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AZ Rev Stat § 3-1373 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture|§ 3-1373 - Report of seizure; filing and docketing

3-1373.  Report of seizure;  filing and docketing A. Livestock officers shall forthwith report any seizure of livestock pursuant to this article to the county attorney and to the clerk of the superior court in the county where the stock was seized or to an available justice of the peace of the county where the stock was seized whose office is nearest the place of seizure. B. The report shall: 1. Give a general description of the livestock seized and the brands,  if any,  together with the place of and reason for the seizure and the probable value of the livestock.  2. Request that the owner and claimant be summoned to appear and prove ownership. C. The clerk of the court or the justice of the peace shall: 1. Consider the report to be a petition.  2. File and docket it as a civil action by the state in its name and against the reputed owners of the livestock,  if known,  and if not known,  against the unknown owners.
AZ Rev Stat § 3-1374 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture|§ 3-1374 - Setting time for hearing on ownership of seized stock; issuance of summons

3-1374.  Setting time for hearing on ownership of seized stock;  issuance of summons A. The clerk of the court or justice of the peace,  as the case may be,  after filing and docketing the report of seizure shall enter a brief statement of the seizure on the docket and set a time for hearing evidence of the ownership of the livestock,  which shall be not less than ten and not more than twenty calendar days after the date the report is filed. B. The clerk or justice of the peace shall issue a summons directing all persons claiming all or part of the livestock to appear at the time set and offer proof of ownership. C. The summons:  1. Shall be addressed to those whom it may concern. 2. Shall be accompanied by a copy of the report. 3. Shall be delivered to and served by the livestock officer who made the seizure or by a constable or sheriff of the county. 4. Is returnable and shall be heard as in civil actions.
AZ Rev Stat § 3-1375 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture|§ 3-1375 - Service on owner of seized livestock; forfeiture proceedings on failure to respond

3-1375.  Service on owner of seized livestock;  forfeiture proceedings on failure to respond A. If the livestock seized is branded and marked with an adopted and recorded brand or mark,  the summons shall be served upon the person who owns the brand or mark as shown by the division's records if such person can be found in the county. The service shall be at least one day before the day set for the hearing. A copy of the summons shall be posted in at least three public and conspicuous places in the county at least eight days before the day set for the hearing. B. At the time set for hearing,  the livestock officer,  or other officer,  shall make return of the summons to the court. If it appears that due service of the summons has been made,  as required by this section,  and no one appears to claim all or part of the livestock so seized within the time provided,  the court shall adjudge the livestock forfeited to the state and shall order it sold as provided in this article.
AZ Rev Stat § 3-1376 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture|§ 3-1376 - Hearing on claim; release or sale of seized livestock; appeals

3-1376.  Hearing on claim;  release or sale of seized livestock;  appeals A. If any person appears at the time fixed for the hearing and claims all or part of the livestock,  the claim shall be stated and the judge of the court or justice of the peace shall enter upon the minutes of the court the fact that the claim is made and the hearing shall proceed as in civil actions. B. Livestock determined by the court to be owned by any person shall be released from seizure,  upon payment to the department of the hauling charges and expense of feeding and caring for such livestock. Livestock not so adjudged,  or the ownership of which is doubtful,  shall be forfeited to the state and ordered sold by the department at public auction,  upon a fixed date after notice,  as sales of personal property under execution. C. An appeal from the judgment may be taken as in civil actions and shall be governed by the same rules that apply to appeals from justice courts or from the superior court,  as the case may be.
AZ Rev Stat § 3-1377 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture|§ 3-1377 - Sale of seized stock; disposition of proceeds; livestock custody trust fund

3-1377.  Sale of seized stock;  disposition of proceeds;  livestock custody trust fund A. Livestock officers shall execute an order of sale made pursuant to this article and deliver a bill of sale to the purchaser,  describing the livestock sold and the amount it sold for,  and forward to the division a duplicate of the bill of sale. On delivery of the bill of sale,  title to the livestock shall pass to the purchaser. B. Immediately after the sale is made,  or after release to the owner who pays the hauling charges and expenses of feed and care of such livestock,  livestock officers shall remit the proceeds of the sale to the department,  together with an itemized statement of the expense of the seizure and sale,  which shall be paid as other claims. C. The amount received by the department pursuant to this section and sections 3-1294,  3-1350,  3-1372,  3-1402,  3-1403 and 3-1721 shall be deposited in a special fund designated the livestock custody trust fund,  which is established for the exclusive purpose of implementing,  continuing and supporting the agricultural program established by this chapter. The director shall administer the fund as trustee. The state treasurer shall accept,  separately account for and hold in trust any monies deposited in the state treasury,  which are considered to be trust monies as defined in section 35-310 and which shall not be commingled with any other monies in the state treasury except for investment purposes. On notice from the director,  the state treasurer shall invest and divest any trust fund monies deposited in the state treasury as provided by sections 35-313 and 35-314.03,  and monies earned from investment shall be credited to the trust fund. The beneficiaries of the trust are the agricultural programs established by this chapter. The trust fund shall be used exclusively for the purposes of this chapter on the order of the director. The trust fund is exempt from the provisions of section 35-190 relating to lapsing of appropriations. Surplus monies,  including any unexpended and unencumbered balance at the end of the fiscal year,  do not revert to the state general fund.
AZ Rev Stat § 3-1378 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture|§ 3-1378 - Representation of livestock officer by county attorney

