§ 2-38-102. Range animals
No person shall take up any domesticated cattle, hogs, or sheep running in the range, unless they shall be found within his or her enclosure, from April 1 until November 1.
§ 2-38-103. Place of taking
No person shall take up any stray animal, except on his or her own farm or in his or her immediate vicinity.
§ 2-38-104. Duty and rights of taker-up or impounder
(a) (1) Every person taking up any stray animal shall immediately, if the animal is marked or branded, proceed to the office of the clerk of the county court of the county in which the animal is taken up and shall cause the clerk to examine the State Brand Book. (2) If it is found […]
§ 2-38-105. Certificate of examination
Upon the taker-up of any animal causing examination of the State Brand Book to be made by the county clerk as prescribed in § 2-38-104, the county clerk shall give to the impounder a certificate of the examination having been made, setting out in the certificate the description of the animal and the marks and […]
§ 2-38-106. Posting description of animal
(a) Upon failure to find any record of the mark or brand of the animal taken up or when the person in whose name the mark or brand is found recorded proves not to be the owner of the animal, the taker-up or impounder of the animal shall put or cause to be put up […]
§ 2-38-107. Oath of taker-up
In addition to the notice required by law to be given to a county clerk of taking up of strays, it shall be the duty of the taker-up, at the time of giving the notice, to take also an oath before the clerk that the stray was taken up on the farm of the person, […]
§ 2-38-108. Certificate of appraisement
(a) Every justice of the peace, on receiving notice of any animal being taken up, shall forthwith appoint three (3) appraisers, who shall be citizen householders of the county, to appraise and describe the animal. (b) (1) The appraisers appointed shall, as soon as practicable, proceed to view the animal and make out a detailed […]
§ 2-38-109. Bond of taker-up
(a) Every person taking up an animal as a stray shall, at the time of the appraisement, enter into bond to the State of Arkansas, with sufficient security to be approved by the justice of the peace who appoints the appraisers, in the value of the animal. The bond shall be conditioned that, if the […]
§ 2-38-110. Records
It is the duty of every clerk of the county court to keep a book in which he or she shall record all descriptions and valuations of animals taken. He or she shall also note on all bonds required to be deposited into his or her office under the provisions of this subchapter the time […]
§ 2-38-111. Advertisements to be posted
(a) The person taking up any animal under the provisions of this subchapter shall immediately make out, from the copy of the appraisement delivered to him or her by the justice of the peace, four (4) advertisements and put them up in the most public places in his or her township and county. (b) If […]