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AL Code § 3-1-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 3 - Animals.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 3-1-13 - Right of Officers, etc., of Humane Societies to Take Charge of and Care for Neglected or Abused Animals; Written Notice to Owner From Whom Animal Taken; Lien for Expenses for Care and Keeping of Animal.

Section 3-1-13Right of officers, etc., of humane societies to take charge of and care for neglected or abused animals; written notice to owner from whom animal taken; lien for expenses for care and keeping of animal. Any duly authorized officer or employee of a recognized humane society shall have the right to take charge of any animal which is sick or disabled due to neglect or is being cruelly treated or abused and to provide care for such animal until it is deemed to be in suitable condition to be returned to its owner or to the person from whose custody such animal was taken. The officer so taking such animal shall at the time of taking the animal give written notice to the owner or person from whose custody it was taken. The necessary expenses incurred for the care and keeping of the animal after such notice by the humane society shall be a lien thereon and, if the animal is not reclaimed within 10 days from the giving of such notice, the humane society may sell the animal to satisfy such lien. If the humane society determines that the animal cannot be sold, it may cause the animal to be otherwise disposed of. (Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 84, p. 2001.)
AL Code § 3-1-15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 3 - Animals.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 3-1-15 - Sale, Offer for Sale, Barter, etc., of Baby Rabbits, Chicks, Ducklings, etc., as Pets or Novelties.

Section 3-1-15Sale, offer for sale, barter, etc., of baby rabbits, chicks, ducklings, etc., as pets or novelties. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to display, sell, offer for sale, barter or give away any baby rabbits, or baby chicks, ducklings or other fowl, but not including parrots, parakeets and canaries, as pets or novelties, regardless of whether or not such rabbits or fowl are dyed, colored or otherwise artificially treated. Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as prescribed by law. (Acts 1959, No. 104, p. 590.)
AL Code § 3-1-16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 3 - Animals.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 3-1-16 - Employment by County Commissions of Persons to Enforce Laws for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; Compensation, Oath and Powers of Same.

Section 3-1-16Employment by county commissions of persons to enforce laws for prevention of cruelty to animals; compensation, oath and powers of same. The county commissions of the respective counties of this state may employ a suitable person or persons who shall be charged specially with the duty of enforcing all laws for the prevention of cruelty to animals, and to fix the compensation of such officer or officers, which shall be paid in the same manner as other salaries of county employees are paid, and such officer or officers, upon taking the oath as required to be taken by deputy sheriffs, shall be vested with all powers now vested by law in deputy sheriffs. (Acts 1911, No. 127, p. 112; Code 1923, §3217; Code 1940, T. 3, §13.)
AL Code § 3-1-17 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 3 - Animals.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 3-1-17 - Notification of Owners, etc., of Dairies Upon Discovery of Cows Affected With Tuberculosis.

Section 3-1-17Notification of owners, etc., of dairies upon discovery of cows affected with tuberculosis. Whenever any regular authorized inspector or his assistant of any city or town in this state shall find that any dairy cow or cows in any dairy in the county or in an adjoining county of such city or town used for the production of milk for the inhabitants of any such city or town are affected with tuberculosis, as determined by the tuberculin test of the Department of Agriculture of the United States of America, or are as otherwise shown to be affected with tuberculosis, such authorized inspector of such city or town or his assistant shall immediately notify the owner, proprietor or manager of such dairy, either in person or in writing, of the presence of such animal or animals affected with such tuberculosis. (Acts 1911, No. 503, p. 566; Code 1923, §4442; Code 1940, T. 3, §14.)
AL Code § 3-1-18 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 3 - Animals.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 3-1-18 - Removal From Herd and Slaughter or Isolation of Tuberculous Cows Generally; Procedure for Isolation, Retesting, Slaughter, etc., of Same; Compensation of Owners for Slaughtered Cows, etc., Determined Not to Have Been Affected by Tuberculosis.

