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Arkansas Code Title 2. Agriculture § 2-38-302. Penalty for failing to retrieve trespassing livestock

Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a)(1) Any owner of livestock upon receiving notice either verbal or otherwise that the livestock is at large and trespassing upon the land, premises, and crops of another person shall immediately retrieve the livestock and thereafter confine it so that further depredations and damages shall be avoided.

(2)(A)(i) If for twenty-four (24) hours after notification being given to him or her, the owner shall fail, neglect, or refuse to retrieve the trespassing livestock, the owner shall be guilty of a violation.

(ii) The Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission may impose a civil penalty not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) per violation of this chapter or violation of any rules promulgated under this chapter.

(B) Each day the livestock continues to run at large shall constitute a separate violation.

(b) When any initiated act duly adopted by the electors as provided prescribes penalties, the penalties of this section shall be cumulative and in addition to the penalties prescribed by the initiated act.

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