Colorado Revised Statutes Title 35. Agriculture § 35-53-116. Hides inspected--fee--seizure

(1) In the event any authorized brand inspector is making an inspection of hides or the inspection of any slaughtered carcasses, the hides from all such carcasses shall be exhibited to the inspector at the time of the inspection, and if the inspector is satisfied that the person, firm, or corporation is acting within the law, the inspector, in addition to furnishing the certificate, shall tag or mark the carcasses and hides in a manner to be designated by the state board of stock inspection commissioners as evidence that the same have been inspected. In any case where the inspector has reason to doubt the ownership of any carcass or of any hide, he shall refuse to write the hide inspection certificate and shall be authorized to seize any such hide or any such carcass of beef and hold the same for proper proof of ownership and to dispose of the same as provided in sections 35-53-118 and 35-53-119.

(2) In the event that any authorized brand inspector is making any inspection of hides received at any hide house, the owner or person in charge of such hide house shall exhibit any hides in his possession and shall show proof of ownership evidenced by proper bill of sale showing the brand, if any, on the hide or by a brand inspection certificate issued by a brand inspector in the district at the point of origin of the hide. The inspector is authorized to seize and impound any hides in the possession of any hide house that are not properly cleared for ownership by a valid bill of sale or brand inspection certificate and to dispose of the same as provided by law for the disposal of estrays.