Section 3-1-18Removal from herd and slaughter or isolation of tuberculous cows generally; procedure for isolation, retesting, slaughter, etc., of same; compensation of owners for slaughtered cows, etc., determined not to have been affected by tuberculosis. The owner or proprietor or manager of any such dairy, upon being notified by such inspector or his assistant, shall remove or cause to be removed, within 24 hours, said tuberculous cow or cows from his herd to a public abattoir and, under the supervision of such inspector or his assistant, such tuberculous cow or cows must be slaughtered immediately unless such owner, proprietor or manager removes said tuberculous cow or cows from the herd under the supervision of such inspector or his assistant and keeps them isolated therefrom at the expense of the owner for a period of from two to six months, at the expiration of which time said cow or cows shall be retested by said inspector or his assistant and also by some competent veterinarian to be selected by the owner of said cow or cows and, if said inspector or his assistant and the veterinarian so selected by the owner shall fail to agree as to whether said cow or cows are affected with tuberculosis, then said inspector or his assistant, together with the veterinarian selected by the owner, shall call in another competent veterinarian to test said cow or cows. If a majority of such persons should determine that said cow or cows are affected with tuberculosis, the same shall be slaughtered immediately. A postmortem examination on the slaughtered cows shall thereupon be held by the three persons designated in this section, and, if it should be determined by said persons or a majority of them after the holding of such postmortem examination that said cow or cows are not affected with tuberculosis, then the city, town or county employing said inspector who originally pronounced said cows affected with tuberculosis shall immediately pay to the owner of such cow or cows the reasonable value thereof and the reasonable fees of the veterinarian or his assistant called in to aid said inspector or his assistant in making the postmortem examination of said cow or cows. (Acts 1911, No. 503, p. 566; Code 1923, §§4443-4445; Code 1940, T. 3, §15.)
AL Code § 3-1-19 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 3 - Animals.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 3-1-19 - Penalties for Violations of Provisions of Sections 3-1-17 and 3-1-18.

Section 3-1-19Penalties for violations of provisions of Sections 3-1-17 and 3-1-18. Any person, firm, corporation or association violating the provisions of Sections 3-1-17 and 3-1-18 shall be fined not more than $500.00 and may also be sentenced to imprisonment in the county jail for three months. (Acts 1911, No. 503, p. 566; Code 1923, §4446; Code 1940, T. 3, §16.)
AL Code § 3-1-20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 3 - Animals.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 3-1-20 - Sale or Purchase of Domestic Animals or Fowl Between Sunset and Sunrise.

Section 3-1-20Sale or purchase of domestic animals or fowl between sunset and sunrise. Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015. (Code 1907, §6238; Code 1923, §3229; Code 1940, T. 3, §17.)
AL Code § 3-1-21 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 3 - Animals.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 3-1-21 - Sale or Exchange of Horse or Mule Affected With Glanders, etc.; Fee of District Attorney.

Section 3-1-21Sale or exchange of horse or mule affected with glanders, etc.; fee of district attorney. Any person who, by himself or another or as agent for another, shall knowingly sell or exchange any horse or mule subject to the disease or affection known as "choking," or affected with glanders or some other fatal, contagious or infectious disease must, on conviction, be fined not less than $100.00 nor more than $500.00 and may also be sentenced to hard labor for the county for not less than three nor more than six months. One half of the fine shall go to the party injured. For each conviction under this section, the district attorney shall be entitled to a fee of $50.00. (Code 1886, §3839; Code 1896, §4762; Code 1907, §6239; Code 1923, §3230; Code 1940, T. 3, §18.)
AL Code § 3-1-22 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 3 - Animals.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 3-1-22 - Sale, etc., of Mare or Jennet Subject to Lien for Services of Stallion or Jack Prior to Payment of Price Stipulated for Such Service.

Section 3-1-22Sale, etc., of mare or jennet subject to lien for services of stallion or jack prior to payment of price stipulated for such service. Any person who, with a knowledge of the lien, sells or otherwise disposes of any mare or jennet before the stipulated price for the service of any stallion or jack, for which a lien is given by law, is paid must, on conviction, be fined not more than $100.00. (Code 1876, §4356; Code 1886, §3838; Code 1896, §4761; Code 1907, §6240; Code 1923, §3231; Code 1940, T. 3, §19.)
AL Code § 3-1-23 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 3 - Animals.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 3-1-23 - Burning, Cauterizing, etc., of Teeth of Horse, Mule, etc., for Purpose of Fraudulently Making Horse, etc., Appear Younger - Prohibited.

