Ohio Code § 947.05

Ohio Code § 947.05. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.

§ 947.05.

(A) No person, with purpose to deprive the owner of livestock and without privilege to

do so, shall knowingly apply a brand to livestock owned by another or knowingly destroy

or alter a brand on livestock owned by another. (B) No person shall knowingly offer to sell, sell, purchase, or transport livestock on

which a brand has been destroyed or altered for the purpose of depriving the owner

of the livestock. (C) No person, without privilege to do so, shall knowingly use a brand registered to

another. (D) No person shall knowingly apply a brand to livestock in a way that overlaps, disfigures,

mutilates, or destroys a brand or other mark of identification or ownership previously

applied.

Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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  • Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 947.05
  • Jurisdiction: Ohio
  • Code: Ohio Revised Code
  • Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)

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