3-1267. Certified copy of brand entries as
evidence; brand on animals as evidence of ownership


A. A certified copy of an entry in a brand book or filing system relating to a
recorded brand or mark shall be received in the courts of this state as prima facie
evidence of all the facts required to be entered in a brand book or filing system, and of
the right of the person therein named to use such brand and mark for branding or marking
animals.


B. The appearance upon an animal of the recorded brand of the owner as shown by the
record shall be received in the courts of this state as prima facie evidence that the
animal bearing the brand is the property of the owner of the recorded brand, except when
such brand is borne by an animal seized under the provisions of this title.