Section 3-1-23Burning, cauterizing, etc., of teeth of horse, mule, etc., for purpose of fraudulently making horse, etc., appear younger - Prohibited. Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015. (Acts 1935, No. 132, p. 175; Code 1940, T. 3, §20.)
AL Code § 3-1-24 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 3 - Animals.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 3-1-24 - Burning, Cauterizing, etc., of Teeth of Horse, Mule, etc., for Purpose of Fraudulently Making Horse, etc., Appear Younger - Evidence as to Burning, etc., of Teeth to Be Substantiated by Veterinarian.

Section 3-1-24Burning, cauterizing, etc., of teeth of horse, mule, etc., for purpose of fraudulently making horse, etc., appear younger - Evidence as to burning, etc., of teeth to be substantiated by veterinarian. Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015. (Acts 1935, No. 132, p. 175; Code 1940, T. 3, §21.)
AL Code § 3-1-25 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 3 - Animals.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 3-1-25 - Burning, Cauterizing, etc., of Teeth of Horse, Mule, etc., for Purpose of Fraudulently Making Horse, etc., Appear Younger - Effect of Possession of Such Horse, Etc.

Section 3-1-25Burning, cauterizing, etc., of teeth of horse, mule, etc., for purpose of fraudulently making horse, etc., appear younger - Effect of possession of such horse, etc. Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015. (Acts 1935, No. 132, p. 175; Code 1940, T. 3, §22.)
AL Code § 3-1-26 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 3 - Animals.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 3-1-26 - Burning, Cauterizing, etc., of Teeth of Horse, Mule, etc., for Purpose of Fraudulently Making Horse, etc., Appear Younger — Transportation, etc., of Such Horse Into State.

Section 3-1-26Burning, cauterizing, etc., of teeth of horse, mule, etc., for purpose of fraudulently making horse, etc., appear younger - Transportation, etc., of such horse into state. Any person transporting or moving into Alabama, for any purpose whatsoever, any horse, mule or other soliped which has had its teeth burned, cauterized or changed in any manner to make such animal appear younger than it really is shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (Acts 1935, No. 132, p. 175; Code 1940, T. 3, §23.)
AL Code § 3-1-27 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 3 - Animals.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 3-1-27 - Marking, Branding or Altering Mark or Brand of Equine or Equidae, etc., of Another With Intent to Defraud.

Section 3-1-27Marking, branding or altering mark or brand of equine or equidae, etc., of another with intent to defraud. Any person who, with intent to defraud, marks or brands any unmarked equine or equidae, cow, hog, sheep, goat, or other domestic animal which is the property of another or alters or defaces the mark or brand of the animal shall, on conviction, be punished as if he or she had stolen it. (Code 1852, §185; Code 1867, §3732; Code 1876, §4404; Code 1886, §3831; Code 1896, §4749; Code 1907, §6241; Code 1923, §3232; Code 1940, T. 3, §24; Act 2004-627, p. 1421, §1.)
AL Code § 3-1-28 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 3 - Animals.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 3-1-28 - Burial or Burning of Bodies of Dead Animals Generally; Burning of Hogs Dying From Cholera, etc.; Failure to Burn or Bury Dead Animal, Etc.

Section 3-1-28Burial or burning of bodies of dead animals generally; burning of hogs dying from cholera, etc.; failure to burn or bury dead animal, etc. All owners or custodians of animals which die or are killed in their possession or custody, other than such as are slaughtered for food, within 24 hours shall cause the bodies of such animals to be burned or buried at least two feet below the surface of the ground. Hogs dying from cholera or any other disease whatsoever shall be burned. No such animal shall be burned or buried sufficiently near a residence or residences as to create a nuisance. Any person violating this section, whether by failure to burn or bury an animal dying or being killed in his possession or by causing the same to be burned in such proximity to a dwelling or in such other way as to become a nuisance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, shall be fined not more than $50.00. (Acts 1919, No. 461, p. 702; Code 1923, §3223; Code 1940, T. 3, §60.)
AL Code § 3-3-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 3 - Animals.|Chapter 3 - Staking, Pasturing, etc., of Animals Upon Highway Rights-of-Way.|Section 3-3-1 - Prohibited.

