Brand inspection for cattle and horses is required before:
Grazing Permits
Annual Equine Inspection: $10
Grazing permits for livestock are available if animals are:
→ Allows movement within the state of Montana for 12 months.
→ Crossing a county line or leaving MT,
Lifetime Equine Inspection: $30
→ Change of ownership (the seller is responsible for this inspection),
→ Allows travel anywhere in the US or Canada (in addition to Animal Health and other import requirements).
→ Sale at licensed livestock auction,
⇒ Slaughter at a licensed facility. Inspections must be done in daylight.
Cattle Inspection: $1.00 per head
Inspections are only issued when ownership can be proven with:
⇒ A bill of sale signed by the seller and adequately describing the livestock, or
⇒ An inspection in the current owner's name.
Duplicates of lost inspections may be obtained from MDOL for $10.
⇒ Moving to an adjacent county.
⇒ Will return within 8 months of movement.
⇒ Branded with the livestock owner's Montana registered brand.
⇒ Being moved to and from land controlled by the owner or his agent.
Grazing permits are only issued by state inspectors.
| Separate permits | # Animals | Fee |
|---|---|---|
| must be issued for | 1 - 100 | $ 30 |
| each owner. | 101 - 200 | $ 40 |
| 201 - 300 | $ 50 | |
| Any animals moved | 301 - 400 | $ 60 |
| during the interim | 401 - 500 | $ 70 |
| must be inspected. | 501 - 600 | $ 80 |
| 601 - 700 | $ 90 | |
| A state employee | 701 - 800 | $ 100 |
| may enter the destination premises | 801 - 900 | $ 110 |
| 901 - 1000 | $ 120 | |
| and inspect animals on the grazing permit or any animals comingled with them. | ||
Always contact the state of destination for current import requirements when moving animals across state lines: www.liv.mt.gov/ah/statevets/.
All animals crossing state lines must have a Certificate of Veterinary Inspection (CVI or health certificate). Animals entering Montana must also have an import permit. This includes animals leaving and re-entering the state for shows, etc.