1. A. Any person who shall with intent to defraud, brand or misbrand, mark or mismark any neat domestic animal, not his own; or shall intentionally brand over a previous brand or shall cut out or obliterate a previous mark or brand on any neat domestic animal, not his own, shall be guilty of a Class C2 felony offense and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for a term not less than three (3) years nor more than ten (10) years or by imprisonment in the county jail for one (1) year or by a fine not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) nor more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00).

2. B. For purposes of this section:

   1. 1. “Domestic animal” means cattle, equinae, sheep, goat, hog, poultry and exotic livestock; and
   2. 2. “Exotic livestock” means commercially raised exotic livestock including animals of the families bovidae, cervidae and antilocapridae or birds of the ratite group.

R.L. 1910, § 203; Amended by Laws 1947, HB 188, p. 33, § 1, emerg. eff. April 16, 1947; Amended by Laws 1963, HB 555, c. 110, § 1, emerg. eff. May 31, 1963; Amended by Laws 1993, HB 1220, c. 36, § 4, emerg. eff. July 1, 1993; Amended by Laws 1997, HB 1213, c. 133, § 122 (effective date amended to July 1, 1999, by Laws 1998, 1st Extr. Sess., HB 1002, c. 2, §§ 23-26, emerg. eff. June 19, 1998) (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 1999, 1st Extr. Sess., HB 1009, c. 5, § 53, emerg. eff. July 1, 1999 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2025, HB 2104, c. 486, § 201, eff. January 1, 2026 (superseded document available).