The board may promulgate rules, pursuant to chapter 1-26, to:

1. (1) Describe prohibited brand symbols for various types of livestock and identify locations on animals where a brand is permitted;
2. (2) Provide for the registration, transfer, and renewal of livestock brands;
3. (3) Establish a brand registration fee not to exceed fifty dollars;

4. (4) Establish a brand renewal fee not to exceed:

   1. (a) Eighteen dollars per year; or
   2. (b) Ninety dollars for each five-year ownership period;
5. (5) Establish a brand transfer fee not to exceed fifty dollars;
6. (6) Establish an ownership inspection fee not to exceed one dollar and sixty-five cents for each head of livestock;
7. (7) Establish recordable livestock brands;
8. (8) Establish law enforcement, ownership inspection, and transportation requirements within or without the ownership inspection area;
9. (9) Establish a duplicate certificate fee not to exceed twenty dollars;
10. (10) Establish a mileage fee for inspectors not to exceed the rate set pursuant to § 3-9-1;
11. (11) Establish an inspection fee for livestock located outside the ownership inspection area not to exceed one dollar and sixty-five cents for each head of livestock; and
12. (12) Establish a brand registration application fee not to exceed fifty dollars.

Source: SL 1943, ch 142 , § 6; SDC Supp 1960, § 40.1201-4; SL 1974, ch 272 , § 1; SL 1982, ch 18 , § 138; SL 1988, ch 328 , § 18; SL 1991, ch 334 ; SL 1992, ch 288 , § 1; SL 1993, ch 307 , § 1; SL 1999, ch 207 , § 1; SL 1999, ch 208 ; SL 2008, ch 212 , § 1; SL 2018, ch 247 , § 2; SL 2019, ch 183 , § 1; SL 2024, ch 20 , § 17; SL 2026, ch 170 , § 1, eff. Feb. 23, 2026.