Food and Agricultural Code section 20606

It is unlawful for any person to apply a recorded brand in any location on the animal except that which is specified on the brand registration certificate.
The use of a brand on any location except that which is specified on the brand registration certificate is the same as the use of an unrecorded brand.

Source: Section 20606, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=FAC§ionNum=20606.­ (updated Jan. 1, 1967; accessed Jun. 30, 2025).

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