3-1378.  Representation of livestock officer by county attorney The county attorney of the county wherein the livestock is seized shall represent the livestock officer and the interests of the state in proceedings under this article.
AZ Rev Stat § 3-1379 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture|§ 3-1379 - Notification required on seizure by government agencies

3-1379.  Notification required on seizure by government agencies All federal,  state and local governmental agencies shall notify the department within two hours of any seizure of any livestock or property in or on which livestock is present or when a person responsible for the care of any livestock is taken into custody and the person from the federal,  state or local governmental agency knows that the person taken into custody is responsible for the care of any livestock.
AZ Rev Stat § 3-1401 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture|§ 3-1401 - Definition of stray animal

3-1401.  Definition of stray animal " Stray animal"  as used in this article means livestock,  bison or ratites whose owner is unknown or cannot be located,  or any such animal whose owner is known but permits the animal to roam at large on the streets,  alleys,  roads,  range or premises of another without permission,  except that this section does not apply to livestock where the principles of a federal permit,  federal allotment or federal lease are in dispute.
AZ Rev Stat § 3-1402 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture|§ 3-1402 - Holding and sale of stray animals; repossession before and after sale; nonliability of state

3-1402.  Holding and sale of stray animals;  repossession before and after sale;  nonliability of state A. Any person who finds a stray animal may attempt to locate and,  if located,  notify the owner where the animal may be found. If the owner is unknown or cannot be located,  or the person elects not to locate or notify the owner,  the person shall notify the department and the department shall follow procedures pursuant to this section. B. A livestock officer or inspector who finds or is notified of a stray animal shall attempt to locate the owner and,  if located,  notify the owner where the animal may be found. If the owner does not take immediate possession of the animal,  or if the owner or claimant is unknown or cannot be located,  the livestock officer or inspector shall hold the stray animal for at least seven days,  but shall hold the stray animal up to fourteen days at the request of any person or organization,  and sell it at public auction to the highest bidder for cash,  after giving at least five days' notice of the sale. C. The department shall cause notice to be posted in three public places in the justice precinct where the stray animal is held stating: 1. That the stray animal will be sold at public auction for cash to the highest bidder.  2. The location where the stray animal will be held and the location where the animal will be sold. D. The owner of a stray animal may take possession of the animal at any time prior to sale by proving ownership and paying the inspection fee and all expenses incurred in keeping and caring for the animal. E. If the owner of the stray does not claim the animal before the day of sale,  or if the owner is unknown or cannot be located,  the livestock officer or inspector shall sell the animal pursuant to the notice,  and shall deliver an invoice of sale or a livestock inspection certificate to the purchaser. The owner of an animal sold may take possession of it at any time before the purchaser sells it by paying to the purchaser the purchase price paid at the sale,  together with the expense of keeping and caring for the animal from the date of sale to the time the owner takes possession of the animal. F. Livestock that is received at auction markets without proper documentation but with no evidence of criminal intent by the shipper may be sold,  but the director shall impound the proceeds of the sale in the livestock custody trust fund established by section 3-1377. On presentation of proper documentation of ownership,  the director shall pay the proceeds,  less any charges incurred,  to the person who is entitled to the proceeds. G. The director may contract with any person to handle,  feed and care for stray animals taken into custody under this section. This state is not liable for the injury or death of any person or stray animal or damage to property due to performance of the contract.
AZ Rev Stat § 3-1403 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture|§ 3-1403 - Report by livestock officer or inspector; preliminary disposition of proceeds of sale

3-1403.  Report by livestock officer or inspector;  preliminary disposition of proceeds of sale A. On making the sale as provided by section 3-1402,  the livestock officer or inspector shall notify the division of the name of the purchaser,  the time and place of sale,  the amount for which the animal was sold and a description of the animal showing the marks and brands,  if any,  or other identifying marks and shall pay to the department the net proceeds realized at the sale. B. The department shall place the amount realized from the sale of stray animals in the livestock custody trust fund established by section 3-1377.
AZ Rev Stat § 3-1404 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture|§ 3-1404 - Payment of proceeds of sale to owner of stray

