(1) A brand may be recorded as a livestock heritage brand upon initial application.

(2) The owner of a recorded brand may record the brand as a livestock heritage brand during any designated renewal period.

(a) The fee to record a livestock heritage brand is six hundred dollars.

(b) A livestock heritage brand is recorded for a period of twenty years.

(c) Livestock heritage brands are listed in a separate section of the WSDA brand book.

(d) A livestock heritage brand is considered inactive and may not be applied to livestock.

(3) The owner of a livestock heritage brand may reactivate the brand at any time upon written notification to the director.

(a) The owner of a reactivated livestock heritage brand shall not be required to submit renewal fees during the remainder of the original twenty-year period as long as the recorded ownership of the brand does not change.

(b) If the owner of the reactivated brand changes the ownership status (adds, deletes, or transfers ownership to another), the brand will automatically be due for renewal at the end of the current four-year recording period.