It shall be unlawful for:(a) Any person to use any brand or mark for branding cattle or other livestock unless the brand or mark is registered with the Department of Agriculture and Commerce;(b) Any person to obliterate, alter or deface the brand or mark of any animals;(c) Any livestock market to receive and sell livestock unless records of such sale are kept in accordance with the requirements of this article;(d) Any livestock market to fail to keep a copy of the register of brands and marks furnished to them by the department in a place easily accessible to interested parties;(e) Any livestock hide dealer to fail or refuse to keep records required by subsection (c) of Section 69-29-113.Codes, 1942, § 4896-09; Laws, 1952, ch. 173, § 9; Laws, 1993, ch. 508, § 11, eff. 7/1/1993.
Mississippi Legal Code