§ 14-386-502. Validation of existing districts
The organization of all fencing districts created and established by order of any county court in the State of Arkansas, which have not been abandoned or dissolved by the judgment or order of any court of competent jurisdiction, are ratified and confirmed. All districts are declared to be legal entities in the nature of quasi-municipal […]
§ 14-386-122. Control of fence construction
(a) Fencing boards shall have control of the construction of the fence for their districts. (b) (1) The boards may advertise for proposals for doing any work by contract and may accept or reject any proposals. (2) (A) All contractors shall be required to give bond for the faithful performance of such contracts as may […]
§ 14-386-503. Money from federal government or private sector
(a) All fencing districts are expressly authorized to accept grants of money from, and to borrow money from, the federal government, or from any federal agency, or from any private person, individual, or corporation, or from any other source, for the purpose of executing or carrying out the purposes for which the district was organized. […]
§ 14-386-201. Penalty
(a) Whenever a fencing district is established under the provisions of this subchapter, it shall be unlawful for any person owning or having control of stock that have been restrained from running at large to knowingly permit such stock to run at large within the territory comprising the district. (b) Any person violating the provisions […]
§ 14-386-504. Issuance of bonds, notes, etc
(a) (1) Any fencing district, or the fencing board of the district, for the purposes prescribed in § 14-386-503 is expressly authorized and empowered to issue its general obligation, negotiable bonds, notes, or certificates of indebtedness, in the corporate name of the district, or in the name of the board of any district, in form, […]
§ 14-386-202. Establishment of fencing districts
(a) (1) The county court of any county is authorized, empowered, and required, on the petition of a majority in land value, acreage, or number of landowners of any townships or any fractional part of them contiguous to each other, to form and establish a fencing district and establish the boundaries of it, in accordance […]
§ 14-386-203. Lawful fence
Whenever a fencing district is established as to small stock, such as hogs, sheep, goats, etc., four (4) barbed wires securely fastened to posts firmly set in the ground, not exceeding sixteen feet (16′) apart, the bottom wire twenty inches (20″) above the ground, the second wire ten inches (10″) above the first, the third […]
§ 14-386-301. Addition of adjacent area to fencing district
(a) When any number of owners of either rural acreage or city or town land near or adjacent to any fencing district organized under and pursuant to the law shall present to the county court a petition, in writing, accompanied by a map giving description and setting forth such land as they desire to have […]
§ 14-386-302. Consolidation of fence or no-fence districts
(a) (1) All fence districts or no-fence districts created by special act or under § 14-386-202 in any county in the State of Arkansas may be consolidated under the management of one (1) board of commissioners by order of the county court. (2) One (1) or either of the boards of the districts may be […]
§ 14-386-401. Penalty for animals running at large — Damages
(a) If a majority of the qualified electors voting in an election held under the provisions of this subchapter shall approve the creation of the proposed fencing district, the district shall be held and deemed to be enclosed by a good and lawful fence, and it shall be unlawful for any person who is the […]