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Home » US Law » 2022 Rhode Island General Laws » Title 4 - Animals and Animal Husbandry » Chapter 4-16 - Estrays » Section 4-16-7. – Penalty for failure to proceed as required.

§ 4-16-7. Penalty for failure to proceed as required.

Any person taking up any estrayed animal and not proceeding as required by this chapter shall forfeit twenty-five dollars ($25.00), one half (½) to the use of the city or town where the offense has been committed and one half (½) to the use of him or her who shall sue for it.

History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 130, § 7; G.L. 1909, ch. 156, § 7; G.L. 1923, ch. 186, § 7; G.L. 1938, ch. 644, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 4-16-7.