{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-35-43-116","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 35-43-116","heading":"Wrongful branding - penalty.","body":"If a person, an association, or a corporation willfully and knowingly brands, or causes to be branded, an animal that is the property of another with the person's, association's, or corporation's brand or any brand that is not the recorded brand of the owner or willfully and knowingly effaces, defaces, or obliterates a brand or mark upon such an animal, the person or the officer or director of such association or corporation commits a class 6 felony and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-401.","path":["Title 35 - AGRICULTURE","Article 43 - Branding and Herding","Part 1 - GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-35.htm","current_through":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:37:45Z","sha256":"60c87c530ab018dc7c0d5f609b09a13b05e87c22d59451a6d4f3c96541e69801","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-35-43-115.5","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-35-43-117"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}