Local brand inspectors are also needed in the following counties:
Dewey, Harding, Mellette, Perkins, and Todd.
Please contact our office at 605 773 3324 for additional information.
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SD BRAND BOOK IS ONLINE
BRAND BOOK
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South Dakota brand law dates back to Dakota Territory
1862. At that time, the Land Office was required to maintain a record of
brands in the county or area. In 1897, a Brand and Mark Committee was
established
by the Legislature to oversee the registration of livestock brands. The Committee published a
Brand Book in 1898-99 containing 2,066 registered brands. This Committee was dissolved in 1925
when the Legislature transferred brand registration authority to the Department
of Agriculture Division of Animal Industry under the supervision of the Department Secretary.
When the State Legislature convened in 1937, the State
Brand Board was created and given authority for livestock brand registration and ownership inspection. The board has Quasi Judicial, Quasi
Legislative, Administrative and Special Budgetary functions. The Board is comprised
of five members who are appointed by the Governor for a three-year
term. The board operates entirely on user fees generated from livestock brand
registration, renewals, transfers and inspections. No general fund money is used by
the board.
The Board provides a
program for livestock brand registration, ownership
inspection and livestock theft and fraud investigation
and brand law violations. The board employs a Director
to administer the operation and financial affairs of the
Brand Office. The board also employs a Chief
Investigator and two Criminal Investigators who are
certified law enforcement officers with authority to
investigate and enforce brand laws and a Chief Brand
Inspector and a group of Brand Inspectors who carry out
the brand inspection program.
THE
BRAND
BOARD EXISTS
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To provide livestock owners with a system of livestock identification through brand registration.
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To assure proper ownership of livestock by brand inspection at time of sale or prior to removal of livestock from the ownership inspection area.
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To investigate livestock loss or theft and apprehend persons
accused of violating brand laws.
The Brand Board Office
maintains a record of over 26,000 registered livestock
brands. It also provides for the transfer of brand
ownership, the registration of new brands and the
renewal of registered brands. Every five years all
brands registered in South Dakota are renewed by the
brand owners. After each renewal period the Brand
Board publishes a Brand Book of all currently registered
brands.
The Board provides livestock ownership
inspection which is required at auction markets and at
public and private sales located west of the Missouri
River in South Dakota. Inspection is also provided
at designated points located outside the South Dakota
livestock ownership inspection area. |
