Utah Code § 4-24-205

Livestock on open range or outside enclosure to be branded -- Cattle upon transfer
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of ownership to be branded -- Exceptions.
(1)
(a) Subject to Subsections (1)(b) and (c), livestock may not forage upon an open range in this
state or outside an enclosure unless the livestock bears a brand recorded in accordance with
this chapter.
(b) Swine, goats, and unweaned calves or colts are not required to bear a brand to forage upon
open range or outside an enclosure.
(c) Domesticated elk may not forage upon open range or outside an enclosure under any
circumstances as provided in Chapter 39, Domesticated Elk Act.
(2)
(a) Except as provided in Subsections (2)(b) and (2)(c), cattle, upon sale or other transfer of
ownership, shall be branded with the recorded brand of the new owner within 30 days after
transfer of ownership.
(b) Branding, upon change of ownership, is not required within the 30-day period for:
(i) unweaned calves;
(ii) registered or certified cattle;

(iii) youth project calves, if the number transferred is less than five; or
(iv) dairy cattle held on farms.
(c) If the animal will be harvested within 60 days after the date of the sale or other transfer of
ownership, no rebrand is required.

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