Section 3-3-1Prohibited. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to stake, tie, hobble or pasture any animal of the cow kind, horse, mare, jack, mule, jennet or other equine animal, hog or animal of the swine kind, sheep or goat upon the right-of-way of any highway in this state. (b) Any person having charge of or owning any such animal who knowingly permits such animal to be staked, tied, hobbled or pastured on the right-of-way of any highway in this state shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided by law for misdemeanors. (Acts 1967, No. 241, p. 622, §§1, 4.)
AL Code § 3-3-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 3 - Animals.|Chapter 3 - Staking, Pasturing, etc., of Animals Upon Highway Rights-of-Way.|Section 3-3-2 - Peace Officers Empowered to Take Up Animals Staked, Pastured, etc., on Highway.

Section 3-3-2Peace officers empowered to take up animals staked, pastured, etc., on highway. Every peace officer of this state is empowered to take up any such animal staked, tied, hobbled or pastured on any highway in this state in the same manner as is provided by law for the taking up of estrays or animals running at large. (Acts 1967, No. 241, p. 622, §2.)
AL Code § 3-3-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 3 - Animals.|Chapter 3 - Staking, Pasturing, etc., of Animals Upon Highway Rights-of-Way.|Section 3-3-3 - Applicability of Laws as to Estrays, etc., to Animals Staked, Pastured, etc., on Highway Right-of-Way.

Section 3-3-3Applicability of laws as to estrays, etc., to animals staked, pastured, etc., on highway right-of-way. All provisions of any law concerning estrays or animals running at large shall apply with equal force to any such animal staked, tied, hobbled or pastured on the right-of-way of any highway in this state. (Acts 1967, No. 241, p. 622, §3.)
AL Code § 3-4-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 3 - Animals.|Chapter 4 - Fences and Livestock.|Section 3-4-1 - Requirements as to Construction of Lawful Fences - Generally.

Section 3-4-1Requirements as to construction of lawful fences - Generally. All inclosures and fences must be made at least five feet high, unless otherwise provided in this chapter. If the fence is made of rails, the rails must be not more than four inches apart from the ground to the height of every two feet. If the fence is made of palings, the palings must be not more than three inches apart. If the fence is made with a ditch, such ditch must be four feet wide at the top and the fence, of whatever material composed, at least five feet high from the bottom of the ditch and three feet high from the top of the bank and so close as to prevent stock of any kind from getting through. (Code 1852, §1099; Code 1867, §1282; Code 1876, §1586; Code 1886, §1364; Code 1896, §2110; Code 1907, §4240; Code 1923, §7969; Code 1940, T. 3, §61.)
AL Code § 3-4-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 3 - Animals.|Chapter 4 - Fences and Livestock.|Section 3-4-2 - Requirements as to Construction of Lawful Fences - Rail Fences for Cattle and Equine or Equidae.

Section 3-4-2Requirements as to construction of lawful fences - Rail fences for cattle and equine or equidae. A rail fence five feet high, with the rails not more than 18 inches apart from the ground to the height of every three feet, shall be a lawful fence so far as cattle and equine or equidae are concerned. (Code 1852, §1099; Code 1867, §1282; Code 1876, §1586; Code 1886, §1364; Code 1896, §2110; Code 1907, §4240; Code 1923, §7969; Code 1940, T. 3, §61; Act 2004-627, p. 1421, §1.)
AL Code § 3-4-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 3 - Animals.|Chapter 4 - Fences and Livestock.|Section 3-4-3 - Requirements as to Construction of Lawful Fences - Fences of Three or More Wires for Cattle and Equine or Equidae.

Section 3-4-3Requirements as to construction of lawful fences - Fences of three or more wires for cattle and equine or equidae. A fence made of three or more wires securely fastened to trees or posts not more than eight feet apart, the wires being not more than 15 inches apart and the top wire at least four feet from the ground, shall be a lawful fence so far as concerns equine or equidae and cattle. (Code 1896, §2111; Code 1907, §4241; Code 1923, §7970; Code 1940, T. 3, §62; Act 2004-627, p. 1421, §1.)
AL Code § 3-4-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 3 - Animals.|Chapter 4 - Fences and Livestock.|Section 3-4-4 - Requirements as to Construction of Lawful Fences - Fences of Seven or More Wires for Livestock Generally.

