3-1304. Branding or altering brand of animal of
another; classification


A person who brands or marks an animal with a brand other than the recorded brand of
the owner, or who effaces, defaces, alters or obliterates any brand or mark upon any
animal, with intent to convert the animal to his own use, is guilty of a class 4 felony
and is liable to the owner of the animal for three times the value thereof.