a copy of the deceased brand's owner last will and testament, and

4. any other documentation requested by the department.

D. If the registered brand or mark owner's name has legally changed, the brand or mark recordation may be changed to reflect the owner's current legal name. In addition to the completed, notarized request for transfer form and appropriate fee, the following documents shall be submitted:

1. a copy of the owner's state-issued identification, showing the owner's current legal name; and

2. a copy of the legal documentation that officially changed the owner's legal name, which may include, but is not limited, to the following:
a. marriage license;

b. judgment of divorce;

c. judgment of adoption;

d. legal name change; or

e. any other legal documentation that evidences a legal name change.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 3:736.

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