§ 14-387-101. Payment of expenses
(a) In no case shall the county be liable for any costs by reason of any county or subdivision availing or attempting to avail itself of this subchapter and subchapter 2 of this chapter. (b) In all cases the whole expense shall be paid by the petitioners.
§ 14-387-102. Lawful fence
Whenever this subchapter and subchapter 2 of this chapter become operative in any county or subdivision, any fence within the county or subdivision shall be deemed a lawful fence that is made of post and wire or plank, where the top wire or plank shall be five feet (5′) from the ground and the wire […]
§ 14-387-103. Impounding stock running at large
(a) If any stock forbidden to run at large under the provisions of this subchapter and subchapter 2 of this chapter shall enter the cultivated lands of another, without his consent, in any county or subdivision in which the provisions of this subchapter and subchapter 2 of this chapter have become operative, the owner, lessee, […]
§ 14-387-104. Fees for impounding
Any person impounding stock under the provisions of this subchapter and subchapter 2 of this chapter shall be entitled to the following fees: (1) Ten cents (10¢) per day per head for hogs; (2) Ten cents (10¢) per day per head for goats; and (3) Five cents (5¢) per day per head for sheep.
§ 14-387-105. Assessment of damages
(a) The damages done by impounded stock may be assessed by any three (3) disinterested householders of the county or subdivision, who shall first take an oath before some officer of the county authorized to administer oaths to view and assess the damages fairly and honestly. (b) The assessment by the householders shall be final.
§ 14-387-106. Sale of impounded stock generally
(a) If the owner of impounded stock or his agent, after being notified of the impoundment, shall neglect to pay the fees and damages, the taker-up of the stock may sell them at public auction for cash, after first giving five (5) days’ notice of the time, place, and terms of the sale, by: (1) […]
§ 14-387-107. Sale of stock when owner unknown
(a) If no owner of impounded stock can be found, the taker-up may, after the expiration of five (5) days, make an affidavit before a justice of the peace describing the stock and that the owner is unknown to the affiant, which affidavit shall be delivered immediately by the justice to the clerk of the […]