§ 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 […]
§ 2-38-101. Taking up animals
Every citizen, a resident householder in any county in this state, on finding any horse, mare, mule, jack, or jenny or any domesticated bovine, hog, or sheep, of any age running at large, the owner of which is not known, may take the animal into his or her custody.
§ 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 […]