Section 3-4-4Requirements as to construction of lawful fences - Fences of seven or more wires for livestock generally. A fence made of seven or more wires securely fastened to trees or posts not more than eight feet apart, the first four wires being of four-inch barb and not over four inches apart, commencing with the first wire four inches from the ground, the fifth wire not over six inches from the fourth, the sixth wire not over eight inches from the fifth and the seventh wire 15 inches from the sixth, shall be a lawful fence against all stock whatsoever. (Code 1896, §2112; Code 1907, §4242; Code 1923, §7971; Code 1940, T. 3, §63.)
AL Code § 3-4-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 3 - Animals.|Chapter 4 - Fences and Livestock.|Section 3-4-5 - Requirements as to Construction of Lawful Fences - Standard Woven Wire Fences.

Section 3-4-5Requirements as to construction of lawful fences - Standard woven wire fences. The following shall be lawful fences against all livestock: (1) A standard woven wire fence with 10 line wires and stay wires not over 12 inches apart 47 inches high, the bottom wire resting on the ground, the line wires, beginning at the bottom, spaced not more than three to three and a half, four to four and a half, five to five and a half, six, seven and eight inches apart; (2) A standard woven wire fence with stay wires not over 12 inches apart not less than 36 inches high, the bottom wire resting on the ground, the first eight wires beginning at the bottom, spaced not more than three to three and a half, four to four and a half, five to five and a half and six inches apart, with two wires being of not more than four inch barb, spaced so as to make the fence 48 inches high and securely fastened to trees or posts not more than 10 feet apart. (Code 1923, §7972; Code 1940, T. 3, §64.)
AL Code § 3-4-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 3 - Animals.|Chapter 4 - Fences and Livestock.|Section 3-4-6 - Liability of Owner of Animal Breaking Into Lands Not Enclosed by Lawful Fence for Trespass or Damages; Liability of Person Injuring or Destroying Such Animal.

Section 3-4-6Liability of owner of animal breaking into lands not enclosed by lawful fence for trespass or damages; liability of person injuring or destroying such animal. (a) If any trespass or damage is done by any animal breaking into lands not enclosed by a lawful fence as defined in this chapter, the owner shall not be liable therefor. (b) If any person injures or destroys any such animal, he shall be liable to the owner for five times the amount of injury done, to be recovered before any court of competent jurisdiction. (Code 1852, §1100; Code 1867, §1283; Code 1876, §1587; Code 1886, §1365; Code 1896, §2113; Code 1907, §4245; Code 1923, §7975; Code 1940, T. 3, §65.)
AL Code § 3-4-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 3 - Animals.|Chapter 4 - Fences and Livestock.|Section 3-4-7 - Penalty for Setting of Stakes, Pits, Poisons, etc., by Person Not Having Fence as Prescribed in Chapter.

Section 3-4-7Penalty for setting of stakes, pits, poisons, etc., by person not having fence as prescribed in chapter. If any person, not having a fence as prescribed in this chapter sets in his inclosure any stakes, pits, poison or anything which may injure or kill an animal or stock, such person shall forfeit $50.00 for every such act to any person instituting an action for the same. Any stakes, pits or poison on any such lands are presumptive evidence that the same were set by the person in charge of such land. (Code 1852, §1101; Code 1867, §1284; Code 1876, §1588; Code 1886, §1366; Code 1896, §2114; Code 1907, §4246; Code 1923, §7976; Code 1940, T. 3, §66.)
AL Code § 3-5-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 3 - Animals.|Chapter 5 - Stock Laws.|Section 3-5-1 - "Livestock" or "Animal" Defined.

Section 3-5-1"Livestock" or "animal" defined. The term "livestock" or "animal," where it occurs in this chapter, shall be held to be limited to and to refer to equine or equidae, cows, calves, yearlings, bulls, oxen, sheep, goats, lambs, kids, hogs, shoats, and pigs. (Acts 1939, No. 368, p. 487; Code 1940, T. 3, §77; Act 2004-627, p. 1421, §1.)