169A.4 - RECORDING -- FEE.
169A.4 RECORDING -- FEE.
A person desiring to adopt a brand shall forward to the secretary
a brand application on forms approved by the secretary and providing
for the desired brand, together with a recording fee of twenty-five
dollars. Upon receipt, the secretary shall file the application and
fee, unless the brand is of record of another person or conflicts
with or closely resembles the brand of another person. If the
secretary determines that such brand is of record or conflicts with
or closely resembles the brand of another person, the secretary shall
not record it but shall return the facsimile and fee to the
forwarding person. However, the secretary shall renew a conflicting
brand if the brand was originally recorded prior to July 1, 1996, and
the brand is renewed as provided in section 169A.13. The department
may notify each owner of a conflicting brand that the owner may
record a nonconflicting brand. The power of examination, approval,
acceptance, or rejection shall be vested in the secretary. The
secretary shall file all brands offered for record pending the
examination provided for in this section. The secretary shall make
such examination as promptly as possible. If the brand is accepted,
the brand's ownership shall vest in the person recording it from the
date of filing. Section History: Early Form
[C51, § 921--923; R60, § 1556--1558; C73, § 1480, 1481, 3809; C97,
§ 2335, 2336; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 2977, 2978; C46, 50, 54, 58,
62, § 187.2, 187.3; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 187.4] Section History: Recent Form
C93, § 169A.4
96 Acts, ch 1119, §1; 2001 Acts, ch 183, §20; 2002 Acts, ch 1050,
§61, 65
Referred to in § 169A.2, 169A.3, 169A.5, 169A.8, 169A.13