(1) Rerecording of brands is required each tenth year after 1921 per 81-3-104, MCA.

(a) The rerecord fee is $100 per brand.

(i) Brand owners requesting transfer while rerecording their brand shall be charged a separate $100 for the completion of the transfer.

(b) Between January and June of each rerecord year the department shall publish a notice to the effect that the year is a rerecord year for brands, in a newspaper in each county.

(c) The department shall mail to each recorded brand holder a similar notice addressed to the person at the last address shown in department records.

(i) Said notice shall advise the brand holder of the rerecord deadline and that no brand continues of record unless rerecorded prior to designated deadline.

(ii) A brand not originally rerecorded with the department by 12 midnight on December 31 of the rerecord year is not of record in the department.

(d) A former brand holder who has failed to rerecord in the preceding rerecord year and has therefore dropped the brand must reapply and submit the $200 application fee.

(i) Such reapplication must be treated as a new brand application and is subject to all applicable new brand restrictions.