{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-169a.7","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 169A.7","heading":"Unlawful use of brand — penalty.","body":"A person shall not use any brand for branding livestock, unless the brand has been recorded as provided by this chapter. A person may use an unrecorded hot brand or an unrecorded cryo-brand, consisting only of Arabic numerals, if the person uses the unrecorded brand in conjunction with the person’s recorded brand, and only for purposes of identifying animals within a herd. However, the unrecorded brand shall not be evidence of ownership. A person convicted of violating this section shall be guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor.","path":["Title V - AGRICULTURE (Ch. 159 - 215A)","Chapter 169A - MARKING AND BRANDING OF LIVESTOCK"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/169A.7.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:04Z","sha256":"0aba32def76b16b5fb296502bda0e03c22d6cfc9df3fd9ebae3adc7b61b516b8","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-169a.6","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-169a.8"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}