47-414. Definitions. As used in article 4 of chapter 47 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto:

(a) "Person" means every natural person, firm, copartnership, association or corporation;

(b) "livestock" means cattle, horses, mules or asses;

(c) "brand" means any permanent identifying mark upon the surface of any livestock, except upon horns and hoofs, made by a hot iron or cryogenic branding;

(d) "commissioner" means the animal health commissioner of the Kansas department of agriculture;

(e) "cryogenic branding" means a brand produced by application of extreme cold temperature.

History: L. 1939, ch. 222, § 1; L. 1947, ch. 298, § 1; L. 1951, ch. 311, § 1; L. 1993, ch. 34, § 1; L. 2012, ch. 140, § 11; L. 2016, ch. 51, § 2; July 1.