CattleBrandAI can help you create candidate cattle brand designs, but final registration depends on the state, county, or livestock authority that manages brands in your area.
Use this page as a starting point for official research after you have a clear brand draft.
Review dates vary by state. Texas, Montana, Wyoming, Oklahoma, and Nebraska resource content was checked October 11, 2026. Colorado and Kansas program and application guidance was read directly in a browser on October 13, 2026, after earlier automated access was restricted. A review date is not a promise that a link or rule remains unchanged, or that any design will be approved.
Before You Use These Links
Rules can change. Fees, renewal dates, body placement rules, and application forms may be updated by the official authority. Always confirm details directly with the office that handles brands in your location.
Government resources and association-operated resources are labeled separately below. These are research links, not a nationwide brand database or an automatic similarity check.
If you are still designing, use the free traditional designer to combine letters, symbols and hand-drawn strokes. Manual PNG and vector SVG exports need no account, credits or watermark. Optional AI refinement uses credits; free-credit AI results carry a watermark and may change letters or layout.
Before filing, identify the office for your location and species, research existing marks, prepare alternate drafts, and confirm forms, placement, fees and renewal instructions with that office. Keep a copy of the submitted design and the office’s response. No design on this website establishes ownership or approval.
Texas
Texas is changing its recording system. TAHC guidance describes the centralized registry established by the 2025 branding bill. During implementation, continue filing with the county clerk where your livestock are located. Do not assume the new online registry is already available.
Useful starting points:
- TAHC Statewide Brand Registration System
- TSCRA supplementary association guide — association resource, not the government filing office. Some wording predates the centralized registry work; follow current TAHC and county instructions.
Design note: confirm current filing instructions with your county clerk and TAHC.
Montana
Montana livestock brands are managed by the Montana Department of Livestock Brands Enforcement Division. Montana also provides an online brand book for current brands.
Useful starting points:
- Montana Livestock Brands
- Montana online brand book — government research resource, not an official document for court use or brand verification. Ask the department for the required confirmation.
Design note: use simple, readable marks before applying, because the department reviews whether a brand can be registered.
Wyoming
Wyoming brand recording is handled by the Wyoming Livestock Board. Brand research can take time, and the Board determines available locations or disallows unavailable designs.
Useful starting points:
Design note: prepare alternate designs before filing in case your first choice is unavailable.
Colorado
Colorado livestock brands are handled by the Colorado Department of Agriculture Brand Inspection Division. Its program page, reviewed October 13, 2026, distinguishes branding from recording: Colorado does not require branding itself. Check inspection requirements separately for your species, location and transaction.
For a new recorded brand, the program page explains:
- The online application has a $300 non-refundable research fee. It is credited toward recording if approved, with additional pro-rated assessment charges. It is not an all-in price.
- Most new brands use 3–4 letters, numbers or approved symbols. This is typical guidance, not the same as Kansas’s 2–4-character requirement. The division researches conflicts in the same market area; allow its stated 6–8 weeks rather than expecting instant approval.
- The 2022 Brand Book is a research aid. A mark missing from the book is not automatically available.
- The separate 2027–2031 assessment is listed at $500 per brand. Notices are planned for January 2027; the division says to wait for the notice before sending that payment. Do not confuse this assessment with the new-application research fee or reuse deadlines from the older 2022–2026 cycle.
Useful starting points:
- Colorado Livestock Brands
- Official-linked new-brand application — AccessGov portal linked by the department, not a separate eligibility check by CattleBrandAI.
Design note: prepare alternate drafts and confirm current characters, charges and filing instructions with the division. Neither AI nor the manual editor checks recorded brands.
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association (OCA) publishes a brand registration process and links to a registered-brand search. These are association-operated resources, not government websites. Some dates on the page refer to older renewal periods; get current forms and deadlines directly from OCA rather than reusing those dates.
Useful starting points:
- Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association Brands
- OCA registered-brand search — association-operated search.
Design note: Oklahoma compares applications against recorded brands, so prepare backup choices.
Nebraska
Nebraska brand registration and brand inspection are handled by the Nebraska Brand Committee. The committee provides forms, an online brand book, and lists of available brands that remain subject to final approval.
Useful starting points:
- Nebraska Brand Committee
- Nebraska new public brand search — government search. The former Brand Book page directs users to this replacement.
- Nebraska Available Brands
Design note: available-brand lists are useful, but final approval still comes from the Nebraska Brand Committee.
Kansas
Kansas livestock brands are handled by the Kansas Department of Agriculture (KDA) Division of Animal Health Brands Program. Its program, application, search and renewal pages were reviewed October 13, 2026.
- KDA requires registration before using a brand on an animal in Kansas. A logo-only design does not require livestock-brand registration; that does not establish trademark rights or exclusivity. This is not a requirement to brand every animal, and KDA describes brand inspection as non-mandatory.
- New designs must contain 2–4 characters. Consult the application’s allowed-character list and restrictions; KDA requires at least two differences from recorded brands at the same body location. The editor’s symbol library is not a list of approved Kansas characters.
- New applications are submitted by postal mail. The application fee is $5, non-refundable. After approval, registration is $70 per body location, due within 45 days. The page gives an estimated 4–6 weeks for review; timing and approval are not guaranteed.
- Search by characters, owner or location using the public portal. Missing results do not prove availability: character encoding varies, and historic searchable characters may not be allowed for new brands. KDA makes the final decision.
- KDA describes a five-year term; its renewal page lists April 1 expiration and June 1 as the final cancellation cutoff for non-renewal. Follow your own official notice. Online renewal uses a link in that notice and does not make new-brand applications online.
Useful starting points:
- Kansas Livestock Brands Program
- New-brand application instructions
- Brand search guide
- Public registered-brand search
- Brand renewal instructions
Design note: confirm characters, registered body location, current fees and instructions with KDA before filing. Search, registration and inspection are different steps; an AI draft is not evidence of eligibility.
How CattleBrandAI Fits In
CattleBrandAI helps before official filing:
- Generate multiple candidate marks
- Simplify complex logo ideas
- Create clearer initials and western layouts
- Export files for review
- Refine line weight and spacing before talking to a brand office or iron maker
It does not replace these official resources. Use it to prepare better drafts, then use the official links above for registry research and filing.
