HB 2620 - DIGEST

Provides that a person who is seventy or more years of age who applies to the department to record a brand under this act is exempt from paying a recording fee if the person owns not more than a total of ten head of cattle and horses at any one time during the period the recording is in effect.

Provides that, if a recorded brand is owned by a person who is exempted from paying brand recording or renewal fees under RCW 16.57.020 or 16.57.080 and the recording is transferred to any person who does not also qualify for the exemption or if the total number of cattle and horses owned by the brand owner exceeds ten head at any one time during the period the recording is in effect, the recipient of the transfer or the owner of the brand must pay a prorated portion of the one hundred twenty dollar fee for recording the brand or renewing the recording.