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Livestock Identification

Oregon Revised Statutes chapter 607 defines livestock districts and open range and sets the procedure and requirements for establishing or changing a livestock district. The procedure is handled by the county clerk. When a livestock district is created or changed, written notification is sent to the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA).

Oregon livestock districts

A livestock district is a closed-range district where livestock may not run at large; the livestock owner or manager must keep livestock on his or her own property.

The following counties are livestock districts:

  • Benton
  • Clackamas
  • Clatsop
  • Coos
  • Gilliam
  • Hood River
  • Multnomah
  • Polk
  • Sherman
  • Tillamook

Open-range Oregon​ counties

  • Grant
  • Harney
  • Lake

Both open-range and livestock districts

Check with the county clerk or the ODA brand recorder for detailed descriptions of open range areas and livestock districts.

  • Baker
  • Columbia
  • Crook
  • Curry
  • Deschutes
  • Douglas
  • Jackson
  • Jefferson
  • Josephine
  • Klamath
  • Lane
  • Lincoln
  • Linn
  • Malheur
  • Marion
  • Morrow
  • Umatilla
  • Union
  • Wallowa
  • Wasco
  • Washington
  • Wheeler
  • Yamhill

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Contact

Livestock Identification
635 Capitol St NE
Salem, OR 97301
Phone: 503-986-4681
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