3-1404.  Payment of proceeds of sale to owner of stray Upon making satisfactory proof of ownership of any animal sold as a stray within one year after the sale,  the department shall pay to the owner of the animal the net proceeds realized at the sale less any expenses incurred.
AZ Rev Stat § 3-1421 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture|§ 3-1421 - Formation

3-1421.  Formation A. A majority of all taxpayers,  according to the last preceding tax assessment roll,  residing on land in an irrigation district containing not less than thirty-five thousand acres of irrigable land for which water is available,  or a majority of all taxpayers residing upon any portion of a compact body of land containing not less than twenty thousand acres and where at least seventy-five per cent of the area of such body of land is being successfully irrigated,  or a majority of all taxpayers residing upon a body of land containing not less than one thousand acres when the land is contiguous to the limits of an incorporated city or town which had a population of not less than thirty thousand people as shown by the last preceding United States census,  and such body of land extending not more than twelve miles in one direction beyond the limits of such incorporated town or city,  may petition the board of supervisors of the county in which such district or land is situated that a no-fence district be formed and that no fence be required around the land in the no-fence district designated in the petition. B. Upon filing the petition,  the board shall immediately enter the contents upon its records and order that the no-fence district be formed.
AZ Rev Stat § 3-1422 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture|§ 3-1422 - Publication of order forming no-fence district

3-1422.  Publication of order forming no-fence district The order of the board of supervisors that a no-fence district be formed shall be published once each week in a newspaper published in the county for four successive weeks,  and from and after completion of the publication,  no fence shall be required around the lands in the no-fence district,  and it shall be unlawful for livestock thereafter to run at large in the district.
AZ Rev Stat § 3-1423 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture|§ 3-1423 - Designation of stock driveway

3-1423.  Designation of stock driveway Upon application of a local livestock association,  the board of supervisors of the county wherein the no-fence district is located shall select,  designate and declare one or more roads over or across the district as a stock driveway and shall erect and maintain on both sides of such road a lawful fence between which livestock may be driven.
AZ Rev Stat § 3-1424 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture|§ 3-1424 - Civil and criminal liability of person allowing stock to run at large within no-fence district

3-1424.  Civil and criminal liability of person allowing stock to run at large within no-fence district The owner or person in charge of livestock,  who recklessly allows or permits livestock to run at large within a no-fence district is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor,  and in addition is liable for damages for any trespass as provided for the collection of damages by owners of land enclosed within lawful fences.
AZ Rev Stat § 3-1425 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture|§ 3-1425 - Dissolution of district

3-1425.  Dissolution of district A no-fence district may be dissolved at any time in the same manner as it was formed.
AZ Rev Stat § 3-1426 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture|§ 3-1426 - Lawful fence defined

3-1426.  Lawful fence defined A. A fence shall be deemed a lawful fence when it is constructed and maintained with good and substantial posts firmly placed in the ground at intervals of not more than thirty feet,  upon which posts are strung and fastened at least four barbed wires of the usual type tightly stretched and secured to the posts and spaced so that the top wire is fifty inches above the ground and the other wires at intervals below the top wire of twelve,  twenty-two,  and thirty-two inches. If the posts are set more than one rod apart,  the wires shall be supported by stays placed not more than seven and one-half feet from each other or from the posts,  extending from the top wire of the fence to the ground,  and each wire of the fence securely fastened thereto. B. All fences constructed other than as provided in subsection A,  or of other materials equally as strong and otherwise effective to turn livestock as the fences described in subsection A,  shall also be deemed lawful fences within the meaning of this section.
AZ Rev Stat § 3-1427 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture|§ 3-1427 - Recovery for damage to unfenced lands; exception

3-1427.  Recovery for damage to unfenced lands;  exception An owner or occupant of land is not entitled to recover for damage resulting from the trespass of animals unless the land is enclosed within a lawful fence,  but this section shall not apply to owners or occupants of land in no-fence districts.
AZ Rev Stat § 3-1428 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture|§ 3-1428 - Action to recover for damage done by livestock which break through lawful fence

