Junior Membership – One time $50 Fee & $25 yearly activity fee
NOTE: Remit appropriate fees when submitting registrations. Papers are not released by the ACA until all fees are paid in full.
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Rules Governing Membership

• Application for adult membership must be made in writing to the executive office of the Association.
• “Adult members” shall be owners or breeders of cattle, who pay the membership fees. Adult membership will apply to the estate of a deceased member for one (1) year after death.
• Junior members are those persons under twenty-two (22) years of age who have paid their one-time membership fee of $50. Junior members may register and transfer cattle at active member rates. The junior membership will remain in effect only until January 1 after the member reaches twenty-two (22) years of age. At that time, the member has the option to convert their junior membership into any adult membership. Junior members will have a $25 yearly activity fee. This activity fee will be sent out at the beginning of January each year. Junior members must be active members in order to show at national shows.
• The Board of Directors shall have the power to accept or reject any applications for membership. The Board of Directors shall also have the power to suspend or expel any member who conducts himself in a manner detrimental to the Association, or fails to comply with the rules and regulations, without refund of membership fee.
• A member whose membership has been revoked must make a written application for reinstatement, and can be reinstated only after having received a two-thirds affirmative vote of the Board of Directors.
• Legal partnerships or incorporated companies shall specify in writing the persons authorized to vote or act in their behalf at any meeting of the Association or to sign registration and transfer applications.
• Membership may be transferred from one name to another, maintaining the same number, date and memberships name, provided that application is made in writing and an appropriate transfer fee is paid, and provided that the transferee is a legal entity in which the transferor of the certificate is part owner or the transferee is an heir or successor of the transferor.
• All members must have a 2 to 4 letter herd prefix. Example (2) TP, (3) TOP, (4) TOPP.

PO Box 890
Platte City, MO 64079