ORS 599.269
Brand inspection required prior to public auction of cattle

  • minimum fee
  • application of section
  • exemptions
Before any livestock auction market can sell cattle as designated by the State Department of Agriculture, at an auction open to public bidding, or on consignment or commission basis, a brand inspector shall be present to carry out the brand inspection provisions of ORS chapter 604 and this chapter. It is necessary therefor that the department recover at least in part its actual costs of maintaining such inspection and related services. During any 24-hour period if the brand inspection fees that the department is authorized to collect through and in a livestock auction market under ORS chapter 604 do not total $50, the livestock auction market licensee shall include and at the same time pay to the department the difference between the actual brand inspection total fees collected and $50. This section also applies to sales by breed or livestock associations, fairs or other groups, but does not apply to sales by Future Farmer or 4-H groups. [1967 c.368 §5; 1973 c.151 §1; 1981 c.248 §16; 2007 c.229 §6]

Source: Section 599.269 — Brand inspection required prior to public auction of cattle; minimum fee; application of section; exemptions, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors599.­html.

599.205
Definitions 599.215
Prohibitions 599.235
License fee 599.245
Licensee’s bond 599.251
Procedure on licensee’s default as to condition of bond 599.255
Suspension or revocation or refusal to issue or renew licenses 599.265
Market zone 599.269
Brand inspection required prior to public auction of cattle 599.273
Questions of livestock ownership and possession 599.275
Cattle and hogs in market zone to be kept in clean, disinfected and segregated pens 599.285
Floors in pens 599.295
Pens for diseased animals 599.305
Pens and facilities for handling, testing, treating or examining livestock 599.315
Regulation by department of testing, treating and examining of livestock 599.335
Employment of veterinarian by licensee 599.345
Weighing by weighmasters 599.355
Records to be kept by licensee 599.385
Enforcement procedures 599.395
Joint federal-state administration of chapter 599.401
Livestock auction market license required 599.406
License application 599.416
Hearing on license application 599.421
Matters to be considered in granting licenses 599.426
Issuance or denial of license 599.431
Renewal of license 599.485
Definition for ORS 599.490 and 599.495 599.490
Department may impose stockyard requirements to prevent spread of disease 599.495
Cooperative agreements with federal government under which state department carries out federal programs in livestock auction markets and stockyards 599.510
Prevention of competitive bidding prohibited 599.520
By-bids and fraudulent bids made to deceive bidders 599.530
Prohibited practices in sales of purebreds 599.540
Withdrawal of purebred livestock from sale 599.550
Milking dairy cows prior to sale 599.560
Affidavits as to time of milking 599.610
License requirements 599.620
Enforcement and regulations 599.630
Revocation, suspension or refusal to issue license 599.640
Compliance with ORS 599.610 and 599.620 required 599.991
Penalties
Green check means up to date. Up to date

Current through early 2024

§ 599.269’s source at oregon​.gov