ROAD TO THE WINNER’S CIRCLE: TRANSFER OF AN ANIMAL By Halla Pfeiff, RAAA director of office operations
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ongratulations on either your purchase or sale of your Red Angus animal. To gain full benefits of this transaction, a transfer of the animal(s) to the new owner should be completed within 60 days from the date of sale. In the third part of this series, we are going to discuss the transfer process. The transfer requirements are simple, but RAAA must receive ALL information to fulfill the request and issue a new registration certificate to the new owner.
SO, WHAT ARE THE TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS?
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We must acquire the purchaser’s contact information, including owner name, address and phone number. This allows RAAA to generate a buyer account number in our database. Be aware that the new owner may already have an existing account number. We encourage you to ask the purchaser if they know what their number is. If not or they are unsure, this can be searched in REDSPro. This number allows RAAA to document and search any and all animals transferred to the new owner. Also, depending on the individual’s goals, the buyer account could become their official membership account, allowing the member to register new offspring.
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Provide the official animal registration number that needs to be transferred to the new owner. This makes sure that the proper animal is removed from the seller’s account and moved to the new owner.
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The exact month, day and year the animal was sold should be provided at the same time.
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Lastly, what percent of the animal was sold? In most cases this is 100 percent, however, the seller may have decided to keep a percentage of ownership in the animal. Additionally, if the animal was bred at the time of transfer and you would like the breeding information listed on the certificate, please provide sire registration number, the mating type as well as in and out dates of the sire. The breeding information is not required to complete the process. Note: calves that were sold at side should be registered and transferred at the same time, if possible. This is important because the dam’s owner at the time of calving must be the account to register that calf. Animals can ONLY be transferred if fully registered. This means that no DNA requirements need to be met on parent(s) or the animal itself. In this case, the animal would be “on hold.” Reference back to part two of this series (Fall 2021 issue) for more information regarding DNA testing. The animal must also be active. This means that a disposal code was not placed on the animal for any reason by the previous owner or at compute (commercial) status. Processing time for transfers depends on the submission format. Transfers can be completed online through REDSPro or via paper on a batch transfer form or the back of the registration certificate. If the transfer is completed online by the member, then turnaround time is instantaneous when the job is finally submitted within the database. If the request for transfer is submitted via the batch transfer form or the back of the registration certificate, then turnaround time is dependent of date order received in office and the amount of data submitted before the date we received this specific request. Typically, turnaround time on these types of submissions is between a week and a half to two weeks. Note: late winter and spring are busier and can push turnaround times longer. Fees can apply to transfers depending on the processing date and the date of sale. As mentioned in the introduction, the goal is to complete your transfers within 60 days from
