How To Register A Brand For Horses

Texas Brand Registration

Brand Registration Overview
Ofttimes Asked Questions
Annals Your Brand

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How To Design A Brand
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Annals Your Brand

Your make is your proof of buying and the all-time way to identify your livestock.

A make tape contains a description of the design or elements of your brand, where on the livestock you place your brand, and whatever ear marks you use to identify your livestock.

To register your brand in the county or counties in which you run cattle, delight download and print out the "Mark and Brand Registration" grade.

Fill the class out completely and take information technology to the county clerk in the county or counties in which you operate.

Some counties may offer methods to submit the grade for brand registration and re-registration. Please contact your county.

Brand locations:

Left or correct: shoulder, side, rib, flank, hip, loin, or thigh
Jaw, face, tail, dorsum, leg, or nose
Sometimes, multiple locations may exist used for one tape
Ear marks must be designated right or left and registered with the make

Earmarks

Brand records are used:

In criminal investigations by Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association (TSCRA) special rangers and by local, country and federal law enforcement;
Past Texas Animal Wellness Commission and USDA Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) for animal disease traceback;
By agricultural lending institutions to secure livestock loans;
By county sheriff offices to make up one's mind ownership of estray livestock;
By judges and attorneys who reference brands in many types of civil litigations involving livestock; and
By county clerks who may be subpoenaed to evidence in court about the accuracy of their brand registration procedure.