§ 2-38-112. Publication in addition to posting
If the animal taken up is a horse, mare, mule, jack, or jenny, the taker-up shall cause a copy of the description and appraisement to be inserted in some newspaper printed in the state for three (3) weeks if the animal is of the appraised value of at least twenty dollars ($20.00). Publication shall be […]
§ 2-38-113. Payment of expenses
If the owner of any stray horse, mare, mule, jack, or jenny does not prove the stray according to law within twenty (20) days from the time the animal was taken up, the person taking it up shall pay the county clerk all fees, the necessary postage, and the price of the advertisement. The clerk […]
§ 2-38-114. Stray pen — Exhibition
(a) It is the duty of the county court, at the expense of the county, to provide a pound lot or stray pen sufficient to contain all stray horses, mares, mules, jacks, or jennies which may be taken up in their respective counties. The stray pen shall be within one-half (½) mile of the courthouse. […]
§ 2-38-115. Reclamation by owner
(a) Within one (1) year from the time of the filing of the bond required by law, if the owner of any stray animal shall appear and claim it, he or she shall notify the taker-up; and the owner shall establish his or her claim to the animal before some justice of the peace of […]
§ 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 […]