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§ 14-387-502. Effect of exemption

(a) The livestock mentioned in § 14-387-501 shall be kept under such control and restraint as to prevent them from running at large in any other township in the county which has not been exempted as provided for in this subchapter. (b) The owners or keepers of all such livestock as may be found running […]

§ 14-387-601. Provisions cumulative

This subchapter is cumulative of existing laws and shall not prevent any person from restraining the running at large of animals as provided by law.

§ 14-387-602. Appointment

The county judges of the respective counties, upon written petition signed by fifteen percent (15%) of the voters of the townships, are authorized and empowered to designate and appoint some competent person as stock marshal in any such townships within the county which have voted to restrain the running at large of livestock in them […]

§ 14-387-603. Authority

(a) (1) Any person appointed stock marshal shall have authority to restrain and impound any animals found running at large outside the enclosures of the owner or keeper of it in any township which has voted to restrain the running at large of such animals, and shall be entitled to a reasonable fee for the […]

§ 14-387-701. Certain counties excepted

Sections 14-387-301 — 14-387-306, and 14-386-701 — 14-386-706 shall not apply to Hot Spring, Montgomery, Sebastian, Sharp, Nevada, Izard, Van Buren, Calhoun, Marion, Howard, Cross, Cleveland, Monroe, Arkansas, St. Francis, Crittenden, Clark, Drew, Desha, Bradley, and Union counties.

§ 14-387-702. Other provisions cumulative

All laws and parts of laws that are in force shall be cumulative with §§ 14-387-301 — 14-387-306, and 14-387-701 — 14-387-706, except where existing laws are in direct conflict with §§ 14-387-301 — 14-387-306, and 14-387-701 — 14-387-706.

§ 14-387-703. Adding townships to stock district

Whenever three (3) or more townships shall have been formed into a unit for the purpose of restraining any stock as enumerated in § 14-387-301 and shall have been perfected in the way and manner as provided in this chapter, then any other township, or any group of townships, that would be a contiguous whole […]

§ 14-387-704. Fence not required — Exception

It shall not be necessary for any person to fence against any of the species of animals enumerated in the petition that has been adopted, and it shall be no defense to any action or proceedings brought or had that the party taking up stock did not have his lands enclosed with a lawful fence. […]

§ 14-386-604. Sale of impounded animals

If the owner or agent fails to pay the charges and damages within two (2) days after notice, the impounder shall post written or printed notices in three (3) public places in the fencing district, describing the property and fixing a day for its sale at some public place in the district upon a day […]

§ 14-386-605. Disposition of excess money

(a) After deducting the charges and damages as ascertained in § 14-386-603, the impounder shall pay the remainder to the treasurer of the fencing district, taking his receipt for it. (b) The failure to pay the moneys to the treasurer by the impounder or other person claiming to be damaged by the stock shall be […]