§ 2-38-302. Penalty for failing to take up trespassing animals
(a) (1) Any owner of an animal upon receiving notice either verbal or otherwise that the animal is at large and trespassing upon the land, premises, and crops of another person shall immediately take up the animal and thereafter confine it so that further depredations and damages shall be avoided. (2) (A) If for twenty-four […]
§ 2-38-303. Notice to owners of hogs and goats
Hogs and goats when permitted to run at large are especially destructive of growing and unharvested crops of corn, oats, other small grains, and of winter cover crops; they are especially difficult and often practically impossible to catch and take up when preying upon these crops. To protect these crops, the animals must be removed […]
§ 2-38-401. Purpose
It is the purpose of this subchapter to provide for more effective enforcement of the prohibition against cattle, horses, mules, hogs, sheep, or goats being allowed to run at large along or on any public highway in the State of Arkansas in violation of § 5-62-122.
§ 2-38-402. Duty to impound
It is the duty of the Department of Arkansas State Police and the sheriffs of the respective counties to restrain and impound any cattle, horses, mules, hogs, sheep, or goats found running at large along or on any public highway in the State of Arkansas.
§ 2-38-403. Enclosures
It is the duty of the county court of each county to provide an appropriate enclosure at the county farm or at some other place within the county for the impounding of cattle, horses, mules, hogs, sheep, or goats found running at large along or on any public highway in this state.
§ 2-38-404. Delivery to enclosure
(a) Any member of the Department of Arkansas State Police or any sheriff or deputy sheriff of any county who discovers or is advised of an animal running at large along or on any public highway shall arrange for the animal to be taken up and delivered to the enclosure provided by the county court […]
§ 2-38-116. Refusal to deliver
If any person who has taken up any animal shall refuse to deliver it to the owner on his or her having complied with the requirements of this subchapter, as respects proving ownership of the animal, the owner shall have a right of civil action. If the owner recovers in an action, he or she […]
§ 2-38-405. Notice of impounding
When an animal found running at large along or on any public highway is delivered to the enclosure provided by the county court, the sheriff shall give notice of the impounding of the animal by causing a description of the animal to be inserted in some newspaper of general circulation in the county at least […]
§ 2-38-117. Compensation for keeping strays
(a) No person shall charge anything for keeping any horse, mare, mule, jack, or jenny which may be worked or ridden while in the possession of the taker-up. (b) For the keeping of other animals, or the named animals if not worked or ridden, the person taking them up shall be entitled to a reasonable […]
§ 2-38-406. Reclaiming by owner
(a) The owner of any animal impounded under the provisions of this subchapter shall be permitted at any time within thirty (30) days from the date of first publication of notice of the impounding of the animal to reclaim the animal upon the payment of all costs incurred by the county in connection with the […]