§ 4-14-1. Animals at large — Civil liability — Penalty. No horse, bull, boar, ram, or goat shall be permitted to run at large and if the owner or keeper of these, for any reason suffers any animals to do so he or she shall upon conviction be fined not in excess of one hundred […]
§ 4-14-10. Replevin to recover impounded animals. Any person whose beasts are impounded may, if he or she sees cause, maintain a writ of replevin, to be sued out and prosecuted before the district court having jurisdiction in the city or town where they were impounded. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 129, § 9; G.L. […]
§ 4-14-11. Procedure in replevin. The writ shall be sued out, served and returned, and the cause heard and determined in like manner as other civil actions before a district court in all particulars in which a different course is not prescribed. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 129, § 10; G.L. 1909, ch. 155, § […]
§ 4-14-12. Replevin bond. The writ shall not be served unless the plaintiff or some one in his or her behalf executes and delivers to the officer a bond to the defendant, with sufficient sureties, to be approved by the officer, in a penalty double the value of the beasts to be replevied, with condition […]
§ 4-14-13. Judgment in replevin. If it appears that the beasts were lawfully impounded, the defendant shall have judgment for any sum as shall be found due from the plaintiff for the damages for which the beasts were impounded, together with all the legal fees, costs, charges, and expenses and the costs of the action […]
§ 4-14-14. Disposition of replevied animals returned to defendant. Whenever the beasts are returned to the defendant pursuant to a judgment under § 4-14-13, they shall be held and disposed of in like manner as if they had not been replevied. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 129, § 13; G.L. 1909, ch. 155, § 13; […]
§ 4-14-15. Judgment for plaintiff in replevin. If it appears, upon the default of the defendant or otherwise, that the beasts were taken without sufficient or justifiable cause, the plaintiff shall have judgment for his or her damages caused by the unjust taking and detaining of the beasts, and for his or her costs of […]
§ 4-14-16. Appeal in replevin. Either party may, in the district court, claim an appeal in the action brought pursuant to § 4-14-13, in the same manner and with the same effect as is by law provided in other civil actions in a district court. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 129, § 15; G.L. 1909, […]
§ 4-14-17. Actions beyond jurisdiction of district court. Whenever the sum demanded for damages exceeds five thousand dollars ($5,000) or whenever the ownership in the beasts is in question and their value exceeds that sum, the action shall be brought before the superior court for the same county, and whenever this fact appears of record […]
§ 4-14-18. Appraisal in action for damages against owner of animals. If the aggrieved person proceeds by action against the owner or keeper of the trespassing beasts, he or she shall get two (2) disinterested inhabitants of the city or town where the trespass was committed to appraise the damages and to give him or […]
§ 4-14-19. Right of action where animals break division fence. Nothing in this chapter contained shall be construed as to impair the right of any proprietor or occupant of land to recover all the damages which he or she sustains by any cattle, sheep, horses, or hogs breaking into his land through that part of […]
§ 4-14-2. Animals breaking into enclosure — Action for damages — Impoundment. If any neat-cattle, horses, sheep, or hogs breaks through a lawful fence into the enclosure of any person, the person aggrieved may recover his or her damages either by action against the owner of the trespassing beasts or by impounding the beasts. History […]
§ 4-14-20. Use of the terms owner or guardian. Wherever the word “owner” shall appear in this chapter it shall also mean and may be interchanged with the word “guardian” as defined in § 4-1-1. History of Section.P.L. 2001, ch. 72, § 7.
§ 4-14-3. Appraisal of damages for recovery by impoundment. The party aggrieved, in order to be entitled to recover damages by impounding, shall, within two (2) days after the beasts break into his or her enclosure, get two (2) qualified electors of the city or town where the trespass is committed, to appraise the damage […]
§ 4-14-4. Notice to owner of impoundment. Whenever beasts are impounded, the poundkeeper shall, within forty-eight (48) hours, give notice, in writing, to the owner, if the owner is known to him or her and resides within six (6) miles from the pound. The notice shall be delivered to the owner or left at his […]
§ 4-14-5. Sale of impounded animals. If the owner of impounded beasts shall not, within ten (10) days after the impounding, pay and satisfy the damages appraised and the charges of impounding and feeding those beasts, or shall not replevy those beasts, the poundkeeper shall cause them to be sold by public auction in the […]
§ 4-14-6. Disposition of proceeds of sale. The proceeds of sale, after paying all the damages, costs, and expenses, with the costs of advertising and selling the beasts, shall be paid into the city or town treasury, for the use of the owner of those beasts, if he or she substantiates his or her claim […]
§ 4-14-7. Feeding of impounded animals — Collection of fees. The poundkeeper shall feed the impounded beasts at the charge of the owner, and he or she shall not deliver them to the owner until the owner pays the fees, together with the sum demanded for damages and all other legal costs and expenses. History […]
§ 4-14-8. Impoundment fees. The poundkeeper shall be allowed as his or her fee for impounding, for each neat-beast or horse, twenty-five cents (25¢); for each hog or sheep, five cents (5¢); and for each notification set up, or notice given to the owner, twenty-five cents (25¢); and ten cents (10¢) per mile for travel […]
§ 4-14-9. Action for damages after impounded animals returned to owner. If the owner of the impounded beasts within two (2) days after they are impounded, demand of and receive from the poundkeeper those impounded beasts and pay the charges, and if the person impounding has not lodged with the poundkeeper a statement of damages, […]
