§ 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 […]
§ 2-38-117. 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 […]
§ 2-38-118. No premature disposition of strays
(a) No person taking up any animal shall sell, exchange, or dispose of it in any manner nor kill any domesticated cattle, hogs, or sheep until after the expiration of the time that the owner has the right to prove his or her property in them. (b) Any person violating the provisions of subsection (a) […]
§ 2-38-119. Liability for death or escape of animals
If any stray animals die or escape from the possession of the taker-up before the owner shall establish his or her right thereto, and if the death or escape is without the fault of the person having the lawful possession thereof, he or she shall not be liable for it.
§ 2-38-120. Forfeiture of right to animal
If the owner of any stray animal does not appear and prove his or her property therein within one (1) year after the time of setting up the copies of the valuation and description of the animal and the filing of the bond required, he or she shall forfeit his or her right to the […]
§ 2-38-121. Payment and filing required for unclaimed strays
(a) (1) Every person who shall take up a stray animal which shall not be reclaimed by the owner within one (1) year shall pay into the county treasury of the county in which the stray was taken up one-half (½) of the residue after deducting all legal expenses from the appraised value of the […]
§ 2-38-122. Judgment for costs
If any person fails to file with the clerk of the county the treasurer’s receipt or the receipt of the owner of the animal for which he or she executed his or her bond on taking it up, although he or she may have paid the amount due on the bond to the county treasurer […]
§ 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 […]