3-1428.  Action to recover for damage done by livestock which break through lawful fence A. The owner or occupant of land enclosed by a lawful fence upon which damage of less than two hundred dollars has been done by livestock which has broken through the fence may bring an action to recover damages before a justice of the peace of the precinct in which the land is located,  regardless of the place of residence of the owner of the livestock or the person having charge of the livestock at the time of trespass. If the amount of damage is two hundred dollars or more,  the action may be brought in the superior court in the county where the land is located,  regardless of the place of residence of the owner of the livestock or of the person having charge of the livestock at the time of the trespass. B. If the plaintiff has possession of the livestock causing the damage complained of,  and recovers judgment,  the court shall,  in addition to the personal judgment impress a lien on the livestock for the amount of the judgment,  and order a sale thereof to discharge the lien.
AZ Rev Stat § 3-1429 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture|§ 3-1429 - Exemption of incorporated city or town from provisions of article

3-1429.  Exemption of incorporated city or town from provisions of article A. Nothing in this article shall affect any ordinance of an incorporated city or town relating to stock running at large in the incorporated city or town nor shall its provisions apply to any land that is located within an incorporated city or town. B. Any penalties imposed by a municipal ordinance relating to stock running at large shall not apply to lands that are annexed or incorporated into the city or town for two years after the annexation or incorporation,  regardless of whether the lands were previously in a no-fence district or open range.
AZ Rev Stat § 3-1451 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture|§ 3-1451 - Definitions

3-1451.  Definitions In this article,  unless the context otherwise requires: 1. " Beef cattle"  means cattle or calves grown primarily for meat production. 2. " Feed lot"  means either of the following: (a) A beef cattle feed lot,  or feed yard,  having more than five hundred head of beef cattle at one time during the licensed year. (b) Any other beef cattle feed lot whose operator elects to come under this article. 3. " Feed yard feeding"  means the feeding of beef cattle in lots or pens which are not used normally for raising crops and in which no vegetation,  intended for livestock feed,  is growing. 4. " Operator"  means the owner or the person having charge or control of a feed lot. 5. " Person"  means an individual,  a corporation,  a group of individuals,  joint venturers,  a partnership,  or any other business entity.
AZ Rev Stat § 3-1452 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture|§ 3-1452 - Feed lot operator's license; applications; fees; exemption

3-1452.  Feed lot operator's license;  applications;  fees;  exemption A. It is unlawful for any person,  except as provided in subsection B of this section,  to operate a feed lot within the state without having first obtained a license from the division authorizing and permitting such operation. B. The owner or operator of any beef cattle feed lot having less than five hundred head of beef cattle at any one time may apply for and obtain a license for feed lot operations if he chooses and elects to come under the terms and provisions of this article,  but the licensing for operations of less than five hundred head shall not be required. C. Application for a beef cattle feed lot license shall be filed with the division on a form prescribed and furnished by the department. Upon the filing of such an application and upon payment of the required fees,  the division shall issue a beef cattle feed lot license to such applicant,  provided the application discloses information assuring the division that the operation of such feed lot will be conducted in accordance with the standards set forth in this article,  and with rules adopted by the director. D. Feed lot licenses shall be issued for the term of one year,  to expire on June 30 following the date of issuance. An application for an initial license and for renewal of a license shall be accompanied by a fee in accordance with the following schedule: 1. Under five hundred head of beef cattle,  twenty-five dollars. 2. From five hundred to not exceeding three thousand head of beef cattle,  fifty dollars. 3. Three thousand one to not exceeding ten thousand head of beef cattle,  one hundred dollars. 4. More than ten thousand head of beef cattle,  one hundred fifty dollars. E. If an original feed lot license is to expire within six months after date of issuance,  only fifty per cent of the license fee prescribed in this section shall be required.
AZ Rev Stat § 3-1453 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture|§ 3-1453 - Disposition of fees

3-1453.  Disposition of fees License fees collected under the provisions of this article shall be paid to the department and deposited,  pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147,  in the state general fund.
AZ Rev Stat § 3-1454 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture|§ 3-1454 - Standards of operations for feed lots

3-1454.  Standards of operations for feed lots A. Owners and operators who are granted a feed lot license shall: 1. Provide reasonable methods for the disposal of animal excrement. 2. Provide a chemical and scientific control procedure for prevention and eradication of pests. 3. Provide adequate drainage of surface waters falling upon the area occupied by such feed lots. 4. Provide adequate services for detection,  control and treatment of beef cattle diseases. 5. Have available for use at all times mechanical means for scraping,  cleaning and grading feed lots. 6. Conduct feed lot operations in conformity with established practices in the feed lot industry as approved by rules adopted by the director and in accordance with the standards set forth in this article. B. The operation of any feed lot in compliance with the standards prescribed by subsection A and the rules adopted by the director and with a valid feed lot license shall be admitted as evidence in any action or hearing involving a claim that an operator is